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When it comes to building onchain apps, you can generally get away with querying the blockchain directly with a tool like Viem, but eventually you will encounter gaps. For example, we recently built CONCEALMINT as a tool for people to create and share private file NFTs, and one of the
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AI is changing the way developers build applications and the tools they use on a daily basis. However, if there’s one thing we all know, the landscape and tools used to build apps are evolving faster than LLMs can keep up. You might be building an app with Next.
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The acronym ‘NFT’ evokes a lot in the mind, whether you’ve been in the Web3 space for years or you’re just getting started. I’m sure most people think of animal pictures with a bunch of different traits, or perhaps a more modern rendition of small art pieces
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You’ve got a great idea for a mobile app but there’s just one problem: you don’t know how to build mobile apps! Sure, you can make something on the web, but you want the distribution of app stores, not to mention the speed and performance of a
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IPFS has come a long way since its release almost ten years ago, but even to this day using the raw implementation libraries can be difficult. Uploading files requires running your own IPFS node and then interacting with its built-in RPC API, not to mention you would have to configure
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If there’s one thing Pinata loves, it’s hackathons. It’s not only because Pinata was born out of a hackathon, but also because it’s where we see unfiltered ideas and creativity from some of the undiscovered and brightest developers of the future. HackUTD 2024 was no exception,
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Building modern web apps often follows a familiar structure, with developers typically having the necessary tools in mind. Many websites today are simple CRUD applications: a front-end client authenticates users and sends requests to a server that updates a database. Files also play a significant role, supporting rich media experiences
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There’s no doubt that AI has completely changed the way developers write code. Before LLMs became popular, you had to Google your problems and crawl through endless Stack Overflow pages looking for solutions. Nowadays, you can find answers in ChatGPT, Claude, or even directly in your text editor, like
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If you’ve never used Gumroad before, it’s a platform that allows users to sell digital content. Something key to building such a platform is keeping the gated files secure, and that’s exactly what Pinata’s new Files API does. With that said, when we saw the below
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