VP of Product
If you haven’t been following the memecoin trend, you’re missing out on some of the most interesting, most pointless, and maybe even some of the funniest speculative fuel for web3 since NFTs. A memecoin is simply a token launched around a meme. Anyone can create them, and some
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You know what I like about Gumby? You don't know what Gumby is? Kids, these days! Gumby was a rubber toy that kids could stretch and flex and contort and do all kinds of crazy things with. Look at the picture. It's simple, but it'
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Vector storage is broken. Maybe it's better to say it's too disconnected from the actual needs of developers. I can say this with a good amount of experience building a project that used vector storage and search. But I can also say it from talking to
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A key-value database (KV store) is one of the simplest to use but most powerful databases a developer can reach for. Associating arbitrary pieces of data with meaningful keys makes querying easy and efficient. But when you combine a KV store with file storage, you get superpowers. This might take
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If you've dealt with file uploads, you know the pain. Legacy solutions are cumbersome, competition has been sparse, and complacency has left us with systems that are unnecessarily complicated. It’s 2024, and file uploads shouldn’t feel like a technical quagmire. That’s where Pinata comes in.
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We’ve been serving high-volume customers for years. The NFT boom pushed us to fortify our infrastructure to handle massive traffic—volumes comparable to those managed by global tech giants. But we’ve always known there was room to improve. Today, we’re excited to announce a major upgrade: improved
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At Pinata, we’ve been building on the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) for years, continuously innovating on top of this transformative protocol. At the heart of everything we do is the concept of content identifiers (CIDs). CIDs represent a fundamental shift in how we think about storing and addressing data.
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One of the best kept secrets at Pinata is that you might actually be able to save money compared to Amazon's AWS when you use us. Seems pretty dumb to keep that a secret. We should talk about it, so here you go. At the base layer, Pinata
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When YouTuber Marques Brownlee (aka MKBHD) launched his highly anticipated wallpaper app, Panels, it was expected to be a hit. Instead, users discovered major flaws, mainly in security. Panels stored its images in a publicly accessible bucket, making it easy for anyone with basic skills to download the app’s
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