i've been building on solana for about five years now. I created SolDev in 2020/2021 to make developer information easier to discover when it wasn't available, funded ironforge when the read /write layer was in poor shape, and now I’m at jupiter.
if I weren’t building at jupiter, a place making a meaningful difference, I’d probably step away by now.
but it’s not because i stopped believing in crypto. i think crypto has a real role to play in finance and in an agentic future, not only with payments, but also with coordination and harnessing. and i believe jupiter is better positioned than most to make a big impact, one that matters.
a big part of me feels that, outside of a few companies, the industry is a bit lost right now, especially the foundations. and given how much else is happening across the software industry, i need to work extra to stay motivated around so much noise.
so i’m leaving? absolutely not. i’ll be here for many more years building, and looking forward impatiently to the industry maturing.