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2025

I didn’t get a proper chance to say goodbye to 2025 when it ended. It’s already January, and life kept moving, but I wanted to leave something behind for myself before I fully turned the page. Building something is hard. Building something with a very small team, often just me, and occasionally a few freelancers, Continue reading "2025"

Furrend Year 2 ✅

Lessons from building a consumer social platform Two years ago, we turned an idea I shared in this tweet into an actual project — Furrend. Since then, so much has happened. As of December 2024, over 3,000 adorable animal videos have been shared on Furrend. Our beta app is live on iOS TestFlight and Google Continue reading "Furrend Year 2 ✅"

2024

Some photos I took this year: and one of my favorite quotes of this year is, The riskiest thing is to take no risk.

Furrend Year 1 ✅

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2022 has been a good year

I m so grateful ♡ And my biggest mind shift in 2022: • Care less about what people think• Be unwilling to give my time away

A Conversation With Mattia Cuttini About Crypto Art and Technological Error

I first saw Mattia s work was two years ago at Rare Art Festival in Brooklyn — I picked up a card that happened to be made by him. Last year, he and I got connected on Twitter and started chatting about art. And then, I invited him to join one of the panels at the Pop Culture and Blockchain event. I Continue reading "A Conversation With Mattia Cuttini About Crypto Art and Technological Error"

Where the City Ends and the Ocean Begins

The land stretches, empty, to the horizon. The sky opens, with speeding clouds. Land, sky, sand, ocean. Sky, sand, ocean. Ocean.

2020 Year in Review

What happened in the decentralized world 2020 has been a year of extremes, so it s been in the decentralized world, too — extreme innovations, extreme creativity, extreme excitements — and we finally beat the bear market. This year was all about making changes to my life to ensure my happiness and health. I left my Continue reading "2020 Year in Review"

Slowing Down

Running a Stacks Node and Mining STX Tokens for the First Time: A Guide for All the Non-Tech-Savvy People

For people like me — an absolute noob, with a little help from Docker Before we get into all the “technical” stuff, a little bit about myself: I’m a tech startup person with a finance / marketing background, I ve been bullish on DeFi since early 2019, and I’m a proud yield farmer. So, you can Continue reading "Running a Stacks Node and Mining STX Tokens for the First Time: A Guide for All the…