Yadda muka gina kamfani a Silicon Valley

Yadda muka gina kamfani a Silicon ValleyDuban San Francisco daga gefen gabas na bay

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A cikin wannan sakon zan yi magana game da yadda muka gina kamfani a Silicon Valley. A cikin shekaru hudu, mun tashi daga farawa na mutum biyu a cikin ginshiƙi na ginin a San Francisco zuwa wani babban kamfani, wanda aka sani tare da zuba jari fiye da $ 30M daga sanannun kudade, ciki har da irin wannan ƙattai kamar a16z.

A ƙarƙashin yanke akwai labarai masu ban sha'awa da yawa game da Y Combinator, saka hannun jari, binciken ƙungiyar, da sauran fannonin rayuwa da aiki a cikin kwari.

prehistory

Na zo kwarin a cikin 2011 kuma na shiga MemSQL, kamfani wanda ya kammala karatunsa daga Y Combinator. Ni ne ma'aikaci na farko a MemSQL. Mun yi aiki daga wani gida mai ɗaki uku a birnin Menlo Park, inda muke zama (ni da matata muna cikin ɗaki ɗaya, Babban Shugaban da matarsa ​​muna cikin wani, kuma CTO na kamfanin, Nikita Shamgunov, yana kwana a kan gadon gado). a cikin falo). Lokaci ya yi tafiya, MemSQL a yau babban kamfani ne na kasuwanci tare da daruruwan ma'aikata, ma'amaloli na miliyoyin daloli da kuma ofis a tsakiyar San Francisco.

A cikin 2016, na gane cewa kamfanin ya fi girma da ni, kuma na yanke shawarar lokaci ya yi da za a fara sabon abu. Da yake ban yanke shawarar abin da zan yi na gaba ba tukuna, ina zaune a kantin kofi a San Francisco ina karanta wani labarin daga waccan shekarar kan koyon injin. Wani saurayi ya zauna kusa da ni ya ce, "Na lura kana karanta labarin na'urar buga rubutu, mu saba." Irin wannan yanayi ya zama ruwan dare a San Francisco. Yawancin mutane a shagunan kofi, gidajen cin abinci, da kan titi ma'aikatan farawa ne ko manyan kamfanonin fasaha, don haka yuwuwar saduwa da wani irin wannan yana da yawa. Bayan karin ganawa guda biyu da wannan saurayi a kantin kofi, mun yanke shawarar fara gina kamfani da ke gina mataimaka masu wayo. Samsung kawai ya sayi VIV, Google ya sanar da Mataimakin Google, kuma da alama makomar ta kasance wani wuri a wannan hanyar.

A matsayin wani misali na yadda mutane da yawa a cikin SF ke aiki a fagen IT, mako ɗaya ko biyu daga baya saurayi ɗaya da ni muna zaune a kantin kofi ɗaya, kuma ina yin wasu canje-canje a gidan yanar gizon mu na gaba, kuma ba shi da komai. yi . Kawai sai ya juyo ga wani saurayi bazuwar zaune a kan teburin daga wurinmu ya ce “ko kuna bugawa?”, saurayin ya amsa da mamaki “eh, ta yaya ka sani?”

A cikin Oktoba 2016, mun yanke shawarar fara haɓaka jarin jari. Na ɗauka cewa samun zuwa taro tare da manyan masu zuba jari zai zama da wahala sosai. Sai ya zama cewa wannan ba daidai ba ne. Idan mai saka hannun jari yana da ko da ɗan zato cewa kamfani zai iya tashi, za su yi farin ciki da ɗaukar sa'a guda na lokacinsu suna magana. Babban damar ɓata sa'a guda a kan kamfani mai ƙarewa ya fi kyau fiye da ƙaramin damar rasa a kan unicorn na gaba. Gaskiyar cewa ni ma'aikaci na farko na MemSQL ya ba mu damar samun tarurruka a kalandar mu tare da masu zuba jari shida masu kyau a cikin kwari a cikin mako guda na aiki. An yi mana wahayi. Amma da sauƙi kamar yadda muka sami waɗannan tarurrukan, mun gaza waɗannan tarurrukan. Masu saka hannun jari suna saduwa da ƙungiyoyi kamar mu sau da yawa a rana kuma suna iya fahimta a cikin ɗan ƙaramin lokaci cewa mutanen da ke gabansu ba su da masaniyar abin da suke yi.

Aikace-aikace zuwa Y Combinator

Muna buƙatar haɓaka ƙwarewarmu wajen gina kamfani. Gina kamfani ba batun rubuta code bane. Wannan yana nufin fahimtar abin da mutane ke buƙata, gudanar da nazarin mai amfani, ƙididdiga, yanke shawara daidai lokacin da za a yi amfani da shi da kuma lokacin da za a ci gaba, nemo mai dacewa da kasuwa. Kawai a wannan lokacin, daukar ma'aikata yana faruwa don Y Combinator Winter 2017. Y Combinator shine babban mai haɓaka mai girma a cikin Silicon Valley, ta hanyar da irin waɗannan ƙattai kamar Dropbox, Reddit, Airbnb, har ma da MemSQL suka wuce. Ma'auni na Y Combinator da 'yan jari-hujja sun yi kama da juna: suna buƙatar zaɓar ƙaramin lamba daga ɗimbin kamfanoni a Silicon Valley kuma suna haɓaka damar kama unicorn na gaba. Don shiga Y Combinator, kuna buƙatar cika aikace-aikace. Tambayoyin sun ƙi kusan kashi 97% na aikace-aikace, don haka cika ta tsari ne mai matuƙar alhaki. Bayan tambayoyin, ana yin hira, wanda ya yanke rabin sauran kamfanoni.

Mun shafe mako guda muna cike fom, mu cika, karanta shi tare da abokai, sake karantawa, sake cikawa. Sakamakon haka, bayan makonni biyu mun sami gayyatar yin hira. Mun shiga 3%, abin da ya rage shi ne mu shiga 1.5%. Tattaunawar tana faruwa a hedkwatar YC a Mountain View (minti 40 ta mota daga SF) kuma tana ɗaukar mintuna 10. Tambayoyin da ake yi kusan iri ɗaya ne kuma sananne ne. Akwai shafuka akan intanit inda aka saita mai ƙidayar lokaci na mintuna 10 kuma ana zaɓen fitaccen littafin jagora kuma ana nunawa bazuwar. Mun shafe sa'o'i a waɗannan rukunin yanar gizon kowace rana, kuma mun tambayi abokanmu da yawa waɗanda suka yi tafiya ta YC a baya su yi mana tambayoyi su ma. Gabaɗaya, mun kusanci tarurruka tare da masu saka hannun jari fiye da yadda muka yi wata ɗaya da ta gabata.

Ranar hirar ta kasance mai ban sha'awa sosai. Hirar tamu ta kasance da misalin karfe 10 na safe. Mun iso da wuri. A gare ni, ranar hira ta gabatar da wani ƙalubale. Tun da a fili kamfanina bai fara tashi ba tukuna, na raba hannun jari na lokaci ta hanyar fara lokacin gwaji a OpenAI. Daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa OpenAI, Sam Altman, shi ne shugaban Y Combinator. Idan na yi hira da shi kuma ya ga OpenAI a cikin aikace-aikacena, ko kadan ba shakka zai tambayi manajana game da ci gaba na a lokacin gwaji na. Idan ban shiga cikin Y Combinator ba, to lokacin gwaji na a OpenAI shima zai kasance cikin shakku sosai.

An yi sa'a, Sam Altman ba ya cikin tawagar da ta yi mana tambayoyi.

Idan Y Combinator ya karɓi kamfani, suna kiran rana ɗaya. Idan sun ƙi shi, sai su rubuta imel washegari tare da cikakken bayani na dalilin. Saboda haka, idan ba a sami kira da maraice ba, yana nufin ba ku da sa'a. Kuma idan sun kira, to ba tare da ɗaukar wayar ba, za ku iya sanin cewa sun ɗauke mu. Mun wuce tattaunawar cikin sauƙi, duk tambayoyin sun fito daga littafin. Mun fito ilham muka tafi Arewa Fleet. Rabin sa'a ta wuce, muna da minti goma daga cikin gari, sai aka kira mu.

Shiga cikin Y Combinator shine mafarkin kusan kowane mutumin da ya gina kamfani a Silicon Valley. Wannan lokacin da wayar ta yi kara yana daya daga cikin lokuta 3 mafi yawan abin tunawa a cikin aiki na. Duba gaba, na biyu na ukun zai faru bayan ƴan sa'o'i kaɗan a rana ɗaya.

Ita kuwa yarinyar bata yi gaggawar faranta mana labarin tarbar mu ba. Ta sanar da mu cewa suna bukatar yin hira ta biyu. Wannan lamari ne da ba kasafai ba, amma kuma an rubuta shi akan Intanet. Abin sha'awa, bisa ga kididdigar, daga cikin kamfanonin da suka kira yin hira na biyu, 50% sun yarda, wato, gaskiyar cewa muna buƙatar komawa ya ba mu 0 sabon bayani game da ko za mu shiga YC ko a'a.

Muka juyo muka dawo. Muka tunkari dakin. Sam Altman. Mummunan sa'a…

Na rubuta wa manajana a OpenAI a hankali na ce wannan shi ne, zan yi hira a Y Combinator a yau, Sam zai rubuta maka, kada ka yi mamaki. Komai ya yi kyau, manajana a OpenAI ba zai iya kasancewa mai inganci ba.

Hira ta biyu ta dauki mintuna biyar, sun yi tambayoyi guda biyu, mu tafi. Babu irin wannan jin da muka fasa su. Kamar dai babu abin da ya faru yayin hirar. Mun je SF, ƙarancin wahayi a wannan lokacin. Minti 30 suka sake kira. Wannan karon don sanar da cewa an karbe mu.

Y Combinator

Kwarewa a Y Combinator yana da amfani sosai kuma yana da ban sha'awa. Sau ɗaya a mako, a ranar Talata, muna zuwa hedkwatarsu da ke Mountain View, inda muke zama a ƙananan rukuni tare da ƙwararrun samari kuma muna gaya musu ci gabanmu da matsalolinmu, kuma sun tattauna hanyoyin magance mu. A ƙarshen kowace Talata, a lokacin cin abinci, ’yan kasuwa daban-daban masu nasara sun yi magana kuma suna magana game da abubuwan da suka faru. Wadanda suka kirkiri Whatsapp sun yi magana a liyafar cin abincin karshe, abin ya kayatar matuka.

Sadarwa tare da wasu kamfanoni matasa a cikin ƙungiyar kuma ya kasance mai ban sha'awa. Ra'ayoyi daban-daban, ƙungiyoyi daban-daban, labarai daban-daban ga kowa da kowa. Da farin ciki suka shigar da samfuran mataimakanmu kuma sun raba ra'ayoyinsu, kuma mun yi amfani da samfuran ayyukansu.

Bugu da ƙari, an ƙirƙiri wani portal wanda a kowane lokaci za mu iya ƙirƙirar tarurruka tare da ƙwararrun mutane masu wayo waɗanda ke da gogewa a fannoni daban-daban na ginin kamfani: tallace-tallace, tallan tallace-tallace, karatun mai amfani, ƙira, UX. Mun yi amfani da wannan sosai kuma mun sami kwarewa sosai. Kusan ko da yaushe waɗannan mutanen suna cikin Jirgin Ruwa na Arewa, don haka ba ma sai sun yi tafiya mai nisa ba. Sau da yawa ba kwa buƙatar mota ma.

Nemo wani abokin haɗin gwiwa

Ba za ku iya haɓaka kamfani tare ba. Amma muna da $150K da YC ke bayarwa a farkon shirin. Muna bukatar mu nemo mutane. Ganin cewa da kyar mun san abin da muke rubutawa, neman ma’aikata har yanzu ba a rasa ba, amma watakila za mu sami wani wanda yake so ya zama abokin haɗin gwiwa tare da mu? Na yi ACM ICPC a kwaleji, kuma da yawa daga cikin mutanen da suka yi ta a zamaninmu a yanzu sun sami nasara a sana'a a cikin kwari. Na fara rubuta wa tsofaffin abokaina waɗanda yanzu suke zaune a SF. Kuma kwarin ba zai zama kwari ba idan a cikin sakonni biyar na farko ban sami wanda yake son gina kamfani ba. Matar daya daga cikin abokana na ICPC tana gina sana'a mai inganci a Facebook, amma tana tunanin barin aiki da kafa kamfani. Mun hadu. Har ila yau, ta riga ta kasance tana neman masu haɗin gwiwa kuma ta gabatar da ni ga abokinta Ilya Polosukhin. Ilya yana ɗaya daga cikin injiniyoyi a ƙungiyar da ta gina TensorFlow. Bayan tarurruka da yawa, yarinyar ta yanke shawarar zama a Facebook, kuma Ilya ya zo kamfaninmu a matsayin mai kafa na uku.

Gida KUSA

Bayan YC, haɓaka jarin jarin kamfani yana ɗan sauƙi kaɗan. A cikin kwanaki na ƙarshe na shirin, Y Combinator yana shirya ranar Demo inda muke ba da masu saka hannun jari 100. YC ya gina tsarin da masu zuba jari ke nuna sha'awar mu a daidai lokacin da ake gabatar da su, kuma muna nuna sha'awar su a ƙarshen rana, sa'an nan kuma an gina ma'auni mai nauyi a can kuma muka gana da su. Mun tara $400K, ni da Ilya ba mu da hannu sosai a cikin wannan tsari, mun rubuta lambar, don haka ba zan iya faɗi labarai masu ban sha'awa da yawa ba. Amma akwai daya.

Don tallace-tallace, mun gudanar da tarurrukan koyo na na'ura a San Francisco tare da manyan masu bincike (da yawa daga cikinsu suna aiki a Google Brain, OpenAI, karatu a Stanford ko Berkeley, saboda haka suna cikin yanki a cikin kwari) kuma sun gina al'umma na gida. A ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan tarurrukan, mun shawo kan ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu bincike a fagen ya zama mai ba mu shawara. Mun kusan sanya hannu a kan takaddun lokacin da bayan mako guda ya gane cewa kamfanin da yake aiki a yanzu ba zai bar shi ya zama mai ba da shawara ba. Amma ya ji kamar ya kyale mu, don haka ya ba da shawarar cewa maimakon mu ba da shawara, mu saka hannun jari a cikinmu kawai. Adadin a kan sikelin kamfani ya kasance ƙananan, amma samun babban mai bincike a cikin filin ba kawai a matsayin mai ba da shawara ba, amma a matsayin mai saka jari yana da kyau sosai.

Ya riga ya kasance Yuni 2017, Google Pixel ya fito kuma ya shahara. Ba kamar, abin takaici, Google Assistant an gina shi a ciki. Na aro Pixels daga abokai, na danna maɓallin gida, kuma sau 10 cikin 10 na ga "saita Mataimakin Google kafin amfani da shi a karon farko." Samsung bai yi amfani da VIV da aka saya ta kowace hanya ba, a maimakon haka ya saki Bixby tare da maɓallin kayan aiki, kuma aikace-aikacen da suka maye gurbin Bixby da walƙiya sun zama sananne a cikin Shagon Samsung.

Dangane da duk wannan, ni da Ilya bangaskiya ga makomar mataimaka ta dushe, kuma mun bar wannan kamfani. Nan da nan muka fara sabon kamfani, Near Inc, muna rasa alamar Y Combinator, $ 400K, da babban mai bincike a matsayin mai saka jari a cikin tsari.

A wannan lokacin, dukanmu mun kasance masu sha'awar batun haɗin shirin - lokacin da samfuran da kansu suka rubuta (ko ƙara) lambar. Mun yanke shawarar zurfafa cikin batun. Amma ba za ku iya tafiya ba tare da kuɗi kwata-kwata ba, don haka da farko kuna buƙatar gyara asarar $ 400K.

Zuba jari

A wannan lokacin, tsakanin zane-zane na Iliya da ni, kusan dukkanin masu zuba jari a cikin kwarin sun kasance daya ko biyu musafaha, don haka, kamar lokacin farko, yana da sauƙin samun tarurruka. Taro na farko ba su yi kyau sosai ba, kuma an ƙi mu da yawa. Yayin da na koya don wannan da kuma tara kudade na gaba guda 2 waɗanda zan shiga, kafin YES na farko, Ina buƙatar karɓar NOs da yawa daga masu saka hannun jari. Bayan YES na farko, YES na gaba yana zuwa a tarurruka 3-5 na gaba. Da zaran YES biyu ko uku suka yi, kusan babu sauran NO, kuma ya zama matsala a zabi daga cikin duk wanda zai dauka.

YES ɗin mu na farko ya fito ne daga mai saka jari X. Ba zan faɗi wani abu mai kyau game da X ba, don haka ba zan ambaci sunansa ba. X ya rage darajar kamfani a kowane taro kuma yayi ƙoƙarin ƙara ƙarin sharuɗɗan da ba su da amfani ga ƙungiyar da masu kafa. Mutumin da muka yi aiki tare da shi a X ya kasance a farkon aikinsa a matsayin mai saka hannun jari a cikin babban asusu, kuma a gare shi, rufe wata yarjejeniya mai fa'ida ta kasance tsani ga aikinsa. Kuma da yake babu wanda ya ce mana EH sai shi, zai iya neman komai.

X ya gabatar mana da wasu masu saka hannun jari da dama. Masu zuba jari ba sa son zuba jari su kadai, suna son saka hannun jari tare da wasu. Samun wasu masu zuba jari yana sa ya zama mai yiwuwa ba za su yi kuskure ba (saboda wani yana tunanin zuba jari ne mai kyau) kuma yana kara yawan damar da kamfani ke samu na rayuwa. Matsalar ita ce, idan X ya gabatar mana da Y, Y ba zai saka hannun jari ba tare da X bayan haka, saboda zai zama mari a fuskar X, kuma har yanzu suna mu'amala da juna akai-akai. Na biyu YES bayan wadannan sani ya zo in an jima, sannan na uku da na hudu. Matsalar ita ce X yana so ya matse duk ruwan 'ya'yan itace daga cikinmu kuma ya ba mu kuɗi a ƙarƙashin mafi ƙarancin yanayi, kuma sauran masu saka hannun jari waɗanda suka koya game da mu daga X na iya kasancewa a shirye su saka hannun jari a cikin mu akan mafi kyawun sharuddan, amma ba za su yi hakan ba. X ya dawo

Wata safiya da rana a San Francisco, na sami wasiƙa daga Nikita Shamgunov, wanda tuni Shugaba na MemSQL, “Gabatar da Alex (NUSAU) don Amplify Partners.” A zahiri mintuna 17 bayan haka, gaba ɗaya cikin ƴancin kai kuma ta tsantsar daidaituwa, wasiƙa ta zo daga X tare da take daidai. Mutanen daga Amplify sun kasance masu sanyi sosai. Sharuɗɗan da X ya ba mu sun yi kama sosai a gare su, kuma sun kasance a shirye su saka hannun jari a cikinmu bisa sharuddan da suka dace. Yawancin masu saka hannun jari sun yarda su saka hannun jari tare da Amplify. A cikin irin wannan yanayi, mun watsar da saka hannun jari X kuma mun haɓaka zagaye tare da Amplify a matsayin mai saka hannun jari na jagora. Har ila yau Amplify bai ji daɗin saka hannun jari ba don tsallakewa X, amma tunda farkon intro ya fito daga Nikita, ba daga X ba, an sami yare gama gari tsakanin kowa da kowa, kuma babu wanda ya yi fushi da kowa. Idan Nikita ya aika da wasiƙar bayan mintuna 18 a wannan ranar, wataƙila abubuwa sun ɗan ɗan ƙara rikitarwa.

Yanzu muna da $800K don rayuwa, kuma mun fara shekara guda mai cike da ƙirar ƙira akan PyTorch, muna magana da kamfanoni da yawa a cikin kwari don fahimtar inda za a iya amfani da haɗakar shirin a aikace, da sauran abubuwan ban sha'awa. A watan Yuli 2018, mun sami ɗan ci gaba akan ƙira da labarai da yawa akan NIPS da ICLR, amma babu fahimtar inda za'a iya amfani da ƙirar matakin da ake iya samu a wancan lokacin a aikace.

Sanin farko da blockchain

Duniyar blockchain duniya ce mai ban mamaki. Da gangan na guje shi na dogon lokaci, amma a ƙarshe hanyoyinmu sun ketare. A cikin bincikenmu na aikace-aikacen haɗin gwiwar shirin, a ƙarshe mun kai ga ƙarshe cewa wani abu a tsakiyar haɗin haɗin shirye-shiryen da batun tabbatarwa na yau da kullun na iya zama da amfani sosai ga kwangiloli masu wayo. Ba mu san kome ba game da blockchain, amma kwarin ba zai zama kwari ba idan a cikin tsofaffin abokaina babu akalla wasu da ke sha'awar wannan batu. Mun fara sadarwa tare da su kuma mun gane cewa tabbatarwa na yau da kullun yana da kyau, amma akwai ƙarin matsaloli masu mahimmanci a cikin blockchain. A cikin 2018, Ethereum ya riga ya sha wahala wajen ɗaukar nauyin, kuma haɓaka ƙa'idar da za ta yi aiki da sauri ya kasance batu mai mahimmanci.

Mu, ba shakka, ba mu da nisa daga farkon wanda ya zo da irin wannan ra'ayi, amma bincike mai sauri na kasuwa ya nuna cewa yayin da akwai gasa a can, kuma mai girma, yana yiwuwa a ci nasara. Mafi mahimmanci, duka Ilya da ni muna da kyau sosai masu tsara tsarin. Aikina a MemSQL ya kasance, ba shakka, yana kusa da haɓaka ƙa'idodi fiye da gina ƙira akan PyTorch, kuma Ilya a Google yana ɗaya daga cikin masu haɓaka TensorFlow.

Na fara tattauna wannan ra'ayin tare da tsoffin abokan aikina na MemSQL da abokin aikina daga kwanakin ICPC, kuma ra'ayin gina ƙa'idar blockchain mai sauri ya zama mai ban sha'awa ga hudu cikin biyar na magana da su. A cikin rana ɗaya a cikin Agusta 2018, KASA ya girma daga mutane uku zuwa bakwai, kuma zuwa tara a mako mai zuwa lokacin da muka ɗauki hayar shugaban ayyuka da shugaban ci gaban kasuwanci. A lokaci guda, matakin mutane ya kasance mai ban mamaki. Duk injiniyoyin sun kasance daga farkon ƙungiyar MemSQL ko kuma sun yi aiki na shekaru da yawa a Google da Facebook. Mu uku ne muka samu lambobin zinare na ICPC. Daya daga cikin injiniyoyi bakwai na asali ya lashe ICPC sau biyu. A wancan lokacin, akwai zakarun duniya guda shida guda biyu (yau akwai zakarun duniya guda tara, amma yanzu biyu daga cikinsu suna aiki a NEAR, don haka kididdigar ta inganta akan lokaci).

Yana da girma mai fashewa, amma akwai matsala. Babu wanda ya yi aiki kyauta, kuma ofishin da ke tsakiyar SF shima yayi nisa da arha, da kuma biyan hayar ofis da albashin matakin kwarin mutane tara da abin da ya rage na $800K bayan shekara guda yana da matsala. NEAR yana da saura watanni 1.5 kafin a samu sifili a bankin.

Kamfanonin jarin jari kuma

Samun masu tsara shirye-shirye guda bakwai masu ƙarfi a cikin ɗakin farar allo tare da matsakaicin kusan shekaru 8 na gogewa, mun sami damar fito da sauri da wasu ƙira masu ma'ana don ƙa'idar kuma muka koma magana da masu saka hannun jari. Abin takaici, yawancin masu zuba jari suna guje wa blockchain. A wancan lokacin (har ma a yanzu) akwai ɗimbin ɗimbin ƴan kasuwa a cikin wannan masana'antar, kuma yana da wuya a bambance tsakanin manyan mutane da masu neman damar. Tunda masu saka hannun jari na yau da kullun suna guje wa blockchain, muna buƙatar zuwa ga masu saka hannun jari waɗanda ke saka hannun jari na musamman a blockchain. Har ila yau, akwai da yawa daga cikin waɗannan a cikin kwarin, amma saiti ne mabanbanta, tare da ɗan zobe tare da masu zuba jari waɗanda ba su ƙware a blockchain ba. Abin da ake tsammani, mun ƙare tare da mutane a cikin rukunin soyayya da kuma irin waɗannan kudade a cikin musafaha ɗaya. Ɗayan irin wannan asusu shine Metastable.

Metastable babban asusu ne, kuma samun YES daga gare su yana nufin rufe zagaye kusan nan da nan. Mun riga mun kai 3-4 NOs a wancan lokacin, kuma adadin kudaden da za mu tattauna da shi yana raguwa cikin sauri, kamar yadda lokacin NEAR zai kasance ba tare da rayuwa ba. Metastable yana da wasu samari masu wayo da ke aiki a ciki, waɗanda aikinsu shine yaga ra'ayoyinmu kuma nemo mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin ƙirarmu. Tun da tsarin mu a wancan lokacin ya cika kwanaki da yawa, kamar yadda kwarewarmu ta kasance a cikin blockchain a wancan lokacin, a wani taro tare da Metastable sun lalata Ilya da I. Adadin NOs a cikin bankin alade ya karu da ƙari ɗaya.

A cikin makonni biyu masu zuwa, aikin da ke gaban hukumar ya ci gaba kuma zane ya fara haɗuwa a cikin wani abu mai mahimmanci. Tabbas mun garzaya haduwarmu da Metastable. Da a ce taron ya kasance a yanzu, da ba zai yiwu a halaka mu cikin sauki ba. Amma Metastable ba zai sadu da mu ba bayan makonni biyu kawai. Me za a yi?

An sami mafita. A bikin ranar haihuwar Ilya, ya gudanar da barbecue a kan rufin gidansa (wanda, kamar yawancin rufin da ke cikin rukunin gidaje a cikin Northern Fleet, wani wurin shakatawa ne mai kyau), inda aka gayyaci dukkan ma'aikata da abokai na KUSA, ciki har da Ivan. Bogaty, abokin Ilya wanda ya yi aiki a Metastable a wancan lokacin, da kuma wasu masu saka hannun jari. Sabanin jefawa ga masu saka hannun jari a cikin dakin taro, barbecue wata dama ce ga duka ƙungiyar NEAR don yin magana a cikin yanayi na yau da kullun, giya a hannu, tare da Ivan da sauran masu saka hannun jari game da ƙirarmu da burinmu na yanzu. A ƙarshen barbecue, Ivan ya zo wurinmu ya ce da alama yana da ma'ana mu sake haduwa.

Wannan taron ya yi kyau sosai, kuma ni da Ilya mun sami damar kare ƙirar daga tambayoyi masu banƙyama. Metastable ya gayyace mu mu sadu da wanda ya kafa shi Naval Ravikant kwanaki biyu daga baya a ofishin Angellist. Gaba daya ofishin babu kowa a ciki, domin kusan duk kamfanin ya tashi zuwa Burning Man. A wannan taron, NO ya koma YAYA, kuma KUSA ba ya gab da mutuwa. Muzaharar ta kare, muka shiga elevator. Labarin cewa Metastable yana saka hannun jari a cikinmu ya bazu cikin sauri. Har yanzu lif bai isa bene na farko ba lokacin da YES na biyu, shima daga babban asusu, ya iso wasikunmu ba tare da wani sa hannunmu ba. Babu sauran NO's a cikin wannan tallafin, kuma bayan mako guda mun sake warware matsalar jakar baya don dacewa da mafi kyawun tayi a cikin iyakataccen zagaye.

Hanya mai mahimmanci: a cikin kwarin, taɓawa na sirri wani lokaci ya fi mahimmanci fiye da gabatarwa mai kyau ko ƙira mai kyau. A farkon matakan rayuwar kamfani, masu zuba jari sun fahimci cewa wani samfuri ko ƙira zai canza sau da yawa, sabili da haka ya fi mai da hankali sosai kan ƙungiyar da shirye-shiryensu na sake maimaitawa cikin sauri. 

Gudun ba shine babbar matsala ba

A ƙarshen 2018, mun je ETH San Francisco hackathon. Wannan shine ɗayan hackathons da yawa a duniya waɗanda aka keɓe ga Ethereum. A hackathon muna da babban ƙungiyar da ke son gina sigar farko ta gada tsakanin NEAR da Ether.

Na rabu da ƙungiyar kuma na yanke shawarar ɗaukar wata hanya dabam. Na sami Vlad Zamfir, sanannen mai tasiri a cikin yanayin halittu wanda ke rubuta sigar sharding don Ethereum, ya matso kusa da shi ya ce "Hi, Vlad, na rubuta sharding a MemSQL, bari mu shiga cikin ƙungiya ɗaya." Vlad yana tare da wata yarinya, kuma a bayyane yake a fuskarsa cewa ban zaɓi lokaci mafi kyau don sadarwa ba. Amma yarinyar ta ce "Wannan yana da kyau, Vlad, ya kamata ku dauke shi cikin tawagar." Ta haka ne na ƙare tare da Vlad Zamfir, kuma a cikin sa'o'i 24 na gaba na koyi yadda tsarinsa ya yi aiki kuma na rubuta samfurin tare da shi.

Mun lashe hackathon. Amma wannan ba shine mafi ban sha'awa ba. Abu mafi ban sha'awa shi ne cewa a lokacin da ni da shi mun riga mun rubuta kusan daga karce samfurin atomic ma'amaloli tsakanin shards, babbar tawagarmu, wadda ta shirya rubuta gadar, ba ta fara aiki ba tukuna. Har yanzu suna ƙoƙarin kafa yanayin ci gaban gida don Solidity.

Dangane da sakamakon wannan hackathon da kuma yawan adadin masu amfani-nazarin da suka biyo baya, mun gane cewa babbar matsalar blockchain ba gudun su bane. Babbar matsalar ita ce aikace-aikacen blockchain suna da matukar wahala a rubuta kuma ma sun fi wahala ga masu amfani da ƙarshen amfani. An fadada mayar da hankalinmu a cikin 2019, mun kawo mutanen da suka fahimci ƙwarewar mai amfani, mun tattara ƙungiyar da abin da ya fi mayar da hankali shine ƙwarewar haɓakawa, kuma mun sanya babban abin da ya fi dacewa da sauƙi ga masu haɓakawa da masu amfani.

Ganewar gini

Tare da isasshen kuɗi a cikin banki don kada ku damu game da zagaye na gaba har yanzu, da kuma ƙaƙƙarfan lambar rubutu na ƙungiyar da yin aiki a kan zane, yanzu lokaci ya yi da za a yi aiki a kan fitarwa.

Mun fara farawa, kuma masu fafatawa sun riga sun sami manyan wuraren fanfo. Shin akwai wata hanya ta ko ta yaya za a iya kaiwa ga waɗannan sansanonin fan don kowa ya amfana? Muna zaune a cikin ƙaramin rukuni a kantin kofi na Red Door a San Francisco wata safiya lokacin da wani ra'ayi mai ban mamaki ya zo a zuciya. A cikin duniyar da yawancin ƙa'idodi ke fafatawa don zama babban abu na gaba, mutane da gaske ba su da tushen bayanai game da waɗannan ka'idoji sai kayan tallan nasu. Zai yi kyau idan wani mai hankali zai tsaya tare da masu bincike da masu haɓaka irin waɗannan ka'idoji a gaban allo kuma ya kwashe su. Waɗannan bidiyon suna da kyau ga kowa. Ga su (idan ba su rabu ba) domin al'ummarsu na ganin ba ciyawa ba ce. A gare mu, dama ce da al'ummarsu ta lura da su, da kuma damar koyan ra'ayoyi masu kyau. Kusan duk ƙa'idodin, gami da NEAR, ana haɓaka su a bayyane, don haka ra'ayoyi da lambobi gaba ɗaya ba a ɓoye suke ba, amma waɗannan ra'ayoyin na iya zama da wahala a wasu lokuta samun su. Kuna iya koyan abubuwa da yawa a cikin sa'a ɗaya a gaban allo tare da mutum mai wayo.

Kwarin ya sake tabbatar da amfani. KUSA ya yi nisa da ƙaƙƙarfan ƙa'idar da ke da ofishi a cikin Arewacin Fleet, kuma ra'ayin yin rikodin irin waɗannan bidiyon ya sami babban sha'awa daga masu haɓaka wasu ƙa'idodi. Mun hanzarta sanya tarurruka na farko a kan kalandar don yin rikodin bidiyo tare da mutanen da su ma sun kasance a cikin yankin Arewa Fleet, kuma a yau. irin wadannan bidiyoyi kusan arba'in tuni.

A cikin watannin da suka biyo baya, mun sadu da mutane da yawa a tarurruka waɗanda suka fara koya game da NEAR daga waɗannan bidiyon, kuma aƙalla biyu daga cikin hanyoyin ƙirar KUSA sun zo ne sakamakon daidaita bayanai daga waɗannan bidiyon, don haka ra'ayin ya yi aiki mai girma duka a matsayin dabarun tallan tallace-tallace da kuma a matsayin dama.Bincika sabbin ci gaba a cikin masana'antar da wuri-wuri.

Karin tarihi

Ƙungiyar tana girma, kuma abu mafi mahimmanci a cikin rayuwar farawa shine samun isasshen kuɗi don tallafawa ci gaba. Taro na uku kuma ba a fara samun nasara ba nan take, mun sami NOs da dama, amma wani YES ya sake juye komai, muka yi sauri muka rufe. Taro na hudu a farkon wannan shekara ya fara da YES kusan nan da nan, mun sami kudade daga Andreessen Horowitz, babban asusu duka a ka'ida da kuma a fagen blockchain, kuma tare da a16z a matsayin mai saka hannun jari an rufe zagaye da sauri. A zagayen karshe mun tara $21.6M.

Coronavirus ya yi nasa gyare-gyare ga tsarin. Tun kafin barkewar cutar, mun fara daukar mutane aiki daga nesa, kuma lokacin da aka yanke shawarar rufe hedkwatar a cikin Maris, makonni biyu kafin a fara kulle-kullen a hukumance, gaba daya mun daina ba da fifiko ga ’yan takara na cikin gida, kuma a yau NEAR babban kamfani ne da aka rarraba.

A watan Afrilu na wannan shekara, mun fara aikin ƙaddamarwa. Har zuwa Satumba, mun goyi bayan duk nodes da kanmu, kuma ka'idar tana aiki a cikin tsari mai mahimmanci. Yanzu a hankali ana maye gurbin nodes da nodes daga cikin al'umma, kuma a ranar 24 ga Satumba za mu kashe dukkan nodes ɗinmu, wanda zai zama ranar da NEAR ke kyauta kuma za mu rasa wani iko a kansa.

Ci gaban bai ƙare a nan ba. Yarjejeniyar tana da ginanniyar hanyar ƙaura zuwa sabbin juzu'i, kuma har yanzu akwai sauran aiki a gaba.

A ƙarshe

Wannan shine post na farko akan bulogin kamfani KUSA. A cikin watanni masu zuwa, zan gaya muku yadda NEAR ke aiki, dalilin da yasa duniya ta fi dacewa tare da kyakkyawar yarjejeniya ta blockchain fiye da ba tare da ita ba, kuma menene algorithms masu ban sha'awa da matsalolin da muka warware yayin haɓakawa: sharding, tsara lambar bazuwar, algorithms yarjejeniya, gadoji tare da sauran sarƙoƙi, abin da ake kira Layer 2 ladabi da ƙari mai yawa. Mun shirya kyakkyawan haɗin gwiwa na mashahurin kimiyya da kuma zurfin fasaha posts.

Ƙananan jerin albarkatun ga waɗanda ke son zurfafa zurfafawa yanzu:

1. Dubi yadda ci gaba a ƙarƙashin NEAR yayi kama, kuma kuna iya gwaji a cikin IDE na kan layi a nan.

2. Lambar yarjejeniya a buɗe take, zaku iya ɗauka tare da spatula a nan.

3. Idan kuna son ƙaddamar da kumburin ku a kan hanyar sadarwar kuma ku taimaka haɓakar ta, zaku iya shiga cikin shirin. Yaƙe-yaƙe. Akwai mai magana da Rashanci al'ummar telegram, inda mutane suka shiga cikin shirin kuma suna gudanar da nodes kuma zasu iya taimakawa tare da tsari.

4. Akwai tarin takaddun haɓakawa cikin Ingilishi a nan.

5. Kuna iya bin duk labarai a cikin Rashanci a cikin abin da aka riga aka ambata group telegramkuma a cikin kungiyar VKontakte

A ƙarshe, ranar da ta gabata mun ƙaddamar da hackathon ta kan layi tare da asusun kyauta na $ 50K, inda aka ba da shawarar rubuta aikace-aikace masu ban sha'awa waɗanda ke amfani da gada tsakanin NEAR da Ethereum. Ƙarin bayani (a Turanci) a nan.

Sai anjima!

source: www.habr.com

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