House of ZK Radio #61: Maxim Vezenov, Developer at Aztec - Out now on Spotify & YouTube 🔳 In this episode, we sit down with @maximvezenov, compiler engineer at @aztecnetwork, to explore the technical design of @NoirLang - a domain-specific language for writing ZK circuits. We cover: • Noir's design philosophy and backend-agnostic architecture • Trade-offs across ZK abstraction layers (DSLs vs zkVMs vs handwritten circuits) • How Noir handles privacy, unconstrained execution, and safe circuit composition • Optimizing constraints using black-box functions, oracles, and the Aztec profiler • The role of private state in app design, and why most of the work lies in the infrastructure, not the circuit • Practical insights on recursion, developer tooling, and what’s next for Noir post-1.0 Learn all about building scalable, privacy-preserving apps with modern ZK tooling. Spotify: YouTube: