Vibe coding is fun – until it isn’t. Most projects don’t stall because the code is too hard. They stall because AI-assisted development without structure turns into an expensive loop: rewrite the same files, refactor working code into broken abstractions, chase new errors created by previous fixes, reconsider architecture mid-stream, burn credits while feeling productive. […]
Onboarding is a Catalyst in the Journey to a Billion Users The founders of NEAR Protocol designed it from the bottom-up with a focus on usability both from an end-user and developer perspective. That focus, combined with super low gas fees, ~1s block finality, and infinite scalability via sharding make it feasible to develop applications […]
Welcome to another Catalyst situational report! Some time has passed, and with it, many new features, and goals. These last months have been a whirlwind of discussion, rapid development, and excitement for us, and we are consistently grateful to be creating this project within and for the NEAR ecosystem. Here, I’ll outline what we’ve been […]
This is a long overdue Catalyst SITREP (Situational Report). It’s the second SITREP Vital Point AI has published, but the first in what is intended to be a series of weekly reports outlining the progress that Catalyst is making along with short-term goals for the following weeks. I’m Emmitt and in the time since the […]
Today, I’m kicking off the beginning of a series of regular SITREPs (updates) concerning progress made on Catalyst development. In the military we use SITREPs to provide commanders with an update/analysis of the current situation. They can be sent at regular intervals or whenever something significant happens. The aim being to keep all who receive […]