Nick Balestra-Foster
@nickbalestra
life is like an npm install building @couch_labs prev: engineering @opentable/@cloudflare/@meta/@optimism
Our first experiment toward building an autonomous startup, was building a whole SaaS with AI Agents. Say hello to SanctionKit.com !
We just shipped our first product: SanctionKit.com, a crypto sanctions compliance tool for devs. 90% of it was built by AI agents. Here’s what we learned and what's next → couchlabs.xyz/launching-firs…
I predict that we're going to see a resurgence in the 2000s-era craft practices: TDD, README-driven development, Domain Driven Design, etc. These are all (good) approaches for separating the design of a system from its implementation, which is becoming really important now.
Can’t wait to go back home soon
summer in the swiss alps. 🏔️ 🇨🇭
revenue isn’t just feedback. it’s proof you’re solving something real.
Similarly to what Sam discovered with discord, we couldn't fully build sanctionkit.com on @cloudflare cause we weren't able to call ofac.treasury.gov from their infra, seams like perhaps they blocked? Wrote about here, but nobody never got back to me…
Wow, super disappointing! @discord blocks @Cloudflare Workers from connecting to its Websocket Gateway because ... "security". Totally limits our ability to build interactive bots on CF.
As a builder, the opportunity cost in working for a company today is huge
I think that autonomous startup will center much more around personal software then off-the-shelf services & tools. Autonomous startup will build themself around their operator, what work for me, doesn't necessary work for you.
Super proud to have been part of the team that created the tech stack powering Coinbase’s blockchain - nice to see it running sub seconds and sub cent ! Exciting to see it evolve and scale
.@base is 10x faster now. Live testing the new speed.
$SBET perps onchain? 🤣😂🤣
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC considers innovation exemption from regulations to boost tokenization, Chairman Paul Atkins says.
We are live!!! Time be crypto compliant without braking the bank! Sanctionkit.com
We just shipped our first product: SanctionKit.com, a crypto sanctions compliance tool for devs. 90% of it was built by AI agents. Here’s what we learned and what's next → couchlabs.xyz/launching-firs…
We just shipped our first product: SanctionKit.com, a crypto sanctions compliance tool for devs. 90% of it was built by AI agents. Here’s what we learned and what's next → couchlabs.xyz/launching-firs…
Startups are hard. Early on, you'll not just need to outwork everyone. You'll need to outwork everyone on the thing everyone else is ignoring — and be right.
I think this was about right?
I was of the idea that it was simply The Base App