Kevin

Engineering @monad @ponder_sh. EVM, TypeScript, open-source enjoyer

[Kevin @typedarray]

Big news: the Ponder team has joined the Monad Foundation.

We’re excited to contribute open-source tooling and standards that help applications take full advantage of Monad's performance and decentralization.

[kyle @kyscott18]

Monad is adding support for eth_fillTransaction soon.

Without it, you need separate RPC calls for nonce (eth_getTransactionCount), gas limit (eth_estimateGas), and fee params (eth_gasPrice / eth_maxPriorityFeePerGas). eth_fillTransaction collapses that into one call and returns a fully populated unsigned tx ready to sign externally.

viem already calls eth_fillTransaction when the node supports it, so this is a free speedup for every viem user on Monad.

[Kevin @typedarray]

@ptrwtts Unfortunately this EIP becomes much less useful if the logs are only available starting from the fork block (missing data / incorrect accounting for older accounts)

To backfill them, you'd need to rewrite history - don't think there's any appetite for that (on ethereum)

[Kevin @typedarray]

@hemaaanth Quite common!

https://t.co/xmG9CSsE9T

[Kevin @typedarray]

@DennisonBertram @doomerfied trading card games, like magic the gathering and pokemon

[Kevin @typedarray]

We're continuing to develop Ponder.

And through contributions at the protocol layer, we have an opportunity to make Ponder better by pushing forward the entire EVM data & indexing landscape.

Huge thanks to the Ponder community for your support as we enter this new chapter!

[Kevin @typedarray]

Big news: the Ponder team has joined the Monad Foundation.

We’re excited to contribute open-source tooling and standards that help applications take full advantage of Monad's performance and decentralization.

[Kevin @typedarray]

As I've gotten to know the Monad Foundation and Category Labs teams, I've only grown more impressed by their focus and integrity.

No shortcuts - just consistent execution on a fast and truly decentralized chain.

[Kevin @typedarray]

@itunpredictable @cedar_db > maybe it’s because they’re just really humble, but more people should know about this team!!

It's because the database is closed source with a restrictive license. Current posture will turn off any potential evangelist.

Great vision but need to rethink distribution entirely

[Kevin @typedarray]

@0xabhk @ponder_sh Excellent. 2 million years from now, there will be one fewer GitHub issue to triage.

[Kevin @typedarray]

@colinhacks @kentcdodds I went down the exact same road over the past couple years. It's wild how strong of a taste so many people have around this. Delighted by the new change.

[Kevin @typedarray]

@aviv_keller @diegohaz Great news!

[Kevin @typedarray]

The 0.15 release also improves SQL-over-HTTP live queries, reduces memory usage during cold backfills, and fixes other reliability & correctness bugs.

Migration guide: https://t.co/zu0r1WqSSW
Get started: https://t.co/00EMzQ8a44
Chat: https://t.co/mPLruq9DxF

[Kevin @typedarray]

Today's Ponder release introduces a new indexing mode where each chain runs on a separate worker thread.

The new design offers big benefits across indexing & query performance, and paves the way for better caching, reliability, and DX.

[Kevin @typedarray]

Node.js worker threads are tricky - the CPU overhead of cross-thread messaging often erases any CPU benefit from using multiple threads in the first place.

We worked around these limitations, leading to ~linear speedups with thread count for our fastest projects.

[Kevin @typedarray]

@hai_rise Very good take

[Kevin @typedarray]

Upgrade and enjoy.

Migration guide → https://t.co/ZYzp4NkMas
Chat → https://t.co/mPLruq95I7
GitHub → https://t.co/cOBxV5WTbo

[Kevin @typedarray]

Ponder 0.14 →

* We redesigned every log line that Ponder emits
* Custom database views
* Offset pagination in GraphQL
* Better performance & reliability across the board

[Kevin @typedarray]

This release also adds support for offset pagination in the GraphQL API, alongside the existing cursor pagination feature.

Offset pagination makes it easy to build the “jump-to-page” UX common on dashboards & tables.

Docs: https://t.co/N6eB88Piew