Devtooligan on Huff, Audits, & Following Curiosity

Devs Do Something

Today’s guest is with Devtooligan - a pseudonymous smart contract engineer and auditor.

Devtooligan is a mainstay in the Huff community and just recently landed a job as a security engineer at Trail of Bits. In this episode we went deep into Huff & why so many Huffoors have had lots of success. We also discussed Devtooligan’s career path and his journey leveling up with smart contract security.

00:00 Intro

3:33 How devtooligan got into crypto

6:48 Working at Yield Protocol, Ethernaut, Getting into Huff,

12:30 Why learn Huff?

16:35 What has Solidity done well?

20:02 What should the Huff community work on?

23:00 Why have Huffors had success?

27:40 Getting better with smart contract security

37:55 What does Devtooligan’s audit process look like?

43:53 What can smart contract devs be better at? (Documentation)

48:31 AI tooling & auditing

51:45 Tinkering is what drives innovation

Useful Links:
-Devtooligan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/devtooligan
-Security reference, exercises, and tips: http://secure-contracts.com

-Huff main site: www.huff.sh

-Statecharts and state machines: https://stately.ai/docs/state-machines-and-statecharts

-ToB Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@trailofbits

-Fuzzing workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QofNQxW_K08&list=PLciHOL_J7Iwqdja9UH4ZzE8dP1IxtsBXI

-How to prepare for an audit: https://blog.trailofbits.com/2018/04/06/how-to-prepare-for-a-security-audit/