A summary of some of our external ops from October — Look here if you’re interested in learning more about the Catblazer Initiative. I mentioned at the end of the report on July/August that I wasn’t likely to have much time in September, and this was indeed the case. …

Well, it only took me one month to miss writing a monthly recap, so this will cover both July and August. On the bright side, a large part of this is also because there’s been so much going on. …

What is a Catblazer? The Catblazer position was created to bring more focus to external ops within the Ethereum Cat Herders. In traditional structures, a product or project manager can help a team internally by helping manage deadlines, allocating engineering resources, and more. …

A guide to getting the right information from events by scraping the blockchain — Special thanks to Alchemy for reviewing the article, and to Richard Moore (Ricmoo) for reviewing some of the code. All images, including the cover image, were created and made ready for print by Linum Labs’ own Michal Shachman. Introduction As part of a recent project, Linum Labs was contracted to build…

Acknowledgements When I first published this article in late May 2020, some early readers quickly pointed out some rather large errors that basically undermined the whole article. That sent me down a rabbit hole that got me in touch with numerous Eth2 client teams, led to me opening at least one…

Better than dual booting — Warning: I am not, by any means, an expert on this subject. I am merely bullheaded and obstinate enough to have succeeded in getting a setup like this to work for myself. This is a topic that involves really digging into the lower levels of your hard drive and has…

We asked this question at EthCC, and here are some of our findings The Cat Herders have been looking for ways to improve the Ethereum onboarding process since it was recommended as something we might look at. At EthCC Tim Beiko, Helena Flack, and myself moderated an open forum looking for ideas, pain points, experiences, and volunteers. We asked this question at EthCC…

Two learning modalities — I sometimes write about being a self-taught dev. I believe there are a number of challenges that are more pronounced or even unique to self-taught coders. …

It’s almost 2020 and you should be running your own Ethereum node — Special thanks to Gregoire Jeanmart for writing the tutorial that got me off the ground running my own node, and which inspired me to write this. Most of the guide on external SSDs was taken directly from his tutorial, with his permission. Thanks! Node runners are one of many unsung…