Ben Adamsky 💭

@ba

835 Following

5220 Followers

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

“May the odds be ever in your flavor. 🌿” Fun to see the @ponder agent now generating high quality images in real time when creating polls

3 replies

1 recast

5 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

All in on the Knicks, @bracky

1 reply

0 recast

5 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

We've just processed refunds to all 22 wallets affected by failed ponder votes. Every user whose onchain vote didn't complete but who spent USDC has been refunded. Data transparency: - 22 wallets affected (accounting for 1.6% of 3,324 total votes since May 17) - All affected USDC has been returned to wallets - Notifications sent to all affected users We've also implemented major technical improvements behind the scenes that should reduce these issues significantly going forward, official announcement coming later today We'll continue monitoring throughout the week to catch and refund any additional failed votes If you received a refund notification, check your wallet. If you believe you're still missing funds, please DC us with transaction details.

2 replies

1 recast

8 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

First (re)impressions of PostHog after using it for the first time in years: - auto event tracking is so good once the boilerplate is set up - enriching users with identities is absolutely necessary - importing data was much easier than expected (manually inserted 2 million synthetic events from an old provider in minutes w/ a simple python script) - PostHog > Sentry for error monitoring - I forgot how good session replay is - startup program gave us $50k in credits immediately after applying (plus they sent free swag of a hedgehog, hell yeah)

2 replies

10 recasts

61 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

nominating @benbassler.eth to /the-arena

1 reply

2 recasts

11 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

We’ve added a dialog for both new and existing users that talks about how we’re protecting vote integrity We’re continuing to invest in anti-collusion and finding better ways to keep ponder fair for everyone participating Expect to see many improvements in this area over the coming months

2 replies

3 recasts

15 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

We'll be experiencing some downtime this morning as we wrap up our migration work and move to a new database provider This will be the last of the major backend upgrades that are going to allow @ponder to scale much more rapidly in the coming months (and beyond)

2 replies

2 recasts

7 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

Grouped notifications help curb mini app fatigue, but the current "most recent on top" approach can bury critical notifications in the stack Simple fix: let mini apps pass an importance flag so high priority notifications gain visibility in the group preview instead of the most recent

5 replies

2 recasts

16 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

Algo hard at work here 🫡 We're making improvements day by day to ensure the game is being played fairly A cool 30x payout to users who follow the rules is what we love to see

0 reply

0 recast

3 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

Experiencing a few minutes of downtime as we wrap up migrating our backend infra

0 reply

0 recast

1 reaction

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

Lfg knicks, been waiting so long for this

3 replies

0 recast

6 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

It's hard to overstate the impact that the flashblocks upgrade will have for anyone building on top of base Suddenly transactions won't just be fast for crypto standards, they'll basically be comparable to traditional web app database operations This is a total paradigm shift for consumer apps in the space and may actually shift the adoption curve

1 reply

6 recasts

26 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

Just donated to Farcaster's RetroPGF round! 🌟 Backing the builders who are creating impact and building Farcaster's future. Let's grow together! ✨

0 reply

2 recasts

9 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

We're seeing occasional payout issues for a small subset of users who have voted correctly but are getting notified that they were awarded $0 We're investigating the issue and sending refunds in the meantime to anyone affected

0 reply

3 recasts

10 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

Hey @bracky please sell all of my @ba and @cojo.eth shares immediately

2 replies

1 recast

13 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

I just donated to @yesyes's crowdfund "Helping farcaster grow by looking at Farcaster's data"

1 reply

1 recast

12 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

💭 I'm coming for you, @cojo.eth. Check out our weekly ponder stats.

2 replies

2 recasts

10 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

Firefox 138 just got released yesterday which means tab folders are coming to Zen any day now Arc folders have been the last thing keeping me from making the switch, but soon that won't be the case Was really hoping Arc would reverse course but that opportunity seems to have come and gone

1 reply

2 recasts

2 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

This should now be fixed We also sent out all remaining refunds this week Feel free to ping me if you notice any other issues

0 reply

1 recast

8 reactions

Ben Adamsky 💭 pfp

Ben Adamsky 💭

Looks like a few of our ponder predictions got stuck calculating this morning We’ll get those resolved later today

2 replies

2 recasts

11 reactions