# Building

> Categories: Building

- [Fazua Ride 50 speed unlock from a Mac, no box](https://emin.de/posts/fazua-ride-50-speed-unlock-mac) (2026-10-16, guide, Emin Mahrt.) How my agent and I raised the speed limit of a Fazua Ride 50 Evation from 25 to 55 km/h over USB from a MacBook, with firmware 2.04 and an open source tool. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/fazua-ride-50-speed-unlock-mac/index.md)
- [Badass Box 4 on a Fazua Ride 50, the yellow light](https://emin.de/posts/badass-box-4-fazua-ride-50-yellow-light) (2026-10-14, guide, Emin Mahrt.) My Badass Box 4 on a Fazua Ride 50 kept blinking yellow. What the light means, where the magnet goes, what the black ring is for, and what Badass said. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/badass-box-4-fazua-ride-50-yellow-light/index.md)
- [Riverside 500E faster, bike tuning](https://emin.de/posts/riverside-500e-faster-bike-tuning) (2026-10-13, guide, Emin Mahrt.) A complete how-to for the Riverside 500E: the free magnet hack, the Badass Box, and a KT controller swap, with drawings, part links and test steps. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/riverside-500e-faster-bike-tuning/index.md)
- [Sometimes the more things you add the smaller it gets](https://emin.de/posts/sometimes-the-more-things-you-add-the-smaller-it-gets) (2026-06-30, summary, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) Twenty-one quotes from a talk about making things, and what each one means when you build a product Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/sometimes-the-more-things-you-add-the-smaller-it-gets/index.md)
- [How the FATE VM fixes the basic flaws of the EVM](https://emin.de/posts/re-architecting-the-blockchain-execution-layer-how-the-fate-vm-solves-evm-s-fund) (2026-03-19, essay, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) Erik Stenman built FATE, a typed VM without flat memory or raw jumps. Contracts get about 10 times smaller and run 3 times faster than on the EVM. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/re-architecting-the-blockchain-execution-layer-how-the-fate-vm-solves-evm-s-fund/index.md)
- [Re-architecting the Blockchain Execution Layer, How the FATE VM Solves EVM’s Fundamental Flaws](https://emin.de/posts/re-architecting-the-blockchain-execution-layer-how-the-fate-vm-solves-evm-s-fund-medium-2026-03-19) (2026-03-19, essay, Emin Mahrt.) How Erik Stenman built FATE, a typed VM that makes contracts about ten times smaller and three times faster than on the EVM. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/re-architecting-the-blockchain-execution-layer-how-the-fate-vm-solves-evm-s-fund-medium-2026-03-19/index.md)
- [The 2020 investment protocol, a crisis management case study](https://emin.de/posts/the-2020-investment-protocol-a-crisis-management-case-study) (2026-02-10, summary, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) My plan from day 12 of the 2020 lockdown, to buy companies for ten years and not panic in the crash Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/the-2020-investment-protocol-a-crisis-management-case-study/index.md)
- [History of the ThreeFold Network and Tokens](https://emin.de/posts/comprehensive-history-of-the-threefold-network-and-tokens) (2026-02-09, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) ThreeFold from Zero-OS in 2016 to the v4 marketplace in 2026, and how the tokens went from TFT to SPORE and the gold backed AUR. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/comprehensive-history-of-the-threefold-network-and-tokens/index.md)
- [Spark wallet UX and the Lightning flow, a build log](https://emin.de/posts/spark-wallet-ux-lightning-flow-chronological-build-log) (2026-01-09, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) I wanted the Spark wallet to look exactly like the existing Bitcoin screen, with minimal code and no duplicate or legacy code. I also set… Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/spark-wallet-ux-lightning-flow-chronological-build-log/index.md)
- [The invisible giants, 21 developers who built your internet](https://emin.de/posts/the-invisible-giants-21-developers-who-built-your-internet) (2025-12-07, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) We praise the founders of Facebook and Google, but the internet runs on open source code from a small group of volunteers. Here are 21 of them. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/the-invisible-giants-21-developers-who-built-your-internet/index.md)
- [Building a Cross-Chain BTC-EURe Market Maker with NEAR Intents & 1-Click](https://emin.de/posts/building-a-cross-chain-btc-eure-market-maker-with-near-intents-1-click) (2025-12-06, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) How we wired up a swap stack between BTC and EURe on NEAR Intents and 1-Click, with our own AMM solver that earns a 0.3% margin. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/building-a-cross-chain-btc-eure-market-maker-with-near-intents-1-click/index.md)
- [Continuous Clearing Auctions (CCA), the simple and the technical walkthrough](https://emin.de/posts/continuous-clearing-auctions-cca-simple-technical-walkthrough) (2025-12-02, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) Token launches are messy and bots win. CCA spreads your bid over many blocks and everyone filled in a block pays the same price. Simple first, then the math Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/continuous-clearing-auctions-cca-simple-technical-walkthrough/index.md)
- [How Continuous Clearing Auctions (CCA) work, the technical version](https://emin.de/posts/continuous-clearing-auctions-cca-technical-overview) (2025-12-02, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) Uniswap's CCA sells a token over many blocks at one fair price per block and then seeds a Uniswap v4 pool. Here is the math and an example Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/continuous-clearing-auctions-cca-technical-overview/index.md)
- [How Email-to-Blog Publishing Works on emino.app](https://emin.de/posts/how-email-to-blog-publishing-works-on-emino-app) (2025-12-02, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) How an email to post@emino.app turns into a post on my blog, with DNS, TLS, Postfix, Dovecot and the importer that writes the Markdown. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/how-email-to-blog-publishing-works-on-emino-app/index.md)
- [How to start your own near solver: chart, technical bits (env, keys, services, deployment)](https://emin.de/posts/how-to-start-your-own-near-solver-chart-technical-bits-env-keys-services-deploym) (2025-12-02, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) How my Near Intents solver on emino.app works, what every service does, and how you set up your own with env, keys, pm2 and Nginx. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/how-to-start-your-own-near-solver-chart-technical-bits-env-keys-services-deploym/index.md)
- [Complete iOS Developer Onboarding Guide for EAS Build with Expo.dev](https://emin.de/posts/complete-ios-developer-onboarding-guide-for-eas-build-with-expo-dev) (2025-08-29, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) Every step to get a new iOS developer building with EAS Build and Expo, from Apple and Expo invites to the first build on the phone. No Mac needed. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/complete-ios-developer-onboarding-guide-for-eas-build-with-expo-dev/index.md)
- [Relativity theory as a state diagram](https://emin.de/posts/untitled-state-diagram) (2025-08-28, note, Emin Mahrt.) A Mermaid state diagram of special and general relativity, and how it connects to Newton and quantum gravity. Note to self, make it vertical. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/untitled-state-diagram/index.md)
- [Calendly invitation not syncing with your Google calendar? Here’s what to do](https://emin.de/posts/calendly-invitation-not-syncing-with-your-google-calendar-here-s-what-to-do) (2025-07-02, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) You booked a meeting with someone's Calendly link and it doesn't show up in your Google Calendar anymore? Here is how to fix it. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/calendly-invitation-not-syncing-with-your-google-calendar-here-s-what-to-do/index.md)
- [2020 let’s go — investing diary during corona and my first time investing](https://emin.de/posts/2020-let-s-go-investing-diary-during-corona-and-my-first-time-investing) (2025-02-05, essay, Emin Mahrt.) This document was created out of a short chat with my good friend Frederik Eichelbaum who suggested I write down my thoughts around investments so that… Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/2020-let-s-go-investing-diary-during-corona-and-my-first-time-investing/index.md)
- [NPM fund and continuous token bonding curves for open source funding](https://emin.de/posts/npm-fund-continuous-token-bonding-curves-for-open-source-funding) (2025-01-15, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) A token bonding curve that pays open source maintainers on every buy and sell, and also gives early supporters and token holders something back. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/npm-fund-continuous-token-bonding-curves-for-open-source-funding/index.md)
- [5 packages are looking for funding, run `npm fund` for details, pionext.org](https://emin.de/posts/5-packages-are-looking-for-funding-run-npm-fund-for-details-pionext-org) (2024-11-11, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) npm fund already shows which packages need money. NPM Fund turns that into a token market on a bonding curve, so maintainers get paid all the time. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/5-packages-are-looking-for-funding-run-npm-fund-for-details-pionext-org/index.md)
- [Investment insights and a checklist for the long term](https://emin.de/posts/essential-investment-insights-checklist-for-long-term-success) (2024-11-09, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) Insights from 2020 on long term investing, turned into a checklist. Research, spread the risk, watch debt and ratios, and be patient. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/essential-investment-insights-checklist-for-long-term-success/index.md)
- [Exploring renewable energy: Our journey to build an air-powered water-driven flywheel](https://emin.de/posts/exploring-renewable-energy-our-journey-to-build-an-air-powered-water-driven-flyw) (2024-11-09, essay, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) Imagine a system that uses air and water to create movement, a low-cost, renewable way to generate energy. That’s the idea we’re working on, right here… Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/exploring-renewable-energy-our-journey-to-build-an-air-powered-water-driven-flyw/index.md)
- [How to fully charge your smartphone in 15 minutes](https://emin.de/posts/how-to-fully-charge-your-smartphone-in-15-minutes) (2024-09-11, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) A full charge in about 15 minutes needs three things. A high wattage charger, a cable rated for it and a phone that supports it. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/how-to-fully-charge-your-smartphone-in-15-minutes/index.md)
- [The complete guide: Building a full-stack blog infrastructure with Lightning, Nostr, and email publishing](https://emin.de/posts/the-complete-guide-building-a-full-stack-blog-infrastructure-with-lightning-nost) (2024-08-26, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) This is how we built a full blog platform that does not depend on anyone. It takes Bitcoin Lightning payments, it talks to Nostr, you can publish by… Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/the-complete-guide-building-a-full-stack-blog-infrastructure-with-lightning-nost/index.md)
- [Building an AI-Optimized Blog with Hugo, a Complete DevOps Journey](https://emin.de/posts/building-an-ai-optimized-blog-with-hugo-a-complete-devops-journey) (2024-08-25, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) How I went from a broken DNS setup to a self-hosted Hugo blog that AI search can find, with the real prompts, the code and every mistake on the way. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/building-an-ai-optimized-blog-with-hugo-a-complete-devops-journey/index.md)
- [Building Lightning-Fast Static Sites with Hugo in 2025](https://emin.de/posts/building-lightning-fast-static-sites-with-hugo-in-2025) (2024-08-25, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) Hugo builds sites in milliseconds. How to install it, start a site, deploy it and keep it fast in 2025. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/building-lightning-fast-static-sites-with-hugo-in-2025/index.md)
- [How to optimize your blog for AI search engines in 2025](https://emin.de/posts/how-to-optimize-your-blog-for-ai-search-engines-in-2025) (2024-08-24, guide, emin.de AI Desk. AI-written, human-supervised: not yet reviewed.) AI search is about being easy to find and easy to understand for models like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Here is what helps. Markdown: [index.md](https://emin.de/posts/how-to-optimize-your-blog-for-ai-search-engines-in-2025/index.md)