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進士

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Jinshi.

進士 jin·shi — n. In imperial China, one who passed the highest level of the civil service examination. A scholar who proved themselves through rigour, not rank.

Builder. Writer. Engineer.
An archive of things made — software, words, and systems that think.

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Projects shipped

Building at the intersection of code, craft, and curiosity. Every link here is something real — made, written, deployed.

Unfinished drafts
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Work

Things I've built.

Websites, tools, and experiments. Each one a problem worth solving.

P — 001

AGI Life Coach

An AI-powered life coaching application. Built to explore what it means to put intelligent guidance directly in someone's hands.

JavaScript AI

P — 002

You Are Special

Just in case you need to remember. A small piece of the web built to make someone feel something.

JavaScript Web

P — 003

Seismic Valentine

A Valentine's web experience built to shake you a little. Code that feels like something.

JavaScript Creative

P — 004

Intercom

A contest entry built on the Trac-Systems intercom foundation — extended and submitted as a competitive build.

JavaScript Contest
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Writing

Things I've written.

Essays, breakdowns, and explorations on Substack and Medium.

Technical
Medium

A Match Made in Heaven

On a potential Jinshi sees as perfectly aligned — and why the fit is undeniable.

Medium

Drosera: A Future without Compromise

DeFi carries real risks — Drosera is the protocol building a path around them without sacrificing the vision.

Medium

Secure Wallets: Exploring EIPs and Trap Integration on Ethereum

Wallet security is the Achilles heel of decentralized systems — this is a look at how EIPs and Traps change that.

Medium

Hydration Streams in Drosera Protocol

Node operators don't run on goodwill — here's the incentive mechanism that keeps the Drosera network alive.

Medium

Operators in Drosera Network

A follow-up on the role Traps play — this time, the people and systems running the nodes.

Medium

Drosera Basics

After the Bybit hack, what if protocols could detect and respond to exploits automatically? That's Drosera.

Medium

Hello World

The first post. Where it all started.

Others
Substack

31st January Musings

On the stages of reading, base knowledge, and why understanding even a little gives you sight that others simply don't have.

Substack

On Relationships & Common Interests

How far does attraction actually carry a relationship — and what happens when there's no intersection of interests left?

Substack

Life is Lived in the Arena

A year passes regardless. The only question is whether you were the same person at the end of it.

Substack

Thoughts on Consequences

Thinking about what happens next might be the thing that's actually stopping you. A case for just doing it.

Substack

Goals

A post on direction, intention, and the things worth pointing yourself toward.

Substack

Just Starting Out

The first note. Where the Substack chapter began.

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Recognition

Things I've earned.

External validation. Competitive performance. Proof beyond the codebase.

Sep – Nov 2024

Aethir

Aethir Creator Cup — Runner-up 🥈 $700 ATH

An 8-week competitive content marketing programme run by Aethir, a decentralised GPU compute network. Each week required a new long-form post or thread on an assigned technical topic — GPU infrastructure, staking pools, EigenLayer vaults, DeFi integrations, and more — written for a public audience under strict brand and quality guidelines. Placed 2nd out of the full participant field. Rewarded with $700 ATH and an on-chain NFT certificate on Arbitrum.

Content Marketing Web3 DeFi 8 Weeks

Posts

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Connect

Find me elsewhere.

Code, thoughts, and conversations — across the internet.

GitHub

@Shanks239

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X / Twitter

@Jinshi_02

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Substack

substack.com/@jinshi

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