The below is a candid reflection on a very niche and subtle topic that has been brewing in my mind during my time in DevRel with Stacks, a Bitcoin L2. This is also a collection of scattered thoughts that I've tweeted out before in the past year that I want to finally consolidate into a proper post.Tooling isn’t neutral — it shapes how developers think, and what ecosystems become. Maybe it’s just me. But spinning up a Hardhat project, writing Solidity, and connecting an EVM wallet to build on ...

The below is a candid reflection on a very niche and subtle topic that has been brewing in my mind during my time in DevRel with Stacks, a Bitcoin L2. This is also a collection of scattered thoughts that I've tweeted out before in the past year that I want to finally consolidate into a proper post.Tooling isn’t neutral — it shapes how developers think, and what ecosystems become. Maybe it’s just me. But spinning up a Hardhat project, writing Solidity, and connecting an EVM wallet to build on ...