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In memoriam

If you knew Sarthak, you'd know him as one of the smartest, brightest, and funniest guys you'd have ever met. If you really knew Sarthak, you would know he was an ever-so-slightly narcissistic Coke (the drink) addict with a rich appetite for offensive jokes. But what

Some thoughts about life and game theory

Some thoughts about life and game theory

I used to find it quite interesting that most TV shows and movies have a positive ending, one that usually required some sort of collaboration, cooperation, or altruistic sacrifice (typically called a redemption arc) to actually succeed and go above and beyond. I used to think this was especially not

November to Remember: Issue #1

November to Remember: Issue #1

By far one of the craziest months ever, we had the OpenAI debacle, ensuing Emmett Shear saga, decel vs. e/acc vs. EA debates and Binance v. DoJ settlement...

Rekindling the past

Rekindling the past

Truth be told, after working in crypto for almost 3 years at this point, I no longer have the time or energy to keep writing long, informative and explanatory posts. There is also much better content out in the wild than we did back then, so it's probably

How to run a Ghost blog for (virtually) zero cost and why you should

How to run a Ghost blog for (virtually) zero cost and why you should

Now, I will preface this with the fact that you can see the word "virtually" in brackets and that your results may vary, I'm relatively small on Twitter and GitHub, so consequently my requirements from a Ghost blog are relatively limited. But hey, if that'

Why you still need a backend

Why you still need a backend

This post is meant to be a write-up for a 0-day against a super new product as well as an understanding of why backends have and will continue to exist and replacing them with smarter frontend solutions cannot mitigate the inherent security risks that come along with it. First, let&

A beginner's guide to Ethereum development: Part 2

A beginner's guide to Ethereum development: Part 2

This post is a continuation of the first post, if you haven't given that a read yet, go for it! I'll try to delve a bit more in-depth in this particular post so best to keep some resources handy. Reducing the attack surface This is one

A beginner's guide to Ethereum development

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A beginner's guide to Ethereum development

So to be fair, I still consider myself quite new to the entire ecosystem so take everything I say with a grain of salt, but most of everything I write here is based on my personal experience with building in Web3 and thus, results may vary. Liftoff If you haven&