On Technical Demos

On Selling the Product

A business cannot sell the product without first understanding the customer.

On Technical Demos

There are only three scenarios which a technical product demo is appropriate for introducing your product. One, you are a student turning it in to the professor for grading. Two, you are at a hackathon. Three, you are at the final stage of the sales cycle, where the big guy has already said "yes".

Get the implementation contract of a minimal proxy using this Solidity code snippet

Solidity code to get the target contract of a OpenZeppelin's minimal proxy (ie Clone).

Sell the problem, not the idea

Working with incredibly talented people is a blessing because you're constantly surrounded by new and exciting ideas. However, the downside is that these ideas can sometimes pull you in different directions.

3 Contrarian views of the future of DeFi

DeFi is not going to overthrow CeFi

Ponzinomics Simplified (Part 1)

A short story on how everyone can get rich in DeFi

My journey to disclosing a vulnerability that can lock up millions in Ethereum

...and why it's the most secured blockchain around

I shit on DeFi project all day… and now I'm launching my own

If everyone is making money in the ecosystem, then who is losing money? In fact, most projects out there are simply the game of the greater fool - it's alright to be a fool, you just need to bring along a greater fool to recoup your losses.

Founder Check-in #1

It's been 15 days since I left my last company to venture out on my own. Many lovely folks have been checking in with me so I thought to gather my thoughts here.

I'm 29, burned out, and leaving my job - Here's my story

"Hey, I think I might be depressed"