Today I’m launching CLKT, a WordPress plugin for saving posts and media to permanent decentralized storage. The idea is simple: your content should be able to outlive your website, your hosting provider, your current stack, and whatever platform happens to be popular this year. CLKT lets WordPress publishers preserve their work on Arweave, creating permanent […]
Category: Web3 & Crypto
Tokens as Currency: Why Crypto and AI Converged on the Same Word
We use the word “tokens” in two completely different technological contexts. In cryptocurrency, tokens represent value—coins, assets, ownership rights. In large language models like GPT-4 and Claude, tokens represent computation—the atomic units of text processing that determine API pricing. Both systems independently converged on “tokens” as their fundamental unit of exchange. That linguistic parallel might […]
Intent-Driven Commerce: What E-commerce Can Learn from AI Agents and DeFi
So yeh. The future of digital interactions is moving from "how" to "what" – from specifying steps to declaring outcomes. ChatGPT Pulse proactively delivers personalized updates based on your chats, feedback, and connected apps, anticipating needs rather than waiting for commands. Similarly, Uniswap’s cross-chain intents allow users to specify the end-state of a crypto trade […]
On the A8C & WP Engine drama
I’ve been getting a ton of DMs and pings asking me what’s going on with the WordPress/Automattic/WP Engine drama. First – a bit of history. When I ran Pragmatic (an agency specializing in WordPress), I was a loyal customer and avid fan of WP Engine. I started using their service even before they were officially […]
Farcaster Frames – WooCommerce Bounty write-up
What is Farcaster? Farcaster is a sufficiently decentralized social network built on Ethereum. It is a public social network similar to Twitter and Reddit. Users can create profiles, post “casts” and follow others. They own their accounts and relationships with other users and are free to move between different apps. Farcaster Whilst it’s nowhere near […]
Memecoins
The winning narrative of this crypto cycle so far has undoubtedly been memecoins, especially on resurgent Solana. This post attempts to explain some of what’s going on. Fair launch and the unintended second order impacts of regulation Bitcoin is often celebrated for having an immaculate conception; something that folks now say would be impossible. No […]