Shira Stember

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If you're an artist, tinkerer or have a side-hustle making real things @giftr is designed to help you reach a community that values your work. Story driven drops. Simple fulfillment. Real people buying real objects to show real recognition. You get paid instantly. We handle the rest. If you want to drop a collection and be featured on @giftr, reach out. DM me @shira on Farcaster to learn more about our upcoming pilots.

Is there such a thing as being too drippy?

Tech has us trained to see normal life as an inconvenience to be escaped from. Automate this. Optimize that. Friction-maxxing is the counter movement. It's about building tolerance, patience, and appreciation for life with other people, in shared spaces, with things we can't fully control. If you’re looking to max out your friction-maxxing, go to Disney during the holidays. Long lines. Crowds. Overstimulation. Reframe waiting in line as the experience. Forced slowness. Shared boredom. Quality fam time. Because eliminating all friction makes us less patient, less present, and less capable of enjoying life as it is. Article (paywalled aka friction): https://www.thecut.com/article/brooding-friction-maxxing-new-years-2026-resolution.html Article (not paywalled): https://archive.is/MuqY6#selection-2053.0-2053.435

I’m a believer in AI. It lets ideas that used to stay stuck in my head actually make it into the world. It’s also why someone like me can build @giftr. What I’m not a believer in is using AI to outsource the hard parts. The thinking. The taste. The point of view. There’s a difference between using these tools to help build your vision and using them to skip the work of forming one. My hope for 2026 is that the most valuable thing we offer won’t be endless near perfect output (aka slop), but our unique perspectives. Work that’s more intentional and visibly human. Less polished. More real. That's why I'm building @giftr and why I am onboarding makers and merchants who create with intention. If you're making things that mean something, @giftr is designed to help you reach a community that values your work. Story driven drops. Simple fulfillment. Real people buying real objects to show real recognition. You get paid instantly. We handle the rest. If you want to drop a collection and be featured on @giftr, reach out. DM me @shira on Farcaster to learn more about our upcoming pilots. More real things. That’s the 2026 vibe.

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned building in crypto is that the strongest communities and networks are the ones where incentives are aligned and understood by everyone involved. That’s why working with @skycastle feels so exciting. They care deeply about how founders, users, and partners all win together. This is exactly how I want to build @giftr for the long term. Grateful to be building alongside @itsbasil @garrett @derek and the rest of the @skycastle team and projects.

Just surprised @flexasaurusrex in under a minute. Who will you surprise?

Palm trees = vacay

A group photo of me and my besties in 2025 😂😂 @jdotfinn @linda @catfacts.eth @deployer @ruminations

Does farcaster have modern day stack overflow vibes? Stack rewarded people for helping others and you earned points and badges for answering questions well, which built your reputation and unlocked more privileges. That public feedback loop made generosity the engine of the whole community. Farcaster has felt the most alive to me when I have asked for help or offered guidance/feedback. @quotient is building our reputation scores. @ruminations is it possible to bake generosity into our @quotient scores? I really, really, really hope so.

Multifucktional

I have secured my place among the 2525. I am now an Apostle, holding a claim to the The Spirit ($‎REDACTED). Join the Gathering. The Miracle has begun @jesus

This year I went from brand and product studio owner to vibe coder to builder to full stack founder. Day to day it doesn't feel dramatic. It is just showing up, trying to make things work, and trying to deliver the experience I want. But looking back I can't believe how far I've come. I'm capable of things today I never thought possible. And I still feel like I'm just getting started. Thinking ahead, my goal for @giftr isn't to build the best mini app or the best crypto commerce solution. It is to build a great app with a beautiful experience for both consumers and merchants where crypto is invisible. It is an app that is respectful of the community built around it, thoughtful about what is sold and how it is presented, and intentional across every aspect. Today the @giftr mini app is the first step towards this vision. Mini apps inherit social context and leverage key crypto primitives: identity, payments, and coordination. These primitives are the quiet infrastructure that makes an experience feel simple, delightful, and human. As the app layer evolves and gets stronger, crypto will really shine. Not because it gets louder, but because it gets quieter. Giftr is my bet on that future. Building in public on @farcaster and @baseapp.base.eth has been the highlight of my year. Possibly even my career. I'm pulling everything I've learned from the past about brand, product, and culture into @giftr. Seeing people post about the gifts they received and the gratitude they have both as a sender and recipient is the ultimate ROI. So here is to building more things people love in 2026. Not because it's exploring a new crypto primitive, but because it is just a better experience for all of us. 🥂

When I search for @giftr in the base app I still see a super old brand image. The app thumbnail associated with the app is correct and my manifest is updated. What am I missing? Cc @dylsteck.eth

Enthusiasm is contagious...if you are looking for an energy shift check out what @chriscocreated is building with @sopha

Wow. Farcon Rome looks like it is going to be amazing. I’d love to be there, but I can’t justify the spend. Bootstrapped founder giving it my all for @giftr. If anyone wants to sponsor a builder, I’ll turn that support into real community value with a custom @giftr drop + IRL experience that people actually love and remember. Because care is the new currency and the best communities are built by showing up in real life, not just in the feed. @giftr x Roma would be a dream. Grazie mille.

Yes it's the holiday season, but @giftr is really built for all the days.

BTS

I'm a builder's builder.

Welcome new ppl to farcaster I’m shira, and I’m build @giftr a mini app on farcaster and the base app where you can send real/physical gifts to friends (or yourself) by only needing to know their handle. I just released our community drop feature (one checkout transaction/gifts sent to many friends) and have so much more cooking for 2026. But I’m most excited to be onboarding more makers and brands to @giftr in the new year. So check it out and would love for you to follow along.