I have an ongoing joke with @eddiespino at this point. Every time I finish a feature, launch a new app, or fix something, I “call” a Hive pump. I say it as if the market is somehow obligated to react to my latest little achievement. It makes us laugh… and, of course, that’s about it.

Still, there’s a small sad truth hiding in the joke.

There’s really nothing else I can do—at least not right now. I can’t sit here staring at charts as if my eyes carry some mystical influence over price action. That’s not my lane. So instead, I do the only thing that makes sense to me: I build.

More things for Snapie. More for ThreeSpeak. More for Hive.

A little while ago, I wrote about an idea and even started working on it. Then I abandoned it—shelved it, really. But over the last three days, I picked it back up and gave it another shot.

And I’ll be honest… having the assistance of Claude Code makes a noticeable difference.

And guess what?

It’s working.

Hangouts (working name)

My wife insists the name can be better—and she’s probably right—but for now, “Hangouts” will do.

Think of it like Twitter Spaces, but native to Hive.

Anyone can create a hangout, post the event on-chain, generate some buzz, and then other Hiveans—using nothing more than their keychain—can join in to listen… or speak.

That’s kind of it, really.

And I mean that in a good way.

What I’m building right now is the MVP—the minimal viable product. I’m keeping it tight on purpose. At the same time, I’m maintaining a growing list of improvements as I work through the kinks and squash the bugs.

I’m trying—very deliberately—not to let scope creep hijack the process. There’s value in small wins, and I’m making a conscious effort to take them as they come.

If all goes well, the weekly @mantequilla-soft hangout will soon be hosted directly on @snapie Hangouts, powered by @threespeak’s infrastructure.

That said, it’ll probably happen on Monday rather than tomorrow—Eddie has some family things to take care of.

And that’s perfectly fine.

So I’ll leave you with a question before you go:

Where do you see this going?

— MenO