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How to Think Like a Front-End Developer
21.10.2020
The topical idea of “how to think like a front-end developer” began for me as a series of podcast interviews on ShopTalk Show. That was in preparation for a talk I was preparing (and gave) of the same name. That talk evolved into my essay The Great Divide, which evolved into the essay...
Amid IRS bounty and competitor progress, Monero developers ship a major update
18.10.2020
A new Monero update brings improvements in performance, speed, and security amid increased scrutiny from law enforcement and developments from competitors
Coinbase to Sponsor 2 Bitcoin Core Developers With New Grant Program
15.10.2020
Coinbase is sponsoring at least two Bitcoin Core developers with a new grant program, the San Francisco-based exchange announced Thursday
Algorand’s new accelerator program in Europe to issue grants up to $500K
15.10.2020
Algorand taps Europe as the second region for its blockchain accelerator program after Asia
Band And GetBlock Allow Developers Connect to BAND Nodes
14.10.2020
Decentralized cross-chain oracle network Band Protocol announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with GetBlock, a SaaS provider focused on connecting blockchain nodes of popular crypto networks. In the official tweet, Band Protocol stated that as part of the partnership, it would allow developers...
Let’s Create Our Own Authentication API with Nodejs and GraphQL
13.10.2020
Authentication is one of the most challenging tasks for developers just starting with GraphQL. There are a lot of technical considerations, including what ORM would be easy to set up, how to generate secure tokens and hash passwords, and even what HTTP library to use and how to use it. 
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Sports Data for Developers: SportdataAPI (Sponsored)
12.10.2020
Most of the side projects I consider starting revolve around sports, since I’m a huge sports fan. I spend my Saturdays watching soccer, Sundays spent watching soccer and NFL, and of course the mid-week Champions League and Europa League matches. One problem I’ve always had is not being...
Bitcoin Defi: Smart Contract Platform RSK Integrates ETH-Based Stablecoin DAI
9.10.2020
On October 6, 2020, the RIF (RSK Infrastructure Framework) development team announced that the Makerdao project’s DAI stablecoin is now available via the smart contract protocol RSK. According to the software engineers, RIF developers leveraged the RSK-Ethereum token bridge and individuals...
Crypto Adoption Advocate 1xBit Adds EOS to Its Sportsbook and Casino
8.10.2020
October 8th 2020, Limassol, Cyprus – 1xBit Casino Sportsbook has announced its support for one of the markets hottest cryptocurrencies, EOS. The PoS (delegated-proof-of-stake) token is used on the EOS platform for developers to build Dapps, but also offers the everyday user a rapid, free...
The Widening Responsibility for Front-End Developers
7.10.2020
This is an extended version of my essay “When front-end means full-stack” which was published in the wonderful Increment magazine put out by Stripe. It’s also something of an evolution of a couple other of my essays, “The Great Divide” and “Ooops, I guess we’re full-stack developers now.”
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The Paper Prototype Rule
1.10.2020
I’ve been lucky to have worked with some of the best designers in the industry, including Zhenya Rynzhuk, Louis Paquet, Maria de la Paz Vargas, and of course, dozens of the amazing designers at MediaMonks. Many of the projects we’ve worked on require custom animation and guidelines that enable...
Ethereum 2.0 Developers Launch Spadina, a Three-Day Practice Testnet
29.9.2020
Ethereum testnet Spadina gives developers one more crack at practicing with Eth 2.0’s deposit contract before the real deal arrives
Token Projects to Recover $130M from the Kucoin Hack, Devs Condemned for Centralization
29.9.2020
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing the Kucoin hack as a great number of ERC20 projects have frozen, paused, or reversed their smart contracts after the hack. Estimates say that at least $129 million ERC20 tokens affected are considered “safe” from the hacker’s...
ooooops I guess we’re* full-stack developers now
27.9.2020
This is a written version of my talk from Jamstack Conf London 2019.
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China’s BSN International integrates support for Tezos network
25.9.2020
Global developers can now start building projects on top of Tezos through China’s BSN
For These Blockchain Commons Interns, Their Open Source Careers Are Just Beginning
23.9.2020
The Blockchain Commons took on 7 interns this year to build out the organization’s many open-source projects
Pre-Caching Image with React Suspense
21.9.2020
Suspense is an exciting, upcoming feature of React that will enable developers to easily allow their components to delay rendering until they’re “ready,” leading to a much smoother user experience. “Ready,” in this context, can mean a number of things. For example, your data loading...
Bitcoin Unlimited Launches Two-Option Voting App Powered by Bitcoin Cash
18.9.2020
On September 16, the Bitcoin Unlimited development team launched a new application called Votepeer. The software is powered by the Bitcoin Cash network and allows anyone to set up a transparent two-option voting process. This week a couple of Bitcoin Unlimited (BU) developers released a new voting...
Polkadot DeFi developers may soon get a new oracle provider with historic data
15.9.2020
Polkadot snatches yet another oracle provider from a different blockchain
China’s national blockchain project to support DAML smart contract language
14.9.2020
Digital Asset’s DAML will connect diverse blockchains on a national DLT project in China