2025

jun gong's 2025

I didnโ€™t get a proper chance to say goodbye to 2025 when it ended. Itโ€™s already January, and life kept moving, but I wanted to leave something behind for myself before I fully turned the page. Building something is hard. Building something with a very small team, often just me, and occasionally a few freelancers, …

Furrend Year 2 โœ…

Lessons from building a consumer social platform Two years ago, we turned an idea I shared in this tweet into an actual project โ€” Furrend. Since then, so much has happened. As of December 2024, over 3,000 adorable animal videos have been shared on Furrend. Our beta app is live on iOS TestFlight and Google …

Furrend Year 1 โœ…

I dedicated this entire year to building Furrend, and what a journey it's been. It all started with the excitement shared in our inaugural blog post. The thrill of bringing this concept to life has been nothing short of exhilarating, and I'm incredibly grateful and proud of what our dedicated team has achieved. 2023 was …

A Conversation With Mattia Cuttini About Crypto Art and Technological Error

Photo by Benedetta Folena I first saw Mattia's work was two years ago at Rare Art Festival in Brooklyn โ€” I picked up a card that happened to be made by him. Last year, he and I got connected on Twitter and started chatting about art. And then, I invited him to join one of the panels at the Pop …

Running a Stacks Node and Mining STX Tokens for the First Time: A Guide for All the Non-Tech-Savvy People

For people like me โ€” an absolute noob, with a little help from Docker Before we get into all the โ€œtechnicalโ€ stuff, a little bit about myself: Iโ€™m a tech startup person with a finance / marketing background, I've been bullish on DeFi since early 2019, and Iโ€™m a proud yield farmer. So, you can …