The Stellar Dev Diaries series follows Freelii's journey from hackathon win to funded startup building on Stellar Network. Episode 1 features founders José Toscano and Joseph Anthony discussing their path to mainnet launch, including use of Soroban's PassKeys feature and Stellar Community Fund support.
Stellar Dev Diaries is a documentary-style series tracking real developers building on the Stellar Network. Episode 1 focuses on Freelii, a startup that won hackathons on Dev.to and at Stellar's Hack Meridian in London. Founders José Toscano and Joseph Anthony transitioned from their day jobs to full-time development after securing funding. The episode covers their hackathon wins, decision to go all-in, building a working prototype on Stellar, implementing Soroban's PassKeys feature, and obtaining funding through the Stellar Community Fund. The series aims to provide an insider's playbook for web3 startups, including real code examples and technical walkthroughs of features and challenges encountered during development and launch.
