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A comprehensive guide to core system design building blocks, including client-server architecture, scaling, and databases, to help with system design problems and interview preparation.

The post discusses the chicken-and-egg problem in agentic commerce, where new services face barriers to visibility on platforms like Bazaar and ACP (Virtuals) due to indexing issues and a graduation tax, making it difficult for legitimate builders to gain traction without self-funding.

The article critiques using x402 transaction counts on Base as proof of agent adoption, arguing that many settlements may be fictitious or clustered, and suggests more rigorous metrics like auditable payment trails are needed.

This post describes how to set up a Coinbase Agentic Wallet to use Apify's web-data tools by paying USDC on Base over the x402 protocol, eliminating the need for an Apify account or API key.

The article explores the problem of AI agents trusting and selecting among over 1,300 paid services on Coinbase's Base blockchain via the x402 standard, and asks the community for ideas on how to evaluate service reliability.

Base launched Base MCP, a tool using the Model Context Protocol to let AI agents interact with crypto wallets and DeFi apps via natural language, with OAuth 2.1 authentication.

Jesse Pollak live with Brian Armstrong at Base batches, offering advice for people who haven't made it yet.