Web3 Developer Advocacy
Published: 2022-06-22 01:33:28

## A _Bit_ About Me
I am a software engineer with 4+ years of experience in tech.

For the past 2 years, I have worked as a fullstack developer at a cloud-native TradFi startup. My specialties lie in UI engineering, Typescript, and React.

More recently, I fell in love with the web3 industry, and started learning the tech by building projects and hopping into various communities. I also publish my learnings on [Typeshare](https://typeshare.co/mikleens) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/mikleens).

I am excited for where this space is going, and I want to help move the industry forward!

Other interests include Iyengar yoga, cooking yummy vegetarian food, traditional Chinese tea ceremony, rock climbing, and anything outdoors!
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## Projects
#### 1. ⚜️ GLD Vendor ⚜️
- A Web3 UI which allows you to buy and sell fictional GLD tokens on the rinkeby network. The project leverages scaffold-eth, eth-hooks, and React to create an enjoyable user experience, and serve as a learning tool for writing a UI for web3.
- [Github](https://github.com/elenamik/gld-vendor-ui) 
- [designs](https://www.figma.com/file/KXrIvKLSGnH3AfIzFIJvu6/GLD-Token-Vendor?node-id=0%3A1)
- Live demo: on its way!

#### 2. Small Reminders 🗒
- A hobby project of mine from 2020 which allowed you to note down your favorites quotes in a web app, and opt to have them sent to you at random on a daily basis via text. The project was built in React, node.js & express, and Twilio.
- [Github](https://github.com/elenamik/SmallReminders)
- [Live demo](https://small-reminders.firebaseapp.com/#/) (text functionality is no longer supported)

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## Talks
#### Intro To Speedrun Ethereum
- June 7, 2022 @ [EthBuilders.NYC](https://www.meetup.com/ethbuilders/)
- Short presentation on why I think Speedrun Ethereum is a great learning tool for developers, and a quick walkthrough of the tooling.
- [Recording (12 mins, starting at 25:27)](https://www.loom.com/share/627efe69c1b84ca584c74b7ac4ad2328?t=1527)

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## Long Form Tweets & Blog Posts
You can explore the full collection of my writing on my [Typeshare](https://typeshare.co/mikleens), but here are some of my favorites:
- Breakdown of crypto wallets Parts [(I)](https://twitter.com/mikleens/status/1491142761336168456) [(II)](https://twitter.com/mikleens/status/1491804464868691969) [(III)](https://twitter.com/mikleens/status/1493744496957345797)
- [The Graph Protocol](https://typeshare.co/mikleens/collections/web3thegraphprotocol)
- Uniswap [(explanation)](https://twitter.com/mikleens/status/1479895897592971264), [(x*y=k)](https://twitter.com/mikleens/status/1483617451438915588),
[(liquidity pools)](https://twitter.com/mikleens/status/1481394129368236035)
- [Artblocks](https://twitter.com/mikleens/status/1481057462069383180)

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## Hackathons
#### ETH NYC, June 2022
- Prototyped an NFT which was a "living" tree that grows over time if it is fed Basic Carbon Tokens, and dies otherwise.
- Project aimed to create a gamified use case for BCTs to increase demand and incentivize engagement with the network.
- Future aspirations for the project are to deploy a mechanism which generatively renders a tree based on the growth parameters in the contract.
- Check out the submission [here](https://ethglobal.com/showcase/nonfungible-forest-4sbwa).

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## Conferences
[Why go to a web3 conference?](https://twitter.com/mikleens/status/1535419128894431232)
#### Permissionless, May 2022
- First ever DeFi conference hosted by BlockWorks in Palm Beach, FL! 
- Lots of inspiring panels and important discussion from industry leaders.
- [My essay on Chris Dixon's State of Crypto](https://twitter.com/mikleens/status/1529646038910386176)
- Some of my favorite talks from the conference: [The Crypto Renaissance](https://vimeo.com/713492904), [Taylor Monahan's address](https://blockworks.co/events/permissionless-content-library/?playlist=4a494e1&video=1d70d51), and [venture capital's perspective on web3](https://blockworks.co/events/permissionless-content-library/?playlist=4a494e1&video=d37c410)

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## Work experience
Check out [my LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-mikhaylova/) and my [BuidlGuidl profile](https://buidlguidl.com/builders/0x74503D89E994e5e6FE44Ba3BBD09e048F0185403).