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Modern WebWhy Prompt Engineering Skills Matter More than Your AI Model with Melkey DevIn this episode of Modern Web, Danny Thompson chats with MelkeyDev, a Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer at Twitch, about AI’s real-world applications, developer productivity, and the future of careers in Go. They cover everything from the rise of tiny AI-driven teams competing with large enterprises to how system prompts may matter more than model choice. Melkey shares his thoughts on cost-effective LLMs, production pitfalls, and the cognitive downsides of over-relying on AI. The conversation also explores backend development with Go, what makes it great for fast-moving teams, and how new developers can get started.Keypoints from th...2025-07-0336 min
Strange and Dreadful ThingsStephen Melkey: Murdered or Left to Die?A few days before Christmas 1939, Stephen Melkey was struck by a car near South Bend, Indiana, and thrown nearly 40 feet through the air before landing. When the police arrived, they found that someone had tied his hands behind his back and taped his eyes and mouth shut. Had someone meant for him to be struck by a car on the highway, or had they left him to die in the freezing temperatures?2024-08-2413 min
The Frontend Masters PodcastFrom Robotics and ML to Twitch/YouTube: Melkey's Tech Journey | Frontend Masters Podcast Ep. 14In this episode, we talk with Melkey, a popular Twitch streamer (and Twitch employee) with a unique background in robotics, machine learning, and a wide range of sports. We talk about the technical challenges of machine learning, wrestling to rugby, his first job fixing go-karts, and eventually getting into software dev and landing at Twitch. Expect tech and career advice mixed with lighthearted banter as Melkey shares his experiences and insights, significantly impacting tech and streaming content.
Check out Melkey’s Frontend Masters courses here: https://frontendmasters.com/teachers/melkey/
Fi...2024-04-221h 13
Crime Over WineStephen Melkey - Blindfolded Car CrashIt was a snowy December morning in St. Joseph County, Indiana - right outside of South Bend. William Joyce was driving, barely unable to see what was right in front of him.Then, suddenly, he hit what he knew right away was a person. Almost immediately, he sensed something was off here, and police would spend almost 100 years trying to figure out what it was.If you know anything about the death of Stephen Melkey, call the South Bend Police Department at 574-235-9201.This week, we're drinking Caposaldo's Pinot Grigio.2023-10-1141 min
How About Tomorrow?Melkey and Dax on Routine, SST, Startup Relationships, and Goal SettingMelkey's back to talk with Dax about routine changes, getting COVID, finding balance between life and work, how SST makes money, could SST get bought, determining if you can work at a startup, the fact that nobody cares about your work, comparison as the thief of joy, and success being up to you.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:ThePrimeagenTrashSSTAWS CDKTomorrow E43: An Interview with Tuomas Artman of LinearPost MaloneDrizzleTopics discussed:
(00:00) - npm downloads as a emotional chart
(00:43) - Capturing all of it
(01:09) - Routine...2023-10-051h 05
Backend BanterBackend Banter | Official TrailerThe near-cinematic trailer for the backend banter podcast. Featuring The Primeagen, Melkey, TJ Devries, Miriah Peterson, Bill Kennedy, and Brian Morrison from PlanetScale. Hope you like the pod!2023-09-1900 min
MystíkDULARFULLT: STEPHEN MELKEY & JULIE MOTTDULARFULLT: STEPHEN MELKEY & JULIE MOTTWilliam var á leiðinni heim eftir langt kvöld. Klukkan var orðin þrjú að nóttu og hann orðinn svolítið þreyttur, eins og búast má við. Aðstæðurnar voru heldur ekki til þess fallnar að hjálpa honum við aksturinn. Geispandi og með hálflokuð augu reyndi hann að halda bílnum inná veginum sem var erfitt verkefni í bylnum sem barði á framrúðuna.Skyndilega birtist eitthvað fyrir framan bílinn. William reynir að bremsa en það er of seint. Hann klessir á með svo miklum skelli að hluturinn kastast marga metra...2023-09-0138 min
Chris Sean TalksHow To Become a Jr Machine Learning Engineer | FAANG Lead ML Engineer MelkeyAlex (Melkey Dev) is a Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Twitch (Amazon). In this episode, he not only shares his journey into the world of AI but also gives invaluable advice on how you can do the very same thing yourself.
This refreshing episode has lit a fire under me to go harder than ever in tech, and I hope it will do the same for you. Enjoy!
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2023-08-061h 10How About Tomorrow?Threads, Talking with Humans, and Chatting with MelkeyNew format we're trying! Stick around for a conversation with Melkey at the end of the preamble with Adam and Dax who chat about meeting humans for coffee (in a totally normal, human way), Adam's Threads experience compared with Dax's, wondering if we're socially anxious, and who should interview Liz?Then Melkey stops by to chat about life working at Twitch, his dog, when people should have kids, and whether real life friends know what any of them do.Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord.Links:ThreadsDax on...2023-07-131h 03Backend Banter#006 - Building a FAANG Career with Melkey (Senior Go Dev @ Twitch)I chat with Melkey, a senior Go developer at Twitch about how he would reverse engineer his successful backend software engineering career at FAANG if he were starting over.Learn back-end development - https://boot.devMelkey Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelkeyDevMelkey Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/melkey2023-06-1937 min
FORGOTTEN NEWS PODCASTTHE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF STEPHEN MELKEYIn 1939, Stephen Melkey was killed by a car, after he stepped onto a busy highway, blindfolded, with his hands tied behind his back.
Listen, and hear the entire strange story.
P.S.: This episode is a little shorter than usual. Sorry! But, we didn't want a month to go by, with nothing released.
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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
The Mysterious Death of Stephen Melkey
The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, Dec. 22, 1939.
Puzzling Unsolved Murder: Stephen Melkey, Maneater channel, (YouTube, 2022).
Stephen Mel...2023-02-2436 min
Aesthetically DispleasingEpisode 17: Stephen MelkeyIt seemed to be a tragic accident when a man was hit by a car while walking one snowy night in the Midwest. After surveying the scene, police realized they were dealing with something more sinister. Tune in this week to hear Melanie and Nicole discuss the murder of Stephen Melkey.Sources:https://www.reddit.com/r/SouthBend/comments/r3mwhen he stumbled onto a snowy highway near South Bend, Indiana. His hands were bound, and surgical tape covered his eyes and mouth. Labeled by the press as the “blindfold death,” his case was never solv...2023-01-2525 min
This Story is NutsStephen Melkey/The Blindfold MurderToday's case is a case with hard any information on it- and yet it is one of the most intriguing cases I have ever heard. I am willing to bet you haven't heard it either.
At around 3 am on the morning of December 22nd, 1939, Stephen Melkey wandered out into a busy highway and was struck by a car. Once officers arrived at the scene, they soon realized that this wasn't an accident- someone had bound and gagged Stephen and either had intentionally led him to the highway or sat back and watched as he...2022-06-1511 min
Mysterious Brews Podcast139 - Stephen MelkeyA man driving late one snowy Indiana evening in 1939 suddenly sees a man appear in his headlights. Unfortunately, the car could not stop quick enough to avoid striking the unknown man. When the driver goes to see if the man survived he is shocked to discover his eyes and mouth were taped and his hands were bound behind his back. Beer of the Week is Emily's Grapefruit IPA from South Bend Brew Werks.
Help the boys out by heading over to Apple Podcasts and leaving a 5 star review. Better yet head over to patreon.com/mysteriousbrews and b...2022-05-3145 min
MurdNerdsEpisode 8: Stephen "Steve" Melkey - South Bend, IndianaEpisode 8: Stephen "Steve" Melkey
Stephen Melkey was an immigrant man living in Mishawaka, Indiana. His entire life he seemed to be followed by tragedy. On the early morning of December 22nd, 1939... Stephen walked on to Old Highway 20 and was struck by a car passing through South Bend, Indiana. What happened next and what the detectives discovered about the scene are too weird to forget. How did Stephen end up there and who wanted Stephen dead? Join Alicia and our guest co-host, Jeremy, as we discuss Stephen’s life and the mystery surrounding his last moments.
Feel free to follow us on...2022-02-0443 min
Otniel BatistaLaMakinaDeportiva Pod Cast #30La Aguilas Cibaeñas , Yunekis Maya , Melkey Cabrera.Los Toro de el estes Yordanis Valdespin , Angel Beltre .Los Leones de el Escogido Olmo Rosario.NBA Con Madeglin Soler eso y Mucho Mas.2020-11-051h 12
Otniel BatistaLaMakinaDeportiva Pod Cast #30La Aguilas Cibaeñas , Yunekis Maya , Melkey Cabrera.
Los Toro de el estes Yordanis Valdespin , Angel Beltre .
Los Leones de el Escogido Olmo Rosario.
NBA Con Madeglin Soler eso y Mucho Mas.2020-11-051h 12