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Steve
@stevedylandev.eth
From an EVM builder's perspective Solana sucks. I spent days porting concealmint.com to Solana, and by EVM standards it's dead simple: - Basic 721 contract, anyone can mint, token URI passed in at time of mint - Client accepts information to build a token URI and mints the NFT - Ponder indexer allows me to quickly query mints and owners Porting a perpetual mint like this to Solana was AWFUL. The system and tools in place assume you're going to follow a cookie cutter path of minting one big collection at once. Trying to create an initial collection and mint into it perpetually throws tons of errors. Indexing is built into the RPCs and it SUCKS. I have to wait at least 5-10 seconds for a mint to show up and get a URI to get data back. When I launched the app on mainnet I had to SEND AN EMAIL to Blowfish in order for the app to not get flagged by Phantom. If you just want tokens, Solana is fine. Outside of that the creativity is limited with heavy centralized walls.
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greg
@gregfromstl
Devil’s advocate: would it be the opposite is you were an experienced Solana dev moving to ETH?
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Steve
@stevedylandev.eth
That’s a great question, and I think it’s true for the opposite reasons. The average solana dev expects the ability to deploy or mint an NFT using a JavaScript library without having to touch rust or write any programs, so going to EVM means they have to learn how to deploy smart contracts and probably use solidity. I think a good analogy is driving automatic vs manual transmission. With an automatic you just drive and you have less to think about but also less control. The opposite is true for manual.
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greg
@gregfromstl
I think most devs prefer less control though. Its Vercel vs AWS
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Steve
@stevedylandev.eth
Probably true. I would be curious to hear the experience of people who have never touched EVM and dove straight into Solana
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