shimin

I’ve decided to start sharing more of my journey into Web3. I’m a software developer by trade, but I’m still very new to this space. I’m surrounded by people who have been building, collecting, and contributing here for years. I’m currently taking on the challenge of building one of the best NFT minting bots in the space. There’s a lot I don’t know yet, and I’m completely okay with that. I want to learn from the people around me, contribute where I can, and document the process along the way. No pretending to be an expert. Just building, learning, and meeting good people.

Better and better every day.

This is a team I've had the pleasure to get to know @VersaceBoysRH and @normienfts_ . They have a great community and as the people behind the scenes who genuinely care about their holders. It's always nice seeing teams put real time and effort into creating good experiences for their community, whether that's through giveaways, WL opportunities, or just showing up for their holders. Looking forward to working together through @zyper_cloud and helping more people discover what they're building 🦆☁️

Another collection partnership coming soon for @zyper_cloud 🤝 This one's with a close friend of mine. They're not the biggest collection out there, but the people behind it genuinely care about their community. The team puts countless hours and resources into giving their holders a great experience, from giveaways to WL opportunities. They deserve more eyes on what they're building, and I'm hoping this collab helps introduce them to some new people. Outside of Web3, I made 3 loaves of sourdough today 😂 One of them is chocolate and I'll be baking them in the morning. Going AFK for the weekend after that. Keep learning and love life ❤️

Apparently I'm a Web3 browser game developer now lol. Today was pretty chill, just continuing to work through the same things as yesterday. Big architecture changes, a docs page, and another dashboard. Tomorrow is Friday, so the plan is sourdough and coding. A pretty good way to spend a day if you ask me 😂 Hope everyone has a good Friday 🤝

Seems like dedicated people attract dedicated people. @z_shonen, thank you brother for the kind words. Means a lot coming from you 🤝 I really believe this space deserves quality, especially in a time where it can feel like quantity is valued over quality. Always going to do my best to build things people can be proud to use.

Another day of building 🤝 Been working with my buddy on his site, which has been going well and has been a great learning experience. Also working away on @zyper_cloud. Hoping to wrap up a new feature soon so we can share more in an upcoming update 👀 NFTs are still pretty quiet, but honestly, this feels like a good time to focus on improving the product, refining the minting process, and building things that'll matter when activity picks back up. There's also been a lot more talk around security lately, and I'm glad I put a lot of thought into the security foundations of the bot early on. It's not the most exciting thing to talk about, but it's something you don't want to leave as an afterthought. Nothing crazy to report today. Just staying busy, learning, and chipping away at things. Wishing everyone a good one 🫡

NFTs might be down bad right now, competitors are shipping, and I'm still in good spirits. I believe there's room for builders to succeed without tearing each other down. Recently came across my first bad egg in Web3. Threatening piracy and distributing someone else's IP is not something I fuck with or condone. People spend countless hours and their own money building software. If you want to compete with the big dogs, it takes more than a Claude Code subscription and reverse engineering someone else's binaries. You need to understand the market, identify problems worth solving, find gaps others aren't filling, and bring something of your own to the table. AI can make good programmers great, but it can also make bad programmers worse. At the end of the day, when you subscribe to a product, you're supporting the people putting their time, money, and energy into building something that makes your life easier. If a product brings you value, don't feel bad about paying for it. There's room for all of us to win. Build something of your own 🤝

Back at it for another week 🤝 Things are coming along great with the new features for Zyper Cloud. NFT minting has been a little quiet lately, so it’s been a good time to stay busy building and improving things behind the scenes. Also got to help a friend add a pretty big feature to their collections site and put together a launch trailer for it, which was a fun change of pace. Got some good building done and had a good weekend IRL too. Can’t complain. Back to it 🫡

Been working on something a little different today. Instead of interacting with existing contracts, I've been working on building my own. Also been helping a friend with their collections site, improving efficiency and maintainability while helping get everything ready for their upcoming promotion. Probably wrapping up the building for the week with the weekend almost here, but I'll still be around posting and talking about tech topics I'm passionate about. Hope everyone has a good weekend 🤝

Today was a big day. A little humbling, a lot of learning. Ran my first 200+ wallet drop. It didn't go as planned, but that's part of building. You learn a lot more when things don't go perfectly. On the flip side, we also secured a partnership with a well-known community, and we're seeing experienced, well-known botters start using @zyper_cloud It's a good feeling seeing something you've been building start reaching the people you built it for. Still plenty to improve. Still plenty to learn. Back to work. 🫡

Burn ducks. Spend Duck. Get WL.

Today was one of those days where I spent way too much time tweaking the little things. A UI change here. A small feature improvement there. A few tiny quality-of-life changes that probably won't make a headline, but will make someone's experience just a little bit better. I've realized that's one of my favorite parts of building software. You can spend so much time thinking about architecture, performance, scalability and all the big engineering problems. But sometimes the difference between good software and great software is just paying attention to the little things. Those are the changes I enjoy the most.

I haven’t been part of @Flamingos_ETH for very long, but I’ve already grown to really appreciate the project and the people behind it. @z_shonen has been a big part of helping me get a foothold in this space and, more importantly, giving me the confidence to branch out and pursue things I might not have otherwise. Being gifted a 1/1 Flamingo recently was an incredible honor. I also burned 15 Flamingos 🔥 I have a lot of respect for what Shonen is building, and from everything I’ve seen, there’s a lot of exciting stuff ahead. Really happy to be a part of it.

Such an honor. I absolutely love it.

FLG! We love to see it. Testers are enjoying @zyper_cloud

First collection partnership! So excited! @z_shonen the GOAT