Chewing Glass - Brian Friel

<p>Chewing glass is what Solana developers do. Introducing the third 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>Todays guest is Brian Friel, a Solana dev and regular contributor to the Solana Cookbook who recently joined Phantom as Developer Relations Evangelist.</p><p>01:18 - Intro / Phantom<br />04:04- Brian’s background<br />05:10 - His experience before working in Solana<br />06:42 - How did he start working in Solana<br />08:06 - When did he start looking into Solana<br />09:41 - First project on Solana<br />11:36 - What are the challenges working in Solana<br />13:14 - Anchor vs. Solana native<br />15:31 - The Solana cookbook<br />18:09 - Contributing to the space<br />21:01 - Solana Native Programs<br />23:01 - Any advice?</p><p> </p><p>Chase (00:39):</p><p>Hey, everybody. Welcome to Chewing Glass, the show where we talk to developers building in the Solana ecosystem. My name is Chase Barker, developer relations at Solana Labs. Today, we have with us, Brian Friel. Brian is actually a heavy contributor to the Solana ecosystem. I spoke with Brian, probably, a few months ago. I started noticing that he was writing some really great articles about Solana. I always have my eye out to kind of find people who are just altruistically contributing in the ecosystem. Brian was one of those guys, and here he is today. Brian, how's it going, man?</p><p>Brian (01:13):</p><p>Hey, Chase. Good to be here. Big fan of the show.</p><p>Chase (01:16):</p><p>Super excited to have you. You have done so many contributions to the ecosystem, everything from your own personal articles about PDAs with Anchor. You've contributed heavily to the Solana Cookbook. Actually, many people probably don't know because you never really spoke about it, there is some great news today. Brian, I actually heard from a little birdie that you just got hired at Phantom.</p><p>Brian