#dusk $DUSK
@Dusk _Foundation
For a long time i can do quietly filed Dusk under interesting idea probably painful to actually build on. A privacy chain with its own everything usually means a steep lonely learning curve.
So i went looking at what building on it actually involves now half expecting to confirm that. Turns out the picture changed more than i realised mostly in the last while.
Theres Dusk Connect which handles wallet integration so apps dont each reinvent that. Dusk Wallet gives users and builders a proper first Party flow instead of something bolted on. Dusk Forge makes contract development more practical. And the data drivers make reading chain data less of a chore. On top of that DuskEVM lets Solidity devs come in through Familiar tooling rather than learning a whole new stack.
None of that is flashy. Its plumbing.
But plumbing is exactly what decides whether people actually build or just admire from a distance. Their own framing put it well, native Dusk dev isnt supposed to feel like an obscure alien stack forever.
I'll be honest, i cant tell yet how good these tools are in practice, docs listing a tool and the tool being pleasant to use are different things. And a smoother stack doesnt create demand on its own, it just removes an excuse not to try.
so hows the real developer experience these days, genuinely smoother now, or still rough under the nice descriptions? @Dusk
#dusk $COW $ACE
@Dusk _Foundation
For a long time i can do quietly filed Dusk under interesting idea probably painful to actually build on. A privacy chain with its own everything usually means a steep lonely learning curve.
So i went looking at what building on it actually involves now half expecting to confirm that. Turns out the picture changed more than i realised mostly in the last while.
Theres Dusk Connect which handles wallet integration so apps dont each reinvent that. Dusk Wallet gives users and builders a proper first Party flow instead of something bolted on. Dusk Forge makes contract development more practical. And the data drivers make reading chain data less of a chore. On top of that DuskEVM lets Solidity devs come in through Familiar tooling rather than learning a whole new stack.
None of that is flashy. Its plumbing.
But plumbing is exactly what decides whether people actually build or just admire from a distance. Their own framing put it well, native Dusk dev isnt supposed to feel like an obscure alien stack forever.
I'll be honest, i cant tell yet how good these tools are in practice, docs listing a tool and the tool being pleasant to use are different things. And a smoother stack doesnt create demand on its own, it just removes an excuse not to try.
so hows the real developer experience these days, genuinely smoother now, or still rough under the nice descriptions? @Dusk
#dusk $COW $ACE
