Lending markets were one of the first decentralized finance (DeFi) primitives to show product-market fit and have consistently ranked amongst the applications with the most traction. A quick glance at total value locked (TVL) across DeFi protocols today reveals that 4 of the top 5 are lending protocols, holding
Read moreOne of the most impactful innovations of the 19th century was the creation of the Limited Liability Company (LLC). The LLC is a business structure which defines that investors can only lose as much money as they have committed. Prior to the establishment of the LLC, businesses had unlimited liability,
Read more“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Taleb Ben Thompson wrote an interesting post recently on the topic of Substack, highlighting its opportunity and challenges. I highly recommend that you read it. Beyond being a good take on Substack, it makes the case, albeit
Read moreHiring a developer advocate is a challenge every developer-first company faces. With the rise of developer-first companies, developer advocates are increasingly in high demand. Yet, there still remains a lot of variance in the practices of hiring and building developer relations teams across companies. Community management is one
Read moreOne of the most interesting breakthroughs in crypto is the strong degree of composability the technology lends to software development. Composability is the ability to combine various components of a software stack in different ways. To keep things simple, we’ll split the stack into two parts: front-end and
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