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[META] Builder onboarding after mainnet #6280
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Mainnet is live, so the onboarding audit (#5458 and its nine sub-issues) and the personas (#5455) have been closed. Most of what they asked for has shipped. What is left is below, one issue per problem.
Status 2026-10-28. The quickstart is fixed (#6279, closed by #6378). Most of the other fixes are merged but not on mainnet: mainnet runs gnoweb v1.5.1, skips v1.6.0, and gets the gnoweb release train with v1.7.0, which has no date yet (#6372). Onyx runs v1.6.0-rc.1.
Open work
| Issue | Why it matters | Where it stands | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ✅ | #6279 | The quickstart deployed to staging, which is down | Closed by #6378: the walkthroughs deploy to the latest testnet. Reference pages: #6412 |
| #6274 | boards2 is empty on mainnet, and the homepage sends people there | To do: a first board on mainnet. #6147 (ProposeCreateBoard) waits for review |
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| 🟡 | #6275 | The mainnet homepage still has testnet leftovers and no "start here" | Waiting for mainnet deploy, once #6379 (the rest, in review) merges. #6293 merged; onyx shows the new page |
| #6276 | Gas: gnoweb commands charge a flat 1 GNOT, there is no estimation, and no link after deploy | To do: drop the flat fee, estimate gas, print the realm URL after deploy. Copy-command fixes: #6418, #6419 | |
| 🟡 | #6278 | The production gnoweb lags master, and nothing watches the faucet | Waiting for mainnet deploy (v1.7.0). Discord link fixed (v1.5.1). Still to do (ops): watch the faucet |
| #6421 | The CDN serves one visitor's theme to everyone and adds no-store to every response |
To do: CDN config (ops), and the theme fix in gnoweb or the CDN |
✅ done · 🟡 code merged, waiting for the mainnet deploy · no mark: code or ops work still to do.
Tracked elsewhere: playground #5421 · wallet in gnoweb #3610 · CODEOWNERS #5425 · gas sponsorship #5382 · gnokey gas estimation #3703 · r/docs live again #5871 · SEO and AI discoverability #5769 · HTTP caching #5768 · gnoweb mainnet fixes #6126 #6158 (open), #6206 #6229 #6256 (merged, in v1.6.0).
Who we build for
Short version of #5455. Reference it in an issue as Persona: A.
| Persona | What gets them to "it works" | What stops them today | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Go developer, new to Web3 | Writes plain Go and it deploys | Gas is guesswork (#6276) |
| B | Solidity or Cosmos builder | Sees how their patterns translate | No migration guide (#5871 is a start) |
| C | Hackathon hacker | A demo running in two hours | No starter templates, no full-stack example |
| D | CTO evaluating chains | Credible signals: mainnet, docs, ecosystem | Thin showcase, no production SDK |
| E | Open-source contributor | A PR reviewed quickly | No review expectations (#6277) |
| F | Crypto-native user | Usable apps on mainnet | Few apps (#6274, Explore in #6273) |
| G | Vibe coder, builds through an AI assistant | The assistant gets Gno right | Assistants confuse Gno and Go (#5769, gnomcp) |
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