sometimes i catch myself scrolling through a sleek defi interface and remembering those clunky early days—when everything felt like navigating a spaceship cockpit designed by engineers who hated humans

the shifts aren't dramatic when you're living through them day by day. smoother interactions here, a cleaner dashboard there, some wild new mechanism that actually makes sense

but step back for a second

we've gone from "pray this transaction doesn't brick my wallet" to interfaces your non-crypto friend might actually understand. the design language evolved. the primitives got weird in interesting ways

still, what really keeps me glued to this space isn't just the polish