Hoverfly: A Local Hive Mock for Testing Without a Testnet
I have been working on a small project called Hoverfly, and it is finally at the point where I am comfortable showing it to other Hive developers. !Broadcasting a custom_json…
Michael Garcia
@thecrazygm
Solving IT puzzles and crafting Python solutions. When not coding, I'm rolling dice in RPGs, navigating Linux (MCMXCVI), and keeping a keen eye on the Crypto...
Playing Traffic Cop, Part Two: When the Cop Pulls Over Everybody
Hey everyone, A little follow-up to my original Playing Traffic Cop - Limiting the bandwith Hive-Engine can use post. In that post, I wrote about using Linux tc (Traffic…
Moon Has Moved to Finland
Hey everyone, Quick little infrastructure update today. The Moon server migration is officially done, and everything went a lot smoother than I honestly expected.…
A Good Week for Small Hive-Engine Fixes
Hey everyone, This was a good week. I had two Hive-Engine related PRs accepted: Wiki documentation cleanup: #8 Comments contract app tax fix: #137 The…
An Accidental Stress Test for Hive-Engine Data Integrity
Hey everyone, I ended up running a brutal, unplanned stress test on my new Hive-Engine data integrity branch this morning. The short version: my witness host went through…
Fixing Data Integrity Issues in Hive-Engine Nodes
I have been digging into a class of problem that is deeply frustrating from an my experience: data loss and corruption after power outages or hard resets. If you run a…
The Final Chapter: dCity's 70,000 HIVE Claimdrop Has Been Distributed!
Hey everyone, Today, June 26th, 2026, at 10:00 AM EDT, the final dCity claimdrop closed. After 8 years, after hundreds of thousands of HIVE paid out to players, after the game…
Anther v0.1.0: A Modern Go SDK for Building on Hive
Hey everyone, The work to modernize Hive developer tooling is continuing. Pollen gives JavaScript and TypeScript developers a modern path forward. You can read that…
Redesigning the Project Builder (GET FEATURED!)
Hey everyone, My extremely competent project manager told me to talk about this 😆, and honestly, he was right to call it out. It's been a busy couple of days getting some…
HiveTools Workbench: A Week of Polish, Pollen, and Splinterlands Wallets
Hey everyone, It has been a busy week of cleanups, refactors, and minor quality-of-life adjustments on HiveTools. If you have used the site recently, you might have noticed…