Paul Dowman

@pauldowman

Software engineering at scale. Permissionless public infrastructure. (And we're hiring senior/staff level engineers and managers at Polygon.)

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Does @lenster.lens work on mobile (web) for anyone? I can sign in, but the UI seems broken. I can't use @orbapp.lens because it doesn't support WalletConnect(!) which I need…

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In software and products NEVER say "can't" to a stakeholder. Either it's a bad idea or you don't know how. Tell them so! But "can't" is bullshit.

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UX for self-custody is obviously problematic right now, people will lose their keys or get hacked, but that will change with real adoption of smart contract wallets. (Ethereum account abstraction will…

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Underrated benefit of social networks based on custody of a key pair like Lens is that you can sign content. Important in the world of deep fake video and fake celebrity…

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The world we're in https://blog.eladgil.com/p/changing-times-or-why-is-every-layoff

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"There are almost no lean companies founded in the past seven years. This is not a value judgment, but a consequence of the fundraising environment." https://sarahguo.com/blog/hardreset

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A month late on this, but it was 👌. I do *not* remember you dropping Manu Chau in there, that should have stood out 😂

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There was a POAP for rAAVE?

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I tried to, but it doesn't support WalletConnect and my Lens account is on my Ledger. It only supports mobile MetaMask or Rainbow, neither of which support hardware wallets.

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Many people will want to work at "hardcore twitter", maybe just not the people who worked at old twitter. Of course it's hard to have a new team take over…

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Signing in here multiple times per day is killing me. 😔 Every time I do anything with Metamask elsewhere (switch network or account) I have to re-signin with Lens

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gm! I'm currently at Polygon, leading engineering for the front-end apps. Before that I led the blockchain team at Shopify (yes they're doing really cool things with NFTs and token-gated…

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If you're going to be at Devcon this event looks great: https://lu.ma/upa-launch

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Meanwhile, in Japan https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2022/10/04/japan-to-invest-in-metaverse-and-nft-expansion/

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I'll be at Devcon next week. See you there?

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"The luxury privilege of the next twenty years will be to leave the city. Not as its leashed servant in a suburb, but to wherever one wants." - DHH and Jason…

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Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk want Lens: https://twitter.com/TechEmails/status/1575588277700026368

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Yes, beautiful. And how about this?

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There has been only one Ethereum reorg since the merge: https://etherscan.io/blocks_forked?ps=100&p=1 In PoW they happen a lot due to latency between miners who are all trying to propose the next block.…

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It's getting annoying that I get signed out every time I switch networks on another site.

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If the success of our species is largely due to having thumbs, just imagine what we can achieve with MORE thumbs! We'll be an intergalactic species in no time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TkiN309_4

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I'm hiring a staff engineer and a manager at Polygon, do you know anyone who would be a good fit? - https://jobs.lever.co/Polygon/54a49a5f-3efa-4bbd-b484-2321c36895b8 - https://jobs.lever.co/Polygon/c1f2408a-a618-4943-848b-d3b142dd2071

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If you're going to Devcon in Bogotá: https://swag.ens.domains/

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I might have posted the same image 3 times, or not at all. Let's see if it shows up.

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Hello Lens frens! 🚀

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