Has anyone else done this? I've been waiting for someone to build this (will be needed for PlebDevs AI Coach Feature soon) got randomly inspired last night and started trying to build a simple implementation myself. Just had first successful demo!

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Polar is one of my absolute favorite development and learning tools and it AMAZES me that I still find people who haven't it heard of it or used it!
Spin up a local bitcoin and lightning network in an easy ui, play, learn, and build with it.
Learn How to Code
Follow the Dev Journey
Track your Progress across PlebDevs and Github
Earn Achievement Badges
All built on Nostr and Fully Lightning Integrated
This update marks a huge milestone for the development of the platform!
New features:
- Track your progress through lessons / courses
- Link Github accounts to your existing PlebDevs accounts
- Track activity from both the PlebDevs platform and Github contributions on your profile
- Basic Dev Journey is available on your profile to (optionally) follow along for a structured approach
- Earn Nostr Badges (signed by PlebDevs) for completing courses & steps in the Dev Journey
- Updated UI for profiles
- Mobile fixes
- Improved onboarding experience and calls to action
There are still many bugs and technical debt to address, but the foundation of the experience I envisioned about a year ago when I began building the platform is coming together better than I could have imagined!
Expect new content soon to fill out the basic Dev Journey in place right now and continuous polish to the experience, UI, and performance.
Check it out and let me know what you think (and any bugs you find)
Onwards!
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App dev vs Protocol dev~
I want to cover protocol stuff as much as it makes sense but at the same time I'm really trying to focus on building ON bitcoin/lightning/nostr/etc (app dev) vs protocol dev since it seems that protocol dev is covered a lot more in dev education around bitcoin. ALSO I personally like app dev a bit more and I think it is a great place to start for beginners (even if they are inclined to move onto protocol dev)
I remember in 2021 when I first saw stackernews I was thinking to myself "Where do you go learn how to build something like this at the intersection of Bitcoin/Lightning and apps?" THIS is what I hope to address and lay out a clear journey for with plebdevs!
APPS ARE WHERE THE PROTOCOL MEET END USERS
APPS BRING THE PROTOCOLS TO LIFE
PLEBDEVS PLATFORM LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT
My presentation / Q&A from the launch party the other night on PlebDevs and the new platform.
Longer form write up coming soon!
Plebdevs.com is launching tonight!โจโจ
Tune into the live presentation / launch party at 7PM CST on YouTube, zap.stream, and Twitch! (Just search plebdevs)