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devcon 7 / challenges developing and maintaining open source software in web3

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Challenges Developing and Maintaining Open Source Software in Web3

Duration: 00:09:05

Speaker: Everett Hildenbrandt

Type: Lightning Talk

Expertise: Beginner

Event: Devcon

Date: Nov 2024

Producing high-quality developer tools for the Web3 ecosystem is a challenging task that requires significant effort (and funding). Many of the best and most used tools started out as a lone hackers side-project, and then evolved into longer-standing projects by being absorbed into a larger companies efforts. In this talk, we'll share RV's open-source tool development story, and discuss what a better future could look like.

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