Story Pointing and Breaking Down Work

We recently wrapped up the initial MVP of Enzyme, our Polkadot wallet, and I wanted to share some insights about the development process from the perspective of a Project Manager. My first anniversary at BlockX Labs is coming up in a couple of weeks and it's been amazing to see …

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Spinning up a VPN server programmatically on-demand

(Photo from airplane window over Sydney 🇦🇺)

My Private Internet Access subscription had expired and prices had jumped up from the last time I paid for a year. I don't need a VPN 24 hours per day, just an hour or two if I decide to work from a cafe, need …

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Why and How to build Metamask for your own Blockchain

(Photo from Blockchain Futurist Conference 2018, Toronto.)

If you built your own blockchain or forked an existing one, one of your top priorities should be to make it easy for users and developers to interact with. MetaMask enabled Ethereum users and developers to easily use ETH and ERC-20 tokens, and …

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Netcat

Netcat is a super simple but very versatile way to test basic network connectivity. The nc man page says it best:

The nc (or netcat) utility is used for just about anything under the sun involving TCP or UDP. It can open TCP connections, send UDP packets, listen on arbitrary …

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