There are a lot of new mini app builders in the Farcaster community!

If you've built a mini app, what advice or tips do you have for newcomers? Would love to have a thread to share with others

Dev ecosystem @farcaster, cofounder @bountycaster. Prev: cofounder of Scalar Capital, product at Coinbase, coproducer @ethereumfilm

You may think you’re building your own ecosystem with apps, but remember, so long as it’s just a Farcaster mini app, this is Merkle’s platform, so building is like renting character space on a MMORPG from Square Enix or Blizzard and building a guild and inventory — we are the actual product being packaged and sold on the platform the publishers provide us.

Build according to Merkle’s marketing narratives for best results inside Farcaster, but drink the purple koolaid responsibly.

Don’t expect anything, but try for everything. 



Disclaimer: I’m 35 and making mini-apps. 😉

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Oh my comment was referring to new builders also new on Farcaster who aren’t aware of your comment and may be thinking to “min max” building for Farcaster exclusively!

Mini apps work on base app, zapper, and other clients so not just Merkle's platform especially in the long run