What I Learned About Token Design on Solana as a Web2 Developer
A week ago my Solana tokens were just random strings of characters. No name, no rules, no personality. By the end of this week I had built tokens th…
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CPI on Solana: The Mental Model I Wish I Had on Day 71
I stared at CpiContext::new(...) for a solid ten minutes on Day 71. I knew the arguments existed. I had no idea what they meant. I copied working co…
Three Token-2022 Mints in One Week: Fees, Yield, and Soul-Bound Tokens
During the last few days of the 100 Days Of Solana challenge, I explored one of the most interesting features of Solana's Token-2022 Program: extens…
What Token Extensions Are and Why a Web2 Developer Should Care
You already understand tokens. Extensions are just middleware for your money. If you have ever worked with Stripe, you know the pattern. You start w…
Solana Transactions Aren't API Calls .. So what are they?
As a backend developer, I came into Solana thinking transactions were basically API requests. You send some data, the network processes it, and you…
What I Learned Building NFTs on Solana with Token Extensions
Before this week, NFTs on Solana weren't new to me. I've previously worked with Programmable NFTs ( pNFTs ) and even built projects that integrate t…
Forget Usernames and Passwords: A Web2 Developer’s Guide to Solana Identity
As a backend developer comfortable with Python, databases, and standard web servers, jumping into Web3 felt like entering an entirely different univ…
Understanding Solana's Account Model: A Web2 Developer's Guide
Solana as a Giant Database Think of Solana as a massive, globally distributed database where every piece of data lives in its own record called an a…
5 Things to Find on Solana Explorer That Will Level Up Your On-Chain Intuition
Why Exploration Beats Documentation You can read about Solana's architecture for hours. Or you can spend 20 minutes on Solana Explorer and see it. T…
Solana’s Account Model: A Web2 Developer’s Guide to On-Chain Storage - Hala Kabir
If you are a Web2 developer dipping your toes into Web3 , the word " account " probably conjures up images of user profiles, usernames, and password…
Demystifying Solana’s Architecture: The Web2 Analogy That Helped Me Finally Understand Accounts
As we approach the end of Epoch 1 of the 100 Days of Solana , it’s time to look back at the core concepts that form the bedrock of everything we bui…
What Is Token 2022 and Why Solana Built It
Last week, we examined the economic theories that underpin the value of Web3 tokens. This week, we are shifting our focus to the engineering reality…
Why Solana Transactions Feel More Like Database Commits Than API Calls
The first time I sent a Solana transaction, I expected it to behave like a normal API request: Send request → wait → success/failure. But after debu…
100 Days of Solana: Week 2 - Diving into On-chain Data and Transactions
Continuing my 100 Days of Solana journey in collaboration with MLH , the second week has been an eye-opener. While Week 1 was about setting up the f…