The Meetings Are the Work
You can look back at your calendar, see all those meetings, and think to yourself "I didn't do anything." That's the problem. It took me years to understand that those meetings are the work.
Developer Jesse
Jesse is a full-stack developer and blockchain developer from Colorado living in Cyprus.
Latest posts
Writing Code Was the Easy Part
AI speeds up code generation, but it also shifts more work into defining requirements, resolving ambiguity, and reviewing whether the output actually solves the right problem.
I Give Advice 75% of the Time. I’m Trying to Get to 50.
I realized I was giving answers instead of helping a tech lead develop their own judgment—and undermining the ownership I wanted them to build.
20 Years of Dreamweaver, and One Long Overdue Migration
This is the story of migrating a 20-year-old, 4,675-file Dreamweaver site to Hugo. AI is the reason it was even possible.
AlertMe - Farcaster Reminder Bot
A production Farcaster bot for scheduling reminders via mentions. Built with TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and deployed on Railway.
A Developer’s Guide to Storytelling
The hardest part of being a developer isn't writing the code, it's explaining why it matters to people even if they will never see it.
Let them fix it!
One of the most important lessons I've learned as a leader is that you have to let your people make mistakes, and when they do, they need to fix them.
ERC20 token transfers with TransferAndCall
While the ERC20 approve method is foundational, the transferAndCall pattern offers a more streamlined user experience at the cost of implementation complexity.
Understanding the ERC20 approve() method
ERC20 contracts are a foundational component in the EVM ecosystem and the approve() method allows for easy interactions between smart contracts.
AI Meets Bitcoin, How Rootstock Powers the Future of Trustless AI | HackerNoon
Posted on Hackernoon for Rootstock. AI is changing the way we interact with technology, and in the world of blockchain, its impact is just beginning. The real challenge? Trust.