I built a blockchain dApp in a week. And I learned more than I expected.

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 06:05:30 -0400

After a decent number of years writing software, you get used to solving problems within certain mental models. You pick up patterns, develop instincts and, like it or not, start to default to comfort. Last week I took part of a hackathon, which took me way out if my comfort zone. I had no option. Three weeks into my job, the bomb was droped: Hackthon next week. Remote. And me, with very little professional blockchain development experience, no team and only a couple of vague ideas of I could build.

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I built a blockchain dApp in a week. And I learned more than I expected.