I acquired most of my Bitcoin as a delivery boy for Jimmy Johns over the course of 4 years
No funny games, no yield, no shitcoin flipping, just $10-$20 of tip money per day. FEW
Switching from community college to
@LambdaSchool
has been like going from a flip phone to the IPhone. Their education model is the future, I have no idea how universities are going to keep up at this point.
Excited to be starting at
@fold_app
today as their newest frontend engineer!
They've given me so many free sats at this point - about time I pay it forward
I WAS A PLEB THROUGH AND THROUGH
NO SKILLS
LEFT SIDE OF THE BELLCURVE
SOFT CHIN
I DECIDED I WAS TIRED OF BEING ON THE SIDELINES
IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN
The best decisions of my life:
- Dropping out of high school to play music
- Dropping out of college to go to coding bootcamp
- Getting married young
- Going all in on
#Bitcoin
Sad to report I had to part ways with Fold.
With that being said I’ve never been more excited to start looking for a new opportunity to work on Bitcoin/Lightning/Nostr
No updated website/resume yet, but the proof is in the work:
Onwards 🫡
The PlebDevs Backend Course is here!
Learn Backend from scratch and build a simple Lightning Wallet backend with a server, API, Database, and Lightning node using NodeJS
Let’s level up together 🤝
It took me 8 months in the Austin Bitcoin community to transition from having no opportunities and saying yes to almost anything to having too many opportunities and saying no to almost everything.
Just finished my final
@base58btc
homework building a nested segwit multisig from scratch and spending from it 🤯
It’s been challenging but amazing going through this course, thank you
@niftynei
and
@stakamoto21
for setting this up and helping me level up my Bitcoin skills!
@ODELL
calls it like it is:
Bear markets are a test of the true builders/plebdev learners. Surviving the burnout is the real challenge. Only those who make consistent progress, grow, survive and stay humble will emerge on the other side
Another reason community is so important
The
@PlebLab
PlebDev course
#1
has been live for 24 hours now and we have over 100 individuals that have signed up and started!
Thank you everyone for sharing/supporting
After 6 months on the job search and 179 applications I'm excited to share that I just accepted my first software engineer position at an exciting AI startup!
This was my first Github commit almost 3 years ago🥲
⚡️ first plebdev workshop happening in an hour!
Come through to
@PlebLab
or stay tuned for the recording
- How to use Github
- Intro to web apps
- Build your first React app
The building never stops ⚡️
Come join the first live hack session this Saturday in the plebdevs community discord where I'll be implementing lightning payments into a web app from scratch using
@voltage_cloud
/
@lnbits
@StackingHats
Yep, most of what I've learned about Bitcoin / software development came from 6 hours of podcasts a day for like 5 years straight
Still had to put that knowledge into action though
Introducing Pulsar a private nostr chat app.
Pulsar was originally prototyped by
@SuperTestnet
and I joined him a few weeks ago to build out the frontend and add all of the basic features to reach an MVP.
As I interact with the PlebDevs more, I find myself increasingly drawn to the idea of building a fullstack developer bootcamp with a focus on developing Bitcoin and Lightning applications.
A lot of things to build before this is possible though
The first plebdevs course has reached about 430 students across 50+ countries and 13 different languages
This is a response that has absolutely blown my mind
The need is there, the hunger is there, the plebs are ready to become plebdevs, the time is now! 🤝
If you’re a new developer in Bitcoin do what you can to get to Austin and
@PlebLab
. The opportunity here to level up fast, work on cool projects, and make connections is unparalleled.
Thanks to everyone that came out to the first plebdev workshop!
Please give me any feedback, if we moved to fast, or what you would like to see in the next plebdev workshop.
Lets level up together 🤝
Unbelievably stoked for
@tabconf
Last year was huge for me. Made progress on my bitcoin/lightning dev journey, contributed to a FOSS project, met a ton of cool people, met a few hero's, and went to like 7 parties in 4 days😂
If you're going come say what's up if we haven't met!
Starting today in the plebdevs discord I’m opening up free 1:1’s that you can schedule with me for talking through project ideas, getting help, code review, career advice, or anything that will help you with your developer journey! 🤝
Check it out
The next PlebDevs Live Hack is happening tomorrow at 2:00 PM CST!
I will be continuing building out the backend for pleb-wallet using NodeJS / Express / Knex / SQLite / LND
8th week in a row now 🫡
Community is a cheat code for accelerating your learning / building
Working at
@PlebLab
everyday and being around other focused builders motivates me to learn and do more than I thought possible
Consider a hotdesk at if you're looking for the same
Yesterday at pleblab breaker of JPEG’s, today at pleblab breaker of locks.
There’s something new and exciting happening everyday here
@PlebLab
come see what the hype is about!
@cdixon
Nearly 70% of Ethereum nodes are run on cloud services (mostly AWS)
Most individuals can't afford to run a full validating eth node
And It only gets worse when you go down the list of shitcoins and "eth killers"
This is why "web3" isn't decentralized
Absolutely thrilled to have been sponsored to participate in Base58’s upcoming bitcoin protocol course!
This is a huge opportunity for me to accelerate my Bitcoin development journey and complete my transition from Bitcoin pleb to bitcoinplebdev
Thank you
@base58btc
!
Austin is the place to be as a builder in Bitcoin!
I was lucky enough to show up a year and a half ago and be welcomed with open arms by the community.
I've leveled up a ton since getting involved with
@PlebLab
@bitcoincommons
and all of the bitcoin meetups/haackathons/hangs in
The story of
@bitcoinplebdev
, as of many other builders in the space, is truly inspiring.
I worked at the
@PlebLab
for the last month and got to meet great guys building cool stuff.
Bullish on the Pleblab and the Austin
#bitcoin
community.
Tonight at 6:30 I’ll be streaming part 1 of my journey through the Rust book!
Been wanting to take the time to pick up Rust for awhile now, I’m traditionally a python/JS dev so this will be my first experience with a lower level language, let’s see how it goes! 🦀
The more I explore the app development space focusing on lightning the more I'm convinced that this is the plebdev stack:
(the easiest stack for building a full stack lightning enabled app)
-
@nextjs
-
@MongoDB
-
@voltage_cloud
-
@lnbits
The next PlebDevs Workshop is happening tomorrow evening at 6:00 PM CST!
We'll be building a simple lightning node management dashboard with WebLN using
@getAlby
/ LND /
@lightningpolar
The building never stops 🫡
Jana literally made a book about me for my birthday! She is the sweetest human, a beautiful writer, and a constant inspiration in my life. I’m so grateful you’re my partner I love you!!
@seymoursister
The Bitcoin developer ecosystem self selects for mission driven individuals over opportunists
Any notable Bitcoin dev could make 3X more building spy tools for FAANG, but it's not about money, it's about fixing the money.
This is a huge contrast to the Shitcoin / AI space
Just released the first stable build of my coding tutor bot using ChatGPT on the PlebDevs discord!
You can send the bot a dm with any kind of coding question and get a pretty sophisticated response with code snippets!
Here's me asking some questions 🙂
The next PlebDevs live hack is happening tomorrow at 2:00 PM CST
We'll be continuing to build "pleb-post" a full stack lightning app that will be a project in the 2nd PlebDev course
Stay humble and stack commits 🟩
To the junior developers wanting to build apps on Lightning:
What is the biggest barrier of entry for you?
What do you get stuck on?
What do you not understand?
What is the guide / template you need to get to the next step in your journey?
Don't have any experience coding but want to get started??
Check out the first plebdevs course which will walk you through writing your first lines of code to building a simple lightning wallet frontend:
THEN you'll be perfectly setup to continue your
The PlebDevs Backend Course is here!
Learn Backend from scratch and build a simple Lightning Wallet backend with a server, API, Database, and Lightning node using NodeJS
Let’s level up together 🤝
This Sunday tune in for a new Plebdevs Workshop!
@da_goodenough
will be leading this workshop and going live at 1:00 PM CST on the recording will be posted on Youtube like always
Repo for this workshop:
1. Write your first code with plebdevs course
#1
and build a simple Lightning wallet:
2. Take your basic plebdev skills and dive into the backend with course
#2
to build a server/API/Database and deploy your own Lightning node for your Lightning wallet
The PlebDevs Backend Course is here!
Learn Backend from scratch and build a simple Lightning Wallet backend with a server, API, Database, and Lightning node using NodeJS
Let’s level up together 🤝
Check out the course here:
Join our discord here if you want to connect with the other plebdevs taking the course get direct help from me and get access to additional workshops and resources 🤝
Announcing the 100k challenge
Come to
@PlebLab
and beat me at a best of three in smash Ultimate and you'll win 100k sats, no need to put up your own sats.
New challenger approaching❗️
So stoked for the next few months:
-
@base58btc
course starts today
- Moving to Austin later in May
-
@btcplusplus
conference in Austin on June 7th
Excited to step up my learning/building in Bitcoin
The next PlebDevs live stream is happening this Saturday at 11AM CST!
I'm gonna be chatting with the plebdev legend
@bitdern
We're gonna be talking about:
- Bitdern's coding journey
- His experience taking the PlebDev course
- Landing your first Bitcoin gig