Chewing Glass - T.J. Littlejohn

<p>Chewing glass is what Solana developers do. Introducing the fifth episode in a new series on the Solana Podcast, Chewing Glass. Chase Barker (Developer Relations Lead at Solana Labs) talks shop with the most interesting builders in the Solana ecosystem. It’s for devs, by devs.</p><p>Today's guest is T.J. Littlejohn, the founder of MtnPay, which won 1st Prize in the Payments Track of the recent Riptide Hackathon.</p><p> </p><p>01:30 - Origin Story and Background<br />05:12 - MntDAO<br />08:42 - Building with Solana<br />12:04 - MntPay<br />13:25 - The APIs<br />15:43 - Winning at Riptide<br />17:37 - From starting in Solana to winning <br />20:41 - Starting to build in Solana<br />23:38 - Improving onboarding on Solana<br />25:26 - The Developer ecosystem<br />27:07 - Missing Tooling<br />29:30 - Advice for newcomers</p><p> </p><p>DISCLAIMER</p><p>The information on this podcast is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose.</p><p>The information contained in or provided from or through this podcast is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other advice.</p><p>The information on this podcast is general in nature and is not specific to you, the user or anyone else. You should not make any decision, financial, investment, trading or otherwise, based on any of the information presented on this podcast without undertaking independent due diligence and consultation with a professional broker or financial advisor.</p><p> </p><p>Chase (00:29):</p><p>Hey everybody and welcome to Chewing Glass, the show where we talk to developers building in the Solana Ecosystem. Today we have with us, TJ LittleJohn. He is the founder of mtnPay, winner of the most recent Solana Hackathon Payments Track for Riptide. TJ, how's it going, man?</p><p>TJ (00:55):</p><p>Dude, it's going good. We're stoked to be h