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How many of you have realised that this decor piece is Ethereum's octahedron logo, half above, half below the ground?
@EFDevcon , am I right?
skyguy | Devcon ๐ฎ๐ณ retweeted
the fact that this was written โฆ last year โฆ breaks my brain
There's a new kind of coding I call "vibe coding", where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists. It's possible because the LLMs (e.g. Cursor Composer w Sonnet) are getting too good. Also I just talk to Composer with SuperWhisper so I barely even touch the keyboard. I ask for the dumbest things like "decrease the padding on the sidebar by half" because I'm too lazy to find it. I "Accept All" always, I don't read the diffs anymore. When I get error messages I just copy paste them in with no comment, usually that fixes it. The code grows beyond my usual comprehension, I'd have to really read through it for a while. Sometimes the LLMs can't fix a bug so I just work around it or ask for random changes until it goes away. It's not too bad for throwaway weekend projects, but still quite amusing. I'm building a project or webapp, but it's not really coding - I just see stuff, say stuff, run stuff, and copy paste stuff, and it mostly works.
Devcon Week Day 3: @EFDevcon Mumbai ๐ฎ๐ณ
A mixed bag of experiences today. Some things stood out, others felt a little underwhelming compared to my expectations.
- The Indian developer community is young, large, and hungry. Met developers from all kinds of backgrounds and fields. The curiosity and enthusiasm are hard to miss.
- Agents, agents everywhere. My agent, your agent, our agents.
- Privacy and zk: Plenty of representation on the speaker list, but noticeably less enthusiasm among listeners. At least, that's what my interactions suggested.
- A shift in the Web3 culture: Working in Web3, I'd assumed much of the industry had moved towards a more institutional approach, leaving some of its original cyberpunk ethos behind. But the atmosphere here felt quite the opposite. Perhaps it's the restrictive crypto regulations in India, or the fact that a large part of the audience consists of students. Something worth thinking about.
- Security remains a recurring theme. Talks around recent exploits, vulnerabilities, and prevention strategies from @summit_defi are finding their way here too. For good reason.
- Quantum and post-quantum computing: A recurring topic on stage, though I haven't yet had the chance to get into a proper conversation about it.
Also enjoyed stepping outside the usual crypto bubble:
- @zeeshan's autoresearch at @yukon.
- A random conversation I joined at @GrapheneOS booth with Andrew.
Devcon Week Day 2: ArbiVerse by @arbitrum
I always enjoy Arbitrum events. They know what they're doing, and it reflects in the talks, whether the subject is technical or philosophical. There's always a clear direction and thought behind the conversations.
- The talk by @shrewtea8 and demo by @danielortega were great. They explained what PGA and FF do, how they work, and more importantly, who they're meant for.
- @stonecoldpat0's "What are Rollups": a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Too interesting. It offered a completely different perspective from how I'm used to explaining rollups. Definitely borrowing that analogy for future conversations!
Always good to walk away with new perspectives, even on concepts you think you know well.
skyguy | Devcon ๐ฎ๐ณ retweeted
shoutout to @denverjude for his huge support for
1) pushing to get @EFDevcon in India forโฆ 8years?
2) supporting since before the idea was born
3) convincing @tkstanczak it was a good idea
4) confirming that Devcon VIII was a good idea
5) making sure it remains a good idea
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so here's a little untold story about one of the people behind @EFDevcon finally happening in India!
meet @denverjude ceo of @devfolio
they've been pulling off hackathons with 1,000+ participants, organising @ETHIndiaco and some absolute banger events over the years!
Denver has been attending Devcon across countries since 2023, with a unintentional urge to bring it to India someday.
and ever since Devcon India was announced, i've been seeing him constantly show up, working alongside @OrnellaWeb3 helping with @ethmumbai events, and putting in the effort behind Devcon preparations.
during the opening ceremony, @nethan_eth gave him a shoutout: "my friend Denver, CEO of Devfolio, brought OG projects from India."
i can only imagine how much that moment meant to him. years of hoping for something, working towards it, and finally seeing it happen. and all of this have been possible due the 10000% efforts poured by entire Devfolio team!
and this is just one story. there are thousands more who've given their time, energy, and so much more to make this happen.
today belongs to every single one of you'all folks. everyone who dreamed of this, worked behind the scenes, volunteered, attended & simply showed up to be part of it. we all made this happen, together! ๐ซถ๐ผ
Here at @ETHIndiaco.
Second time with them, after Interfaces at @iitdelhi last year.
Devcon Week Day 2: ArbiVerse by @arbitrum
I always enjoy Arbitrum events. They know what they're doing, and it reflects in the talks, whether the subject is technical or philosophical. There's always a clear direction and thought behind the conversations.
- The talk by @shrewtea8 and demo by @danielortega were great. They explained what PGA and FF do, how they work, and more importantly, who they're meant for.
- @stonecoldpat0's "What are Rollups": a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one. Too interesting. It offered a completely different perspective from how I'm used to explaining rollups. Definitely borrowing that analogy for future conversations!
Always good to walk away with new perspectives, even on concepts you think you know well.
Devcon Week Day 1: @summit_defi
Met all kinds of people today: from some of the industry's top auditors, researchers, and developers to students and people outside the industry who are eager to learn.
A few takeaways from the talks/conversations:
- No single person, or even their entire AI stack, can take on the growing army of AI-powered bad actors. Everyone has a role to play in securing their part of the ecosystem.
- Security isn't something you start and finish. It's a continuous process, something that should stay with you for as long as your system exists.
- The bad actors have powerful tools at their disposal. So do you. Keep testing, breaking, and challenging your own systems before someone else does.
- Everything will eventually break. There's no such thing as perfect engineering. What matters is how well you anticipate, prepare for, and respond to failure.
A day full of conversations, perspectives, and reminders that security is everyone's responsibility.
If you are attending @arbitrum's ArbiVerse today, let's connect.
Devcon Week Day 1: @summit_defi
Met all kinds of people today: from some of the industry's top auditors, researchers, and developers to students and people outside the industry who are eager to learn.
A few takeaways from the talks/conversations:
- No single person, or even their entire AI stack, can take on the growing army of AI-powered bad actors. Everyone has a role to play in securing their part of the ecosystem.
- Security isn't something you start and finish. It's a continuous process, something that should stay with you for as long as your system exists.
- The bad actors have powerful tools at their disposal. So do you. Keep testing, breaking, and challenging your own systems before someone else does.
- Everything will eventually break. There's no such thing as perfect engineering. What matters is how well you anticipate, prepare for, and respond to failure.
A day full of conversations, perspectives, and reminders that security is everyone's responsibility.
If you are attending @arbitrum's ArbiVerse today, let's connect.
Holding the hands-free mic in one hand while speaking. ๐
Anyone who has spoken on stage knows your brain occasionally forgets how to function when all eyes are on you.
Been there, done that.
skyguy | Devcon ๐ฎ๐ณ retweeted
You asked, so hop 0.3.0 is out
- Arch, Fedora, Omarchy, CachyOS, Debian, Zorin and Ultramarine
- Install on D: or another internal drive
- Make room when C: has free space Windows won't release
- Replace Windows entirely, if you want
Still no USB stick
github.com/Arjun-Ingole/hop/โฆ
Made a Windows app for dual booting without a USB stick.
Pick a distro and how much space it gets. hop downloads the ISO, shrinks C: if it needs to, copies the installer to a small FAT32 partition and reboots into it.
No Rufus. No boot menu.
github.com/Arjun-Ingole/hop
Don't want to take the leap of faith, take a step.
Linux will set you free.
Made a Windows app for dual booting without a USB stick.
Pick a distro and how much space it gets. hop downloads the ISO, shrinks C: if it needs to, copies the installer to a small FAT32 partition and reboots into it.
No Rufus. No boot menu.
github.com/Arjun-Ingole/hop
Whenever I see a cool product, my instinct is to go recreate it (as if I have the time ๐ข).
This time, I tried @bot:
- Designr, with access to my system to test; I pass the source/screenshot of the product I want to recreate,
- Developr, the one who works under the guidance and evaluation of Designr.
These 2 spent the night trying to replicate hokum.app. Will be judging their work after a while, but I can see from the chat that they did well.
hokum, notifications for wayland
- theme it however you want
- nice springy animations
- control notifs per app
hokum.app
skyguy | Devcon ๐ฎ๐ณ retweeted
People are missing the point of Ginux.
I didnโt create another kernel to compete with Linux. That is idiotic!
In fact I consider the code disposable. Think about thatโฆ
Ginux wasnโt the product. The development process was the experiment. The kernel was the evidence.
Could AI, directed by an experienced engineer, could build and validate an extraordinarily complex software system.
In just 11 days, I produced an independent kernel capable of booting Rocky Linux 10 with systemd.
That was the experiment. And while Ginux isnโt a complete Linux aligned kernel, the experiment is complete.
The research paper documents the methodology, results, and limitations.
Since publishing, people have started finding bugs and security issues. Thatโs fantastic! Independent review is exactly how complex software gets better.
There has already been an initial security review, and thereโs a remediation plan sitting in context that Iโm considering implementing.
So the question is, since the experiment is complete, do I even do anything further here?
Maybe there is an interesting experiment in measuring how efficiently human-directed AI can fix the problems external reviewers discover?
How much time does it take to reproduce an issue, identify the root cause, implement a fix, and validate the result? How much human intervention is actually required?
Thatโs potentially an even more interesting situation than the original 11-day experiment.
Because the real question was never whether AI could replace Linux. Even if it can replace some aspects of its functionality, it canโt replicate the community, standards, collaboration, alignment, or stability.
If you still believe that Ginux was designed to be a Linux replacement, you should read the actual paper.
zenodo.org/records/23682548
The creator of CentOS and Rocky Linux built a new OS kernel with AI in just 11 days.
Itโs called Ginux, and it can already run selected Linux programs without the Linux kernel underneath.
Gregory Kurtzer guided the design while Codex wrote and tested around 139,000 lines of code.
Written mainly in Rust, Ginux has its own memory management, scheduler and networking. It even boots Rocky Linux 10 with systemd in a virtual machine.
Itโs still an experimental prototype, with incomplete compatibility and hardware support. The code is open source under Apache 2.0.
Eleven days to get this far. Now comes the harder part of making it reliable.
Source: github.com/gmkurtzer/ginux
