Registration is now open! buidlerfest.github.io/register/ Date: 24 → 25 April 2025 Location: Da Nang, Vietnam Follow the instructions now. See you all soon!

It's surprising what you can achieve with a small team of motivated people. Demo tomorrow. So far, so good.

Note to self: do not attempt git rebase during live demo.

Cost of developing Aiken (compiler, standard library, language server, installer, documentation, editor integrations, testing framework and all peripheral tooling)?

FYI, the correct answer was: ☑️ $500k-$1M Do what you want with this information.

By the by, Amaru's budget proposal draft is still available here: hackmd.io/@PRAGMA-org/am… We've been refining it for the past few weeks while working towards the milestones (as illustrated by yesterday's demo). Feedback always welcome 🙏!

We’re extremely proud of being the original home for Aiken, but it’s important to clarify that it’s now an independent project. We continue to support it in every way possible and we consider ourselves relevant contributors, but the downloads on the screenshot are exclusive

V60 dripper remains the one unparalleled coffee extraction method for the best coffee experience. And I am ready to fight a flock of angry Italians on that hill.

Coming soon.

Imagine being a normal person, receiving this email, going on Twitter to see what's up and finding us degens. Please, everyone, behave for a day or two.

Aiken v1.1.11 is out 🎉. 👉 github.com/aiken-lang/aik… On the menu: ✅ Benchmarks (see aiken-lang.org/language-tour/…). ✅ Various fixes regarding the Plutus Blueprint generations. ✅ Quality of life improvements around tests and destructuring.