https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/ Writing on AI systems and distributed infrastructure https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/jacobi-forcing/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/jacobi-forcing/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Parallel guesses, the training that makes them useful, and what the speed and accuracy numbers actually show. Includes an animated explanation. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/the-verifiable-agent/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/the-verifiable-agent/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:31:21 GMT Why autonomous agents need verifiable execution, trustworthy memory, and a provable right to act. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/ai-agents-smart-contracts/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/ai-agents-smart-contracts/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:34:15 GMT How agents extend programmable execution with the ability to interpret context and make decisions. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/rollups-are-symbi-idiotic/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/rollups-are-symbi-idiotic/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:18:56 GMT A critique of the economic incentives between Ethereum and its rollups. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/git-stash/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/git-stash/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:12:44 GMT A practical guide to setting changes aside, switching tasks, and returning to work with git stash. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/yield-bearing-stablecoins/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/yield-bearing-stablecoins/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:14:11 GMT Exploring the incentives and stability challenges of stablecoins backed by yield-bearing collateral. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/livepeer-node/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/livepeer-node/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:33:55 GMT A practical account of the hardware, setup, and results of running a Livepeer node. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/go-mongodb-grpc/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/go-mongodb-grpc/ Fri, 10 May 2019 13:56:36 GMT Building a simple CRUD API to explore Go, gRPC, and MongoDB. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/ethparis-hackathon/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/ethparis-hackathon/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 19:17:53 GMT My first Ethereum hackathon: finding teammates, building a project, and learning along the way. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/upgradeable-ethereum-contracts/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/upgradeable-ethereum-contracts/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 19:30:08 GMT A code-led explanation of proxy contracts and delegatecall, with a working example. https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/programmable-incentives/ https://nicovergauwen.pages.dev/blog/programmable-incentives/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 10:21:02 GMT How programmable incentives could change collaboration, reputation, and the way businesses work.