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I've been in devrel and dev community for a long time, and lately I can't stop thinking about what the new "developer first" strategy looks like in the age of AI
some of you may not remember but Twilio and Stripe were the original "developer first" companies and developer education was their strategy. (circa 2014 infamous "ask your developer" twilio billboards)
starting roughly around 2012 they were baked in to just about every web developer educational resource: tutorials (shout out @railscasts), example apps, in-person and online bootcamps in the world
as you know, Stripe focused on world-class docs, case study / use case first and beginner-friendly SDKs. twilio went boots-on-the-ground / dev advocates at every web dev conference big or small, workshops on workshops
i lived this firsthand...i taught at @trybloc as a web dev mentor for years and later spent around 5 years as a dev advocate at Square trying to convince developers to switch from Stripe APIs to Square APIs. HA. no small feat
developers don't learn, evaluate, and adopt tools the same way they did 10 years ago. being a developer and being a developer advocate/evangelist, has shifted significantly with AI. so let's talk about this
as the race for the agentic infrastructure layer plays out, this is a question i'm spending a lot of time thinking about, and one i hope to help crack during my time at @arc @circle
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bobbilee | Arc Architects Lead @ Circle retweeted
Need to build an onramp experience for your end users on @arc.
Here you go.
Try Onramp Kit: docs.arc.io/app-kit/onramp
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Agent-ready services are now live on Arc through Circle Agent Marketplace.
Agents can search the live web, access real-time market data, enrich leads with people and company intelligence, and use more services through Circle Agent Stack.
Pay per call in USDC.
agents.circle.com/services/n…
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bobbilee | Arc Architects Lead @ Circle retweeted
Very proud of the work we are doing to address the deep issues in making humanitarian aid available safely and globally.
Circle Foundation is supporting two initiatives led by @UNDP and @WFP to advance digital payments and financial infrastructure for development and humanitarian action.
circle.com/pressroom/circle-…
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bobbilee | Arc Architects Lead @ Circle retweeted
I built a tool to catch confident wrong answers from hackathon submissions. Then I put a coding agent on each broken build to try to fix it, and the agents turned up 6 confident wrong answers in the tool itself.
Those "build failures" from last week's post were the environment, not their code. Corrected. Everything ran on @flydotio Sprites, agent included.
Here's what the agents fixed, what they tried to get away with, and what else they caught. 🧵
ALT Sprites dashboard showing 69 machines, none running: 0 running, 0 warm, 69 cold. Each is a broken hackathon build frozen where it failed, or an agent's attempt at fixing it.
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bobbilee | Arc Architects Lead @ Circle retweeted
from all of us during our @TBD54566975 days @Square and my time working with @LoLoCoding on ZKP education...this is amazing!!
SEC Commissioner Peirce Calls for Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Replace Data-Heavy KYC/AML Practices
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said the agency’s Innovation Exemption provides a temporary pathway for tokenized securities to trade through AMMs, helping prevent overseas markets from monopolizing tokenized exposure to U.S. equities while serving as a bridge to longer-term rules. She also criticized the current KYC/AML model for creating ever-larger “data haystacks” with limited effectiveness while turning the financial system into a “panopticon,” and called for zero-knowledge proofs and attribute-based credentials to verify compliance without collecting or repeatedly storing users’ sensitive personal data.
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week one, agreed, i think people like it...
In the first ~week of @arc mainnet:
-stablecoin mcap: 636.9M
-defi tvl: 456.4M
-completed txn: 27.7M
-avg block time: 0.505s
-avg txn fee: 0.006 USDC
i think people like it...
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bobbilee | Arc Architects Lead @ Circle retweeted
Flying to Korea this weekend 🇰🇷
looking forward to catch up with many LPs, founders and creators.
will you be in Seoul next week?
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Coming from a long line of small business owners this means a lot to me...
The @circle Foundation announced its first domestic grants to Accion Opportunity Fund (AOF) and Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), two CDFIs using technology to help small businesses access capital and strengthen community lenders.
AOF’s Credit Compass 2.0 gives entrepreneurs who aren’t yet loan-ready a clear path forward, making them 84% more likely to eventually qualify. PCV’s Radiant Data Hub equips community lenders with data and modeling tools typically available only to much larger institutions.
This is a very meaningful step towards inclusive growth! cc @CircleCarpenter
circle.com/pressroom/circle-…
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congrats to architect and @arc house Bangladesh chapter lead @sukanto018 and team!!
We’re proud to share this one.
@AchProtocol is now an official member of the Circle Alliance Programme.
Being part of a global community building with USDC means a lot to us, especially as we keep building on @arc with USDC as gas.
Thank you to @circle, our team, and everyone who’s been with us.
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a beautiful tribute to Rails Camp by @juliansimioni
"On the way out of camp, I was talking with someone about how it's amazing that in four days we can form closer and deeper connections with former strangers in nature than we do with coworkers or friends we see daily."
lnkd.in/p/gcmKH9m3
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Interop on Arc is here.
A new integrated stack for builders creating crosschain applications on Arc.
Build with:
→ Move supported Circle-issued assets natively with CCTP
→ Bring third-party tokens crosschain through wrapping
→ Launch new multichain assets with CTS
→ Manage unified crosschain balances with Gateway
Crosschain liquidity, without the complexity.
arc.io/blog/introducing-inte…
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love to see it!!!
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