The Startup Game: Commitment, Sweat Equity, and No Guarantees. By Ryan Sy, Breakpoints.live partner / core member.

The first time I ever used dial-up internet was sometime in the 1990s. Some of you will remember that a company called CompuServe used to mail out floppy disks with "10 free hours." And I still remember the feeling of amazement the first time I tried it. Suddenly, I could chat with people from around the world. Remember a/s/l? It was so enthralling that those 10 free hours certainly didn't last very long. Fast forward to more recent times, and I got that exact same feeling of amazement when I...

We are exploring crypto coins in issue #273 of your weekly poetry shot

Reflections - Finding the uniqueness in our product market fit has been fraught with so much uncertainty and pivots it’s hard to keep count. But that’s what building a start up is all about. You have an idea, a vision and determination to see it through, which more often than not, means changing direction when and where it’s needed. We started Hangry Animals with a grand vision of an animated series, toys, games, comics and a want to share the joy of creating something with a community who care

The Power of a Positive Attitude: Why It Matters for Caregivers of Autistic and Special Needs Individuals Caring for a neurodivergent loved one is one of the most demanding, emotionally layered, and deeply human roles anyone can take on. It requires energy, patience, flexibility, and a level of emotional presence that many people never fully understand. But at the center of it all is something that shapes every moment, every decision, and every outcome: attitude. A positive mindset isn’t abou...

In 2025 the default Android and iOS experience is worse than ever — Google has doubled down on AI-driven tracking, always-on location, and cross-device graphing…

When crypto neobanks, those operating with stablecoins and on-chain digital accounts, look at Brazil, they tend to see the same picture: a large, digital-first country, historically burdened by high banking fees and, at first glance, seemingly perfect for disruption. But that is an incomplete reading. Brazil does not work like a “generic emerging market” where offering fast, low-cost transactions is enough to drive adoption. The country already operates with a level of efficiency and speed th...

Everything happening in the ENS DAO — in five bullet points.

here's a sentence i never saw coming: i just got home from buenos aires, where my art was featured in an exhibition as part of the devconnect conference in argentina. (?!) back in july, i almost missed a calendar invitation for an interview with tomo saito of the ethereum foundation. (another ?! moment.) i had applied earlier in the summer to an open call for something vaguely titled, "the devconnect ARG scholars program," that had been sent to me by a friend. i'd never heard of this program,...

Crypto feels dead because liquidity left, retail vanished, and rugs took over. This isn’t a crash — it’s a full ecosystem reset.

Gm ZM happy Post Thanksgiving Floral friday. today I am grateful for my community so I wrote an article that I wanted to publish here. I hope you enjoy it Farcaster Is Becoming the Quiet Infrastructure Beneath a New Creative InternetFor most of the social internet’s history, creators have been passengers.

If you’re building on Base and shipping mini apps for Farcaster, you’ve probably felt it: some days you’re in a perfect flow, shipping features almost instinctively. Other days… everything feels heavy. That’s exactly where “vibe coding” comes in: using AI tools so that coding feels more like jamming with a band than grinding through Jira tickets. The good news: in 2025 you can get a surprisingly strong AI stack for free (or almost free) and use it to ship onchain toys, dashboards, and Farcast...

The world of decentralised finance operates at a lightning-fast pace, offering unprecedented opportunities for growth and investment. Yet, this very speed and complexity have created a profound problem: a lack of adequate tools for personal financial management. Crypto users routinely struggle with fragmented asset tracking, overspending due to a lack of real-time discipline, and idle assets that could be put to work. This critical gap was the genesis of Expendi, the programmable budgeting ap...

November highlights several different cancer types — each with its own challenges, symptoms, and urgency.