I'm a software engineer turned developer relations engineer currently focussed on web3. I write a combination of opinion pieces of trends in the space and detailed tutorials to create real apps!
“What does dev rel do?” I see this question get asked surprisingly often. Recently, I was given the opportunity to build a developer relations program from scratch and reflect on my 3 years of experience in this role to create a strategy. I decided t...
Ever wanted to store a piece of information on-chain but keep it a secret until later? In this quick post, we'll explore the commit-reveal scheme and provide an example of how you can implement it within a smart contract using Solidity. What is the C...
In this tutorial, I'll walk you through the process of setting up Coinbase Smart Wallet inside a front-end application. By the end of the tutorial, we'll build a simple Next.js application where users can: Connect to your application via Coinbase Sm...
As part of Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap, rollups are taking away the heavy lifting from Ethereum and scaling its throughput by orders of magnitude, reflected in the $20B+ TVL stored in L2 chains today. But, with great power, comes great respons...
This guide will show you how to build your own indexer for an EVM-compatible blockchain such as Ethereum, Polygon Proof of Stake, and more! By the end, you'll have a Docker container running Kafka that captures all blockchain events that you specify,...
In this guide, I'll show you how you can create and operate your very own blockchain. More specifically, we'll walk through the process of creating a "ZK Validium". A layer 2 chain that utilizes zero-knowledge proofs to guarantee and verify the valid...
In my previous post, we discussed how ZK proofs work, and how the different non-interactive ZK proofs are utilized in ZK-EVMs such as Polygon zkEVM. But how exactly does that work? What information gets sent back to Ethereum? And how does this enable...
In this guide, we'll cover how to use Polygon's dApp Store Kit to create a decentralized app store. We'll walk through the following topics: What is Polygon dApp Store Kit? Why was dApp Store Kit created? How to create a web application built on t...
All ZK-EVMs (Zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines) aim to achieve the same goal; make Ethereum more scalable and grow the adoption of web3. As a developer, there are now several different options you have to create and deploy smart contracts onto...
