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I'm Jimii, a software engineer from Nairobi, Kenya. I am interested in blockchains and distributed systems abd mostly work with Solana and Rust. Find a full list of my writings ./blog.

Notes on `create-solana-program`

#solana #create-solana-program

Practical notes on scaffolding a Solana program using the create-solana-program generator with pnpm.

Adding Metadata to an SPL Token

#solana #metaplex

Step-by-step guide to adding metadata to an existing Solana SPL Token using the Metaplex Token Metadata protocol.

I build my own MPL Candy Machine Guard and you can too.

#solana #metaplex

How to build a custom Metaplex Candy Machine guard from scratch when the built-in guards don't cover your use case.

Build a guessing game using Orao VRF

#rust #solana

Build an on-chain guessing game on Solana using Orao VRF for provably fair randomness in Rust.

Mint Solana NFT Using Rust & Metaplex SDK

#rust #solana #metaplex

A 2023 walkthrough of minting NFTs on Solana using Rust and the Metaplex SDK. Note: tooling has changed — check the latest Metaplex docs.