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I went LIVE (twice) - 8th May 2025

Published 9 days ago • 1 min read

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Live Streaming

This week I tried out a different format: I went live. Finding the time to record well-scripted videos is tough when you have a full-time job, so I wanted to dip my toes into the streaming ecosystem. To start, I went live on Twitter.

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The first stream was simple. I wasn’t on camera myself. I streamed a video of my Pectra countdown timer, which I had vibe-coded earlier in the week.

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the wait is nearly over... https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1PlKQMZwlnNKE
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Ethereum Pectra Countdown Livestream
11:19 PM • May 6, 2025
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The second stream was last night, where I dove into the details of EIP-7702. This feature shipped in Pectra, and I thought it would be a great topic to wrestle with live on air.
The stream itself was a bit rough. My dev environment wasn’t set up (I spent 10 minutes just getting testnet ETH), but it will only get better from here.

Here’s a link to last night’s stream:
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8:15 PM • May 7, 2025
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