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jp 🎩🚢 (hiring engineers)
@jpren.eth #771
building @frens · a16z css23 · 🟪 /purple · 🍊 /orange-dao · hosting 🚢 /the-arena 🌎 /nomads ⌨️ /workspaces
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Decided to start casting my raw personal reflections on why crypto matters:
1. Software doesn't sleep, why do markets?
Because software hasn't eaten all markets yet. Crypto markets are software.
1. Software doesn't sleep, why do markets?
Because software hasn't eaten all markets yet. Crypto markets are software.
huge milestone unlocked
Oct 15 is Degen Day 🎩
It’s degens all the way down
There will be someone who thinks you’re too degen
There will be someone who you think is too degen
Each a point on a curve
Judging
Awaiting judgement
There will be someone who thinks you’re too degen
There will be someone who you think is too degen
Each a point on a curve
Judging
Awaiting judgement
Higher together ↑↑↑
What’s the easiest way to see all the channels I’m a member of?
Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication
Imitation is the highest form of flattery
Inside jokes are the highest form of entertainment
Memes are the highest form of _____
Imitation is the highest form of flattery
Inside jokes are the highest form of entertainment
Memes are the highest form of _____
@dwr.eth talking about kebob menus makes me hungry
/the-arena — Season 2, Round 7
🚢 WHAT DID YOU SHIP THIS WEEK? 🚢
31 players joins us in the arena for this round.
Welcome new players:
- @fun building Reel Farm
- @itsbasil building /animarising
- @sophia building /celo
RULES
You have 12 hours (until 9pm PT today) to:
- share what you've shipped this week in the channel feed — to stay in the arena
- if this is your first week in /the-arena, start with a concise 1 liner on what project you're building
e.g. "I'm building /frens, a crypto messaging app. This week we shipped..."
The arena is for builders who ship. Builders who don't ship will be promptly thrown out of the arena
LFG 🚢
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FAQs:
What happens if I don't ship?
- You will be thrown out of the arena this weekend
How are you keeping track of this? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s0CdZggZ5sCmCymoxiZ_9a2T0vGLk2Na5cEjfFvFt84/edit?usp=sharing
🚢 WHAT DID YOU SHIP THIS WEEK? 🚢
31 players joins us in the arena for this round.
Welcome new players:
- @fun building Reel Farm
- @itsbasil building /animarising
- @sophia building /celo
RULES
You have 12 hours (until 9pm PT today) to:
- share what you've shipped this week in the channel feed — to stay in the arena
- if this is your first week in /the-arena, start with a concise 1 liner on what project you're building
e.g. "I'm building /frens, a crypto messaging app. This week we shipped..."
The arena is for builders who ship. Builders who don't ship will be promptly thrown out of the arena
LFG 🚢
---
FAQs:
What happens if I don't ship?
- You will be thrown out of the arena this weekend
How are you keeping track of this? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s0CdZggZ5sCmCymoxiZ_9a2T0vGLk2Na5cEjfFvFt84/edit?usp=sharing
RESULTS for Season 2 Round 6 of /the-arena 🚢
Total players: 37
Survivors: 28
Eliminated: 9
Congrats to the 28 survivors for shipping — you know who you are! 🚢🚢🚢
- @matthew, @cybershakti, @links, @degencast.eth, @df, @marissaposner, @sheldon missed their shippost
- @zeni.eth, @gbrydon bowed out of the arena for now
Total players: 37
Survivors: 28
Eliminated: 9
Congrats to the 28 survivors for shipping — you know who you are! 🚢🚢🚢
- @matthew, @cybershakti, @links, @degencast.eth, @df, @marissaposner, @sheldon missed their shippost
- @zeni.eth, @gbrydon bowed out of the arena for now
Building /frens
This week I shipped:
- lots of small bug fixes
- 2 features I helped design: social charts and subscribe
- product designs for our next cycle
This week I shipped:
- lots of small bug fixes
- 2 features I helped design: social charts and subscribe
- product designs for our next cycle
I'm all for ted waxing philosophical and tldr sharing venice ultrawide selfies
/the-arena — Season 2, Round 6
🚢 WHAT DID YOU SHIP THIS WEEK? 🚢
37 players are in the arena for this round
RULES
You have 12 hours (until 9pm PT today) to:
- share what you've shipped this week in the channel feed — to stay in the arena
- if this is your first week in /the-arena, start with a concise 1 liner on what project you're building
e.g. "I'm building /frens, a crypto messaging app. This week we shipped..."
The arena is for builders who ship. Builders who don't ship will be promptly thrown out of the arena
LFG 🚢
---
FAQs:
What happens if I don't ship?
- You will be thrown out of the arena this weekend
How are you keeping track of this? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iVKee1vlTIdWEWZ2uax4Fm68Cv5wrq50v7PISGQsL8g/edit?usp=sharing
🚢 WHAT DID YOU SHIP THIS WEEK? 🚢
37 players are in the arena for this round
RULES
You have 12 hours (until 9pm PT today) to:
- share what you've shipped this week in the channel feed — to stay in the arena
- if this is your first week in /the-arena, start with a concise 1 liner on what project you're building
e.g. "I'm building /frens, a crypto messaging app. This week we shipped..."
The arena is for builders who ship. Builders who don't ship will be promptly thrown out of the arena
LFG 🚢
---
FAQs:
What happens if I don't ship?
- You will be thrown out of the arena this weekend
How are you keeping track of this? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iVKee1vlTIdWEWZ2uax4Fm68Cv5wrq50v7PISGQsL8g/edit?usp=sharing
Nominating some new and old faces for Round 6
- @markus building /ethos
- @matthew building @eventsxyz
- @df building /open-frames
- @jacky building /frens
- @downshift.eth building /microsub
- @abundance building /impact
- @davidbaraev building /auri
- @marissaposner building @skyoneer
- @sheldon building @skyoneer
- @markus building /ethos
- @matthew building @eventsxyz
- @df building /open-frames
- @jacky building /frens
- @downshift.eth building /microsub
- @abundance building /impact
- @davidbaraev building /auri
- @marissaposner building @skyoneer
- @sheldon building @skyoneer
/the-arena RESULTS for Season 2 Round 5 🚢
Total players: 33
Survivors: 27
Eliminated: 6
Congrats to the 27 survivors for shipping — you know who you are! 🚢🚢🚢
- I was eliminated this round 🫣, but I'll be back for round 6!
- @matthew, @grit, @nbragg, and @jacky missed their shippost
- @df was probably shipping BD
Total players: 33
Survivors: 27
Eliminated: 6
Congrats to the 27 survivors for shipping — you know who you are! 🚢🚢🚢
- I was eliminated this round 🫣, but I'll be back for round 6!
- @matthew, @grit, @nbragg, and @jacky missed their shippost
- @df was probably shipping BD
🎩 the hat stays on (it has stayed on since Feb)
I’m waiting for an AI chatbot named Al (as in Al Gore)
a16oz beer 🤯
What I tried to ship today didn’t meet our bar and will need more work to ship to users. It will be ready next week
Making good progress nevertheless
Lots of learnings this week from meeting with crypto friends IRL, many from this network
Making good progress nevertheless
Lots of learnings this week from meeting with crypto friends IRL, many from this network