Chewing glass is what Solana developers do. Introducing the third episode in a new series on the Solana Podcast, Chewing Glass. Chase Barker (Developer Relations Lead at Solana Labs) talks shop with the most interesting builders in the Solana ecosystem. It’s for devs, by devs.
Today's guest is Brian Friel, a Solana dev and regular contributor to the Solana Cookbook who recently joined Phantom as Developer Relations Evangelist.
01:18 - Intro / Phantom
04:04- Brian’s background
05:10 - His experience before working in Solana
06:42 - How did he start working in Solana
08:06 - When did he start looking into Solana
09:41 - First project on Solana
11:36 - What are the challenges working in Solana
13:14 - Anchor vs. Solana native
15:31 - The Solana cookbook
18:09 - Contributing to the space
21:01 - Solana Native Programs
23:01 - Any advice?
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Chase (00:39):
Hey, everybody. Welcome to Chewing Glass, the show where we talk to developers building in the Solana ecosystem. My name is Chase Barker, developer relations at Solana Labs. Today, we have with us, Brian Friel. Brian is actually a heavy contributor to the Solana ecosystem. I spoke with Brian, probably, a few months ago. I started noticing that he was writing some really great articles about Solana. I always have my eye out to kind of find people who are just altruistically contributing in the ecosystem. Brian was one of those guys, and here he is today. Brian, how's it going, man?
Brian (01:13):
Hey, Chase. Good to be here. Big fan of the show.
Chase (01:16):
Super excited to have you. You have done so many contributions to the ecosystem, everything from your own personal articles about PDAs with Anchor. You've contributed heavily to the Solana Cookbook. Actually, many people probably don't know because you never really spoke about it, there is some great news today. Brian, I actually heard from a little birdie that you just got hired at Phantom.
Brian (01:50):
That's correct. This is a Solana podcast exclusive. I'm joining Phantom, and I'll be their first developer relations hire there. Super stoked to build out the best wallet on Solana.
Chase (02:02):
Yeah, that's awesome. I haven't fully grasped what... I know that there's a use for that on a wallet. Every company's completely different whenever it comes to developer relations. You've been hanging out with the Solana Labs devrel team. I'm sure you'll jump in there, and you probably have already started to try to figure out what you're going to do on day one, I'm sure.
Brian (02:24):
It's a green-field kind of space here. There's a lot to do. I think you're right. One of the best things about this space, too, is that so many people are just building in public that we get a lot of feedback of what developers building on Solana want to see out of us at Phantom. My job is really to kind of get in touch with everyone who's building and start triaging what the biggest priorities are to make this the best experience.
Chase (02:46):
That's awesome. I'm sure you're