A place for developers to talk about building on Farcaster.

/dev

99% of devs using crypto today explicitly sought out to make a "crypto" app. Very few began with a problem and ended up using crypto behind the scenes because it solved that problem best.

We're a hammer looking for a nail, and we need to flip that

Making the blockchain invisible at /thirdweb

Web3 degen and solidity dev.
/seedcaster, /powerbadgecabal




Exposure with no merit doesn't last. Great products gain an audience by helping users, and the users stay because the relationship is symbiotic.

I agree, but there's another layer to the equation. Regardless of solving a problem, if you don't have an audience, you're dead, no matter how helpful your product is or what problem it solves. Today seems more about exposure and influence than actual merit.

When I was first learning smart contract development, I was explicitly told to first make a Web2 proof-of-concept to a problem and only write a smart contract if it actually benefits functionality.