Just got back from WeAreDevs.twitter in Berlin where I ran a 2-hour workshop on building smart contracts using arbitrum.twitter Stylus + gave a talk on decentralized AI and vector search.

Here's what I learned speaking to rooms full of traditional devs 🧵

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The Stylus workshop was oversubscribed, people were turned away at the door. Every seat filled.

And yet…

When I asked who had built anything in blockchain before, only one hand went up.

It's not about learning a new niche domain-specific language.

It's about using the tech stack they already trust like Rust, C, C++, etc., and applying it to smart contract development.

Everyone in the room was a working developer, building with enterprise-grade stacks.

They expect their SDLC to reflect the same standards:

✅ stability
✅ reliability
✅ battle-tested dev environments

That's what drew them to the workshop with Stylus.

This tells you something important:

Developers are curious.
They are open.

And they will show up for blockchain content, if it meets their expectations.