As the most important builder and guide in the blockchain world, the importance of developer status is self-evident. It can be said that whoever has mastered the top technical talents is more likely to stand out from the blockchain wave and become a real leader.
In the NEAR (ID: NEAR_Protocol) developer community, such a group of technical talents has gathered. Although they come from all over the world and have different technical backgrounds and identities, they all agree with the vision and mission of NEAR and are willing to contribute to the continuous development of the NEAR ecosystem. Prosperity contributes its own resources and strength.
In this event, we had the honor to interview Yan Zhu, a well-known developer in the NEAR community. The following is a partial background introduction about him:
Yan Zhu, currently a partner of block technology products, responsible for product design, front-end development, and SEO growth; has been elected as Microsoft's most valuable expert for ten consecutive years, and is also the initiator of several popular open source projects. He is currently on GitHub's personal homepage Tens of thousands of stars have been harvested.
Game master or code master
"I have always played games until I hit full achievements before giving up." Yan Zhu in front of him couldn't help talking about the "Assassin's Creed" game he was playing recently. Although he has just passed his thirties, his desire for games has not receded significantly with the passage of time.
However, it is hard for you to imagine that the "game master" who easily cleared the game in front of you is actually a "code master". According to Yan Zhu, since graduating from university, he has been engaged in front-end development and product work, and also participates in the development of open source projects in his spare time. At present, his homepage on Github has collected tens of thousands of stars, and one of the open source front-end frameworks (Spectre.css) has won more than 10,000 stars alone.
"There are also thousands of citations per week", "The company I am currently using is also using the framework I developed". Yan Zhu was very proud when talking about this open source framework he made. According to him, many companies are already using this framework, and many front-end friends around him are also using it.
"It feels like you are a typical perfectionist, and everything must be perfect." Faced with the author's evaluation, Yan Zhu said that he is indeed strict about the details. "I feel that if I relax a little bit, I run the risk of falling into 'decadence'." However, it is precisely because of this dedication to details that Yan Zhu has completed his technical accumulation and evolution step by step, and has achieved many technical achievements. It is reported that he has been elected as Microsoft's most valuable expert for ten consecutive years, and was invited to share his open source path at GitHub's first China tour event last year.
Facing the honor he had won, he once again showed his buddhist side, and just said "it's okay".
Be connected with Bitcoin, love NEAR
Like many other people in the industry, the story of Yan Zhu and the blockchain originated from Bitcoin. "It was really hot at that time, the entire currency circle was boiling, and the price of Bitcoin soared into the sky." Recalling the crazy growth of Bitcoin price in 2017, Yan Zhu still remembers it vividly. "At the beginning, I entered the currency circle just to find new ways to make money." Faced with the temptation of money, Yan Zhu began to make a move.
However, the development of reality is far more magical than people imagined. With the more frequent bull-bear conversions, Yan Zhu, who has experienced several ups and downs in the currency circle, also began to have new ideas. "Blockchain is a great technology, and it should not be used just to speculate on coins." With the idea of using technology to change the world, he spends more and more time on learning and developing blockchain technology, and at the same time looking for A new high-quality development platform has also become one of his goals. At this moment, NEAR began to enter his eyes.
"The first time I met the NEAR team was during the NEAR China trip last year, and I met many members of the NEAR team." At that time, Yan Zhu already knew about the NEAR project, "especially the founder Yilong, who led the development of Google's deep learning framework, and he has long admired the name." After getting in touch with team members, Yan Zhu quickly decided to join the ecology of this project. Coincidentally, NEAR's hackathon was in full swing at that time, so he signed up decisively.
At that time, the first month of the month was not yet out in Shanghai, and it was rainy. The streets were sparsely populated, "everyone hurried home in a hurry." At this time, Yan Zhu was very excited. He didn't care to wipe off the rainwater splashed on his body, and started to participate in the hackathon competition as soon as he arrived at the hotel. The lights in the room stayed on all night, and when the boss woke up the next morning, he found that Yan Zhu was still writing code quickly. In the end, the jumping lines of codes on the computer screen showed that a social DApp he developed for NEAR after a night of hard work can already run through!
In the end, Yan Zhu won the second place in that hackathon competition, which is also the best result achieved by individual contestants in the Chinese hackathon competition.
"Did there be any acceptance speeches at that time?", "The other contestants are all excellent, and I am very happy to meet a group of excellent friends." "However," Yan Zhu said after a pause, "you should stay up late less in the future, it's not good for your health."
Hope to work with NEAR to build an open network
"NEAR has a team with strong executive ability and professional technical background in the industry. Product and technical capabilities are not a problem, and there is no product history burden, and it is also very flexible in product adjustment." When talking about his views on NEAR, Yan Zhu A very comprehensive analysis is given. Even the members of the NEAR team felt, "Brother Yan is not like an ordinary code contributor, but more like a member of the NEAR team."
In fact, before joining the NEAR ecosystem, Yan Zhu had already inspected a large number of project parties. "I will observe the project team, development ecological activity and related resources, including the activity of the development community, the perfection of development assistance documents, examples, tools, etc., and even consider the technical support (whether it is from the official or the community) This consistent high requirement caused him to pass by most of the project parties. It was not until he heard about and seriously studied the NEAR project that he "really made up his mind to invest in this ecology".
According to his introduction, the trustworthiness of the team is the main factor in his final decision to develop in NEAR. In addition, "NEAR platform can be developed directly through the front-end technology stack, and the documentation and examples are basic and easy to understand, which is very suitable for first-time DApp developers to get started." Take participating in the hackathon as an example, developers can basically run through the entire project in a few hours from the environment, basic concepts, development, testing, deployment, etc. The team is currently spending a lot of energy on helping developers, and Improve the development ecology, etc. "NEAR makes me believe that the future of blockchain is promising."
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