Head of Developer Relations
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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Node.js completely changed the JavaScript ecosystem, but not without its own issues. Even the creator of Node.js, Ryan Dahl, admitted later on that he had his own regrets over the design of Node. That’s what eventually spurred him to start Deno (if those letters look familiar, '
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As Web3 technology has progressed, we've seen it replace most computing paradigms with decentralized solutions. However the one exception has been traditional databases. Trying to use EVM smart contracts to store tables ends up being inefficient due to gas and compute costs, and solutions like IPFS don’t
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If you’ve been in the developer ecosystem for the last few years, then you’ve probably heard of Bun.sh. It took the dev world by storm last year when it reached its V1 release, becoming an all-in-one tool for Javascript or Typescript. In a lot of ways, it
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When I was first getting started in web development, I remember seeing someone's website and was immediately impressed by one thing: a guestbook. You could sign in with Github and leave a message, similar to someone's Facebook wall back in the day. I thought that was
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There are many Javascript/Typescript web frameworks out there, but Astro is special. If you’re not familiar with Astro, it’s a unique take on how to approach building web apps. It’s designed to be content driven with built-in features to handle markdown content, but also has an
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