Steve Simkins
@stevedylan.dev
DX Engineer | Developer Relations at OpenZeppelin | Building orbiter.host & bhvr.dev
stevedylan.dev/links
stevedylan.dev/links
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This is the ongoing refrain I hear as more and more people because web developers with the help of AI. It's why @stevedylan.dev and I started Orbiter. No vc-backed hosting necessary. Just simple file uploads.
Also, what a great talk/presentation from @sachajudd.com www.sachajudd.com/the-good-int...
Also, what a great talk/presentation from @sachajudd.com www.sachajudd.com/the-good-int...
May 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is the ongoing refrain I hear as more and more people because web developers with the help of AI. It's why @stevedylan.dev and I started Orbiter. No vc-backed hosting necessary. Just simple file uploads.
Also, what a great talk/presentation from @sachajudd.com www.sachajudd.com/the-good-int...
Also, what a great talk/presentation from @sachajudd.com www.sachajudd.com/the-good-int...
Always build the tools you want to use 🫡
If you ever wonder if @stevedylan.dev and I have skin in the game as we build Orbiter, this is Steve’s dashboard of his own sites hosted on Orbiter. Have a static/SPA site or app? Give us a shot. orbiter.host
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Always build the tools you want to use 🫡
May 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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May 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Over the weekend I launched something fun: bhvr!
It's a monorepo template using Bun, Hono, Vite, and React, designed to be portable and deployed without a vendor lock-in. Give it a shot and tell me what you think!
bhvr.dev
It's a monorepo template using Bun, Hono, Vite, and React, designed to be portable and deployed without a vendor lock-in. Give it a shot and tell me what you think!
bhvr.dev
April 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Over the weekend I launched something fun: bhvr!
It's a monorepo template using Bun, Hono, Vite, and React, designed to be portable and deployed without a vendor lock-in. Give it a shot and tell me what you think!
bhvr.dev
It's a monorepo template using Bun, Hono, Vite, and React, designed to be portable and deployed without a vendor lock-in. Give it a shot and tell me what you think!
bhvr.dev
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Some quick stats on Orbiter, the static web app/site hosting platform @stevedylan.dev and I built on top of IPFS:
- 2100 total deployments
- 250 unique sites
- Nearly 3000 smart contract transactions
- 350 users
All since January and built and managed in our spare time. 🚀🛰️ orbiter.host
- 2100 total deployments
- 250 unique sites
- Nearly 3000 smart contract transactions
- 350 users
All since January and built and managed in our spare time. 🚀🛰️ orbiter.host
Orbiter
The simplest way to upload and host static sites and apps
orbiter.host
April 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Some quick stats on Orbiter, the static web app/site hosting platform @stevedylan.dev and I built on top of IPFS:
- 2100 total deployments
- 250 unique sites
- Nearly 3000 smart contract transactions
- 350 users
All since January and built and managed in our spare time. 🚀🛰️ orbiter.host
- 2100 total deployments
- 250 unique sites
- Nearly 3000 smart contract transactions
- 350 users
All since January and built and managed in our spare time. 🚀🛰️ orbiter.host
Blog post published! In this one I go in depth in how you can make IPCM provide a dynamic ENS content hash through custom hybrid ENS resolvers. This was a blast to build and implement!
www.pinata.cloud/blog/ipcm-an...
www.pinata.cloud/blog/ipcm-an...
February 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Blog post published! In this one I go in depth in how you can make IPCM provide a dynamic ENS content hash through custom hybrid ENS resolvers. This was a blast to build and implement!
www.pinata.cloud/blog/ipcm-an...
www.pinata.cloud/blog/ipcm-an...
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It's not rocket fueled growth you see with VC-backed startups, but the slow and steady growth of true fans is powered by quick responses and support. That's what @stevedylan.dev and I are focused on with Orbiter. orbiter.host
#BuildInPublic
#BuildInPublic
February 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's not rocket fueled growth you see with VC-backed startups, but the slow and steady growth of true fans is powered by quick responses and support. That's what @stevedylan.dev and I are focused on with Orbiter. orbiter.host
#BuildInPublic
#BuildInPublic
Excited to announce that this is done! 🎉 I’ve put together both an ENS resolver and an offchain gateway that can query an IPCM contract on an L2. With this approach you can have a site contract on an L2 but resolve it via ens on mainnet. Example linked, repos will be below!
soliditysteve.eth.limo
soliditysteve.eth.limo
One common question I get about IPCM is how it can be used in combination with ENS. It's tricky because an IPCM contract is likely on an L2 and ENS is still L1. At the moment a Hybrid Resolver + an API that pulls data from the L2 is likely the best solution www.contractreader.io/contract/mai...
ContractReader.io
The best way to read and understand the HybridResolver smart contract at 0x92c95Adc97b15Ad11c0Ab119682755851E1F3005.
www.contractreader.io
February 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Excited to announce that this is done! 🎉 I’ve put together both an ENS resolver and an offchain gateway that can query an IPCM contract on an L2. With this approach you can have a site contract on an L2 but resolve it via ens on mainnet. Example linked, repos will be below!
soliditysteve.eth.limo
soliditysteve.eth.limo
One common question I get about IPCM is how it can be used in combination with ENS. It's tricky because an IPCM contract is likely on an L2 and ENS is still L1. At the moment a Hybrid Resolver + an API that pulls data from the L2 is likely the best solution www.contractreader.io/contract/mai...
ContractReader.io
The best way to read and understand the HybridResolver smart contract at 0x92c95Adc97b15Ad11c0Ab119682755851E1F3005.
www.contractreader.io
January 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
One common question I get about IPCM is how it can be used in combination with ENS. It's tricky because an IPCM contract is likely on an L2 and ENS is still L1. At the moment a Hybrid Resolver + an API that pulls data from the L2 is likely the best solution www.contractreader.io/contract/mai...
I’m curious… has anyone else used the raw multicodec for an ENS contentHash? Any examples?
www.val.town/v/stevedylan...
www.val.town/v/stevedylan...
@stevedylandev/contenthash_multicodec_test
// Multicodec: 0x55 - raw
www.val.town
January 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I’m curious… has anyone else used the raw multicodec for an ENS contentHash? Any examples?
www.val.town/v/stevedylan...
www.val.town/v/stevedylan...
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This feels good. Job's not done though 💪 #indiehackers
January 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This feels good. Job's not done though 💪 #indiehackers
Over the Christmas holiday I wrote up and published IPCM.dev, an alternative approach to dynamic #IPFS content
IPCM
InterPlanetary CID Mapping
IPCM.dev
January 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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This week, we shipped version history support for Orbiter. Simple website hosting, even simpler version history, preview, and reverts. orbiter.host/blog/simple-...
#BuildInPublic
#BuildInPublic
Simple Website Version History
Orbiter sites automatically keep track of every change made, creating a rich version history. This allows you to see the past and revert anytime.
orbiter.host
January 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This week, we shipped version history support for Orbiter. Simple website hosting, even simpler version history, preview, and reverts. orbiter.host/blog/simple-...
#BuildInPublic
#BuildInPublic
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Stripe Atlas is ridiculously good. @stevedylan.dev and I told ourselves we would spin up a dedicated LLC for Orbiter as soon as we started making money. Well, it happened faster than we thought.
We used Stripe Atlas to get the LLC created. We had our EIN the next day.
We used Stripe Atlas to get the LLC created. We had our EIN the next day.
January 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Stripe Atlas is ridiculously good. @stevedylan.dev and I told ourselves we would spin up a dedicated LLC for Orbiter as soon as we started making money. Well, it happened faster than we thought.
We used Stripe Atlas to get the LLC created. We had our EIN the next day.
We used Stripe Atlas to get the LLC created. We had our EIN the next day.
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I feel like the Bluesky crowd will appreciate this. I’ve been working on a new side project with @stevedylan.dev called Orbiter. It’s the easiest way to host static sites. Behind the scenes it’s backed by IPFS and the Base blockchain. orbiter.host
January 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I feel like the Bluesky crowd will appreciate this. I’ve been working on a new side project with @stevedylan.dev called Orbiter. It’s the easiest way to host static sites. Behind the scenes it’s backed by IPFS and the Base blockchain. orbiter.host
Fastfetch simplicity 👌
November 26, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Fastfetch simplicity 👌
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After giving this presentation a few times at hackathons, I decided to turn it into a blog post. The state of file uploads for developers is still complicated and S3 is the defacto solution. bit.ly/4eBMbBe
The State of File Uploads Today
If you've dealt with file uploads, you know the pain. Legacy solutions are cumbersome, competition has been sparse, and complacency has left us with systems that are unnecessarily complicated. It’s 20...
bit.ly
November 21, 2024 at 5:33 PM
After giving this presentation a few times at hackathons, I decided to turn it into a blog post. The state of file uploads for developers is still complicated and S3 is the defacto solution. bit.ly/4eBMbBe
Current project I’ve been tweaking from time to time is snippets.so
Think pastebin but without the bloat and ads
Simple and clean code sharing for #developers
Think pastebin but without the bloat and ads
Simple and clean code sharing for #developers
Snippets.so
Clean and simple code sharing
snippets.so
November 21, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Current project I’ve been tweaking from time to time is snippets.so
Think pastebin but without the bloat and ads
Simple and clean code sharing for #developers
Think pastebin but without the bloat and ads
Simple and clean code sharing for #developers
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Been digging into the Bluesky and AT Protocol docs and I’m so inspired to see the heavy use of content identifiers. Having worked in the IPFS space as long as I have, it’s very encouraging so I wrote a quick blog post today. bit.ly/3OjL1Q8
The Power of Content Identifiers (CIDs)
At Pinata, we’ve been building on the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) for years, continuously innovating on top of this transformative protocol. At the heart of everything we do is the concept of co...
bit.ly
November 20, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Been digging into the Bluesky and AT Protocol docs and I’m so inspired to see the heavy use of content identifiers. Having worked in the IPFS space as long as I have, it’s very encouraging so I wrote a quick blog post today. bit.ly/3OjL1Q8
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CIDs are going to win
November 20, 2024 at 4:15 PM
CIDs are going to win
From Facebook’s Little Red Book
November 12, 2024 at 1:06 PM
From Facebook’s Little Red Book
Alright, giving 🦋 another shot, but I need some help 👀
I wanna find the devs here. Reply below if you’re into:
- FOSS
- Terminal dev tools
- Full stack / Devops
- ZED (iykyk)
- Building constantly
- The deep nerd stuff (P2P, zk, etc)
I wanna find the devs here. Reply below if you’re into:
- FOSS
- Terminal dev tools
- Full stack / Devops
- ZED (iykyk)
- Building constantly
- The deep nerd stuff (P2P, zk, etc)
November 12, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Alright, giving 🦋 another shot, but I need some help 👀
I wanna find the devs here. Reply below if you’re into:
- FOSS
- Terminal dev tools
- Full stack / Devops
- ZED (iykyk)
- Building constantly
- The deep nerd stuff (P2P, zk, etc)
I wanna find the devs here. Reply below if you’re into:
- FOSS
- Terminal dev tools
- Full stack / Devops
- ZED (iykyk)
- Building constantly
- The deep nerd stuff (P2P, zk, etc)
Is this place cool again?
October 20, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Is this place cool again?
