DEEP DIVE INTO TIMEDOTFUN
7 days ago
Time is a platform that tokenizes creators' time into redeemable currency, allowing users to purchase “minutes” priced on a bonding curve and redeem them for events like calls, messages, and group chats, with ~95% of redeemed value going to the creator. Addressing weaknesses of previous SocialFi app
BLOB EIPS AND MINIMUM VALIDATOR REQUIREMENTS
7 days ago
Four EIPs related to blob management and calldata costs aiming to optimize Ethereum's DA and fee mechanisms have been advanced to consideration status. Despite concerns for solo stakers about increased bandwidth requirements, they would lower the max block size. Reducing the minimum stake for runnin
Ethereum has not won the L1 wars - Solana, Avalanche, and Near have innovated to remain competitive. New L2s now resemble past L1s, relying on low fees and airdrop farming for user retention and acquisition instead of proper product-market fit. The unclear value accrual from L2s to ETH and the resur
LIQUID TOKENS & MEMES - WHAT NEXT?
7 days ago
Despite strong fundamentals, liquid tokens of real crypto businesses are undervalued and represent a compelling investment case. This author contrasts this value with memecoins, suggesting each has merit for different reasons. The market is shifting toward fundamentally driven valuations, and there
RWA TOKENIZATION SECTOR COULD SEE 50X GROWTH BY 2030
7 days ago
According to a Tren Finance research report, the RWA tokenization sector, currently valued at $185B, could grow over 50x to reach around $10T by 2030.
PAYPAL'S PYUSD STABLECOIN MARKET CAP IS DOWN 40% FROM ITS HIGH ABOVE $1 BILLION IN AUGUST
7 days ago
PYUSD has experienced a 40% drop in market cap, from over $1B in August to $618M.
COINBASE PAYMASTER ALLOWS USERS TO PAY GAS WITH ANY ERC-20 TOKEN ON BASE
7 days ago
Coinbase has begun enabling gas fees to be paid in any token when an app uses an ERC-20 paymaster.
Taiwan Semiconductor Raises Target Revenue Growth for 2024
7 days ago
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. raised its target for 2024 revenue growth after quarterly results beat estimates, allaying concerns about global chip demand and the sustainability of an AI hardware boom. TSMC Earnings net revenue came in at $23.5 billion in the third quarter, up 36% year-on-y
Fresh off the press, TSMC Earnings net revenue came in at $23.5 billion in the third quarter, up 36% year-on-year, with TSMC’s gross margin rising to 57.8% over July-September, compared with 54.3% in the same period of last year. The company’s net income was 325.3 billion Taiwanese dollars ($10.1 bi
Crop Parasites Can Be Deterred by “Electric Fences”
7 days ago
Imagine you’re a baby cocoa plant, just unfurling your first tentative roots into the fertile, welcoming soil.
Somewhere nearby, a predator stirs. It has no ears to hear you, no eyes to see you. But it knows where you are, thanks in part to the weak electric field emitted by your roots.
It is micr
Crop Parasites Can Be Deterred By "Electric Fences"
7 days ago
Imagine you’re a baby cocoa plant, just unfurling your first tentative roots into the fertile, welcoming soil.
Somewhere nearby, a predator stirs. It has no ears to hear you, no eyes to see you. But it knows where you are, thanks in part to the weak electric field emitted by your roots.
It is micr
Crop Parasites Can Be Deterred By "Electric Fences"
7 days ago
Imagine you’re a baby cocoa plant, just unfurling your first tentative roots into the fertile, welcoming soil.
Somewhere nearby, a predator stirs. It has no ears to hear you, no eyes to see you. But it knows where you are, thanks in part to the weak electric field emitted by your roots.
It is micr
DRAG TO SELECT (24 MINUTE READ)
8 days ago
This blog post goes over the end-to-end process of implementing a drag-to-select functionality in React, with code examples and challenges faced along the way. For example, one of the challenges of implementing this functionality was representing user interactions when handling drag selections in mu
WHAT I LEARNED FROM MAKING THE PYTHON BACKEND FOR YOUTUBE TRANSCRIPT OPTIMIZER (28 MINUTE READ)
8 days ago
When building a Python backend for a transcript optimizer app, this developer used FastAPI, SQLmodel, and Whisper for transcript generation, along with LLMs for text optimization and quiz generation. GPT4o-mini and Claude 3 Haiku were cheaper for this task, especially when combined with chunking inp
REAL-TIME MOUSE POINTERS (18 MINUTE READ)
8 days ago
Canva's collaboration team implemented real-time mouse pointers to make its whiteboard product better. Initially, they utilized a backend-centric architecture using WebSockets and Redis, which scaled to support hundreds of thousands of simultaneous users, but had limitations in update rate. Recogniz
REFLECTIONS ON PALANTIR (32 MINUTE READ)
8 days ago
This is a detailed retrospective from a former Palantir employee who spent eight years at the company. Palantir is unique in that it has 'forward deployed engineers' (FDEs) who work directly with clients and engineers who work on the core product (away from clients). The company also has a 'messiani
BE SUSPICIOUS OF SUCCESS (4 MINUTE READ)
8 days ago
Success in programs or applications due to flawed tests or incorrect models can lead to unexpected real-world failures. Even if tests pass and/or a model seems to work, it's still useful for developers to be 'suspicious' by testing both 'happy paths' (ideal scenarios) and 'sad paths' (error handling
THE BIG 'SERVER WATERFALL PROBLEM' WITH RSCS (6 MINUTE READ)
8 days ago
React Server Components can cause a 'server waterfall' problem, which is when a component's data fetching causes a delay in rendering due to dependencies. However, this problem also exists on the client-side. The benefit of server-side waterfalls over client-side waterfalls is that the server enviro
WHY STRIPE WON (8 MINUTE READ)
8 days ago
Stripe is immensely successful for a few reasons. It strategically rode the wave of e-commerce growth by focusing on developer-friendly solutions. The company diversified its product offering early on, expanding into adjacent markets and launching successful products like Stripe Connect, which allow
HOW WE OUTSMARTED CSGO CHEATERS WITH IDENTITYLOGGER (15 MINUTE READ)
8 days ago
A CSGO community server struggled with cheaters until someone developed IdentityLogger, a system that fingerprints players based on their IP address, Steam ID, and a unique Tracking ID derived from a persistent cookie stored on the player's computer via the game's built-in web browser. This third id
WORDPRESS RETALIATION IMPACTS COMMUNITY (14 MINUTE READ)
8 days ago
Automattic's retaliatory actions against WP Engine have negatively impacted the WordPress community, leading to contributor bans, a hostile fork of a popular plugin, and a growing perception of WordPress as a risky platform. This has led to many contributors questioning the Automattic CEO's leadersh
Reports: Tesla’s prototype Optimus robots were controlled by humans
8 days ago
But the prototypes used 'artificial intelligence' to control their walking.
Yes, there were humans controlling Tesla's bartending robots behind the scenes
8 days ago
Tesla's Optimus robots, which served drinks and mingled with the crowd, were assisted by humans and 'not yet fully autonomous.'
Tesla reveals price range for Optimus Gen2, its ‘robot without wheels’
8 days ago
Tesla reveals that its Optimus Gen 2 robot should cost somewhere between $20,000 and $30,000.
Tesla Reveals Autonomous Robotaxi and Robovan, Plans 2025 Self-Driving Launch
8 days ago
The late-night presentation showed off Tesla's new line of self-driving vehicles and updates to its Optimus robots.