Ten Days In: AI Coding, Browser Extensions, and Bitcoin on the Island
season S4 · episode 15 · block #883233
synopsis
Recording live from Madeira after 10 days in the Sovereign Engineering program, Ian and Mandana report on Bitcoin acceptance on the island, the value of in-person developer collaboration, and a major strategic pivot: adding a browser extension and embeddable website widget to NextBlock's roadmap after feedback from the cohort and discovering AI-assisted coding via Cursor.
quotes
"Babe, this is crazy. This can't be real. Oh my God, babe." (on Cursor/AI coding)
"It's the engineering department of Nostr."
"These are not the people that are talking about the price of Bitcoin. Like this group of people are just like Bitcoin's one. I have as much as I have."
"Nobody installs web extensions." / "A browser extension that pays you Bitcoin... You're more likely to install it."
"I felt like I was shopping for features."
topics
Bitcoin accepted in Madeira shops — organic, not expectedSovereign Engineering as "the engineering department of Nostr"Browser extension idea: get paid Bitcoin while browsing the internetEmbeddable website widget: website owners monetize via NextBlock adsAI-assisted coding via Cursor — Ian's breakthrough momentStrategic Bitcoin Reserve executive order — nobody at the program talked about itThe revised A-to-B-to-C launch strategy for NextBlockLifestyle improvements in Madeira vs. home in DC