Some awesome onboarding work by nostr:npub19a86gzxctwtz68l8zld2u9y2fjvyyj4juyx8m5geylssrmfj27eqs22ckt 👀
This is really nice!
The Celsius was randomly added.
Just salt and pepper. You can’t over pepper a steak. The Otto seriously rules. I only use it in Wyoming where regular grills struggle to reach high temps due to altitude. The Otto reliably gets to 1500 degrees Celsius in 3 minutes. About the size of a microwave and highly recommended.
It’s excellent. Especially at high elevation where it’s harder to get traditional grills at high temps.
I am no longer part of Strike.
After 4+ years, the time has come to move on and contribute to Bitcoin in a different way.
My thanks goes out to all of you here who came from #Bitcoin Twitter! Support Strike and me have received from you over the years was instrumental in our success!
Twitter also helped me and nostr:npub1dmcd5wqd3yku05svp6xqk5gyywek4cgg0w3dk63tcu0rmjxnanns5xutjm connect and develop our relationship.
He followed the success of nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg, and over the years we began talking on coding, FOSS, teams, life...
Then in June 2019 Jack texted me and asked to help him take ln_zap to the next level:
> Unc, I'm looking to turn Zap into a startup and begin selling BTC over Lightning directly inside the wallet
Having a pre-seed startup for your full time job is always tough.
I considered doing it mainly because I wanted to see how Jack will grow as a person and entrepreneur. Like many in the Bitcoin community, I believed in him... and wanted to help him with my skills and experience.
Zap also already had a team of amazing FOSS contributors that I appreciated and wanted to know better.
Opportunity to work with Otto, Ole, mrfelton, Dylan, Korhal, Raph and Namson is what pushed me over the top and sealed commitment.
What followed was hardcore coding of backend that would provide additional APIs and run features Jack had in mind for Zap wallets on iOS, Android and Desktop.
By September we had the first version out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj9IMNAswSM
By the end of 2019 we have completely abstracted away the ability to pay lightning invoices.
This is when decision was made to go with completely new app, providing clean experience, focused on ease of lightning payments and UX.
Strike was born: https://jimmymow.medium.com/announcing-strike-by-zap-4f578c7c8984
6 months later, it was time to go with public... Strike BETA was released to everyone that wanted to download it.
https://jimmymow.medium.com/announcing-strike-public-beta-325877a79f87
Looking back, I couldn't be more proud on all the coding I've done on Strike.
Credit where credit is due - big part of that was mrfelton. Otto, Raph and Korhal as well.
Support these guys provided was critical for my coding commits streak of 2019, 2020 & 2021.
And not just them. I was lucky to be able to bring in more amazing engineers into Strike.
Kataklinger, Frank and Giancarlo who I hired for backend delivered big; so it was asked of me to help do the same across Engineering... and eventually whole company.
Thus in 2021 and 2022 I did more of what VP of Engineering traditionally does. There was still sporadic day to day coding, but I was focused on recruiting needed talent, structuring teams and setting up others for success.
In the end I've helped interview and hire over 80 people.
I'm especially proud of realization that I would repeat every single technical hire we've made.
To all that joined Strike over the years - thank you for the work you've done. It was privilege working together with you.
Finally, my focus in the last year was on ensuring that culture of Bitcoin is strong within Strike... and that Strike gives back to Bitcoin for the immense support it has received over the years.
In the process we started numerous partnerships and executed on several grants.
We were glad to give to organizations
https://twitter.com/unchainedcom/status/1636777955727753230
To individual contributors
https://twitter.com/Strike/status/1595185069538349056
To projects
https://twitter.com/jackmallers/status/1529204176101724161
And all that are working tirelessly every day to push Bitcoin forward.
We have also supported conferences like TabConf, AfroBitcoinOrg, TheBitcoinConf and meetups like ChiBitDevs.
In the end - I wish Strike all the best. It turned into the app that served as entry point into Bitcoin for many... and I hope it will get to do that for many more, across the globe!
Hell of a run man. Looking forward to what’s next.
Steaks on the Otto and scotch remain undefeated this summer. 
Congrats Peter. What a nightmare, but what a victory.
You just didn’t understand the scooter business. They’re primarily ammunition for bum fights. Big business!
I believe it’s the inverse. Primary use case is to prevent you adjusting your thermometer and prevent you ordering certain things at While Foods.
This years biggest scam: Heat Domes. 
I’m paying for a few. Noticed better performance when I added the first (nostr.wine) and then added a few more. Not sure if those helped but suspect they did.
Passphrases for hardware wallets cause heart attacks at roughly the same rate as Covid vaccines.
This other futurepaul rules.
Now that the monkey is out of the bottle, I can share this:
nostr:nostr:npub1hu3hdctm5nkzd8gslnyedfr5ddz3z547jqcl5j88g4fame2jd08qh6h8nh was pregnant while MCing #Bitcoin Miami.
She handled it like a champ, and I’m damn proud of my wife/mother of my child. 
Congratulations man. You’re in for a lot of fun.
The Farmstand was in Cheyenne, WY. Some of the tastiest raw milk, grass finished beef, and orange egg yolks I’ve ever had. Small regenerative operation. Check them out during Frontier Days in a couple weeks. 
I feel we seriously need new mobile browsers.
Im 2011 I predicted the biggest fad in tech was app stores. I was very wrong. It is however the biggest threat now. Unfortunately the App Store owners are also the phone manufacturers and default mobile web browsers. The mobile web will win in the end. How do we accelerate it?
Rented a lift today at ATX DIY to change to thicker oil, swap out my clutch pedal spring, and rip the gay ass charcoal filter from the stock airbox.
Never seen a diy garage before but I think it must have something to do with lenient laws around that sort of thing in Texas.
H/t nostr:npub138guayty78ch9k42n3uyz5ch3jcaa3u390647hwq0c83m2lypekq6wk36k this place rules. Gonna do some more serious stuff here now that I know what the deal is.
This rules. Where is it?