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The MonkCastHow Shawn (swyx) Wang Defines the AI EngineerIn this RedMonk conversation, Shawn (swyx) Wang discusses the evolving role of the AI Engineer with Kate Holterhoff. They chat about the definition of an AI Engineer, the differences between AI Engineers and traditional software developers, vibe coding, frontend observability, and the AI Engineer World's Fair.
Show notes: https://redmonk.com/blog/2025/07/23/shawn-swyx-wang-ai-engineer/2025-07-2345 min
TBPNDeel–Rippling Update, Microsoft Bets on Agents | Shawn “swyx” Wang, Augustus Doricko, Brad Porter, Kian Sadeghi, Kathleen McMahon, Chungin “Roy” Lee(03:02) - Deel-Rippling Drama
(09:58) - Microsoft Bets on Agents to Fuel AI Growth
(30:43) - Snowflake Buying Crunchy Data for $250M
(45:57) - Augustus Doricko. Augustus is the founder and CEO of Rainmaker, a California-based startup using drones and advanced modeling to modernize cloud seeding and address water scarcity in the American West. A former UC Berkeley physics student and Thiel Fellow, he previously co-founded Terra Seco, a company that automates groundwater compliance. Doricko integrates his Christian faith with a mission to "terraform" arid regions, aiming to revitalize agriculture and infrastructure through scalable weather modification.
(01:00:46) - Brad Porter. Brad is the...2025-06-042h 58
The Swyx Mixtape[Chit Chat Stocks] swyx on the AI majorshttps://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/chit-chat-stocks/the-future-of-artificial-3ylaqngtMR7/[00:00:00]intro: Welcome to Chitchat Stocks on this show host Ryan Henderson and Brett Schaefer analyze businesses and riff on the world of investing. As a quick reminder, Chitchat Stocks is a CCM media group podcast. Anything discussed on Chitchat Stocks by Ryan, Brett, or any other podcast guest is not formal advice or recommendation.intro: Now, please enjoy this episode.Brett: Welcome in. We have another episode of the Chitchat Stocks podcast for you this week. We have a fantastic interview coming...2024-12-191h 03
The Swyx MixtapeIntentionality, AI Eng, Devtools Angels, and DevRel - on Scaling DevToolshttps://podcast.scalingdevtools.com/episodes/swyx-2Plus, Shawn started the AI Engineer movement with his essay Rise of the AI Engineer and organized two incredible AI engineer conferences in the past twelve months - AI Engineer World's Fair and AI Engineer SummitAnd Shawn has angel invested in DevTools like Airbyte, Railway, Supabase, Replay.io, Stackblitz, Flutterflow, Fireworks.ai while running the DevTools angels community.Besides this, Shawn curates DX.tips (DevTools magazine) and in a past life wrote the Coding Career handbook, championed learn in public, cofounded Svelte Society and was previously...2024-10-101h 16
The Swyx Mixtape[Generation Ship] AI Engineering for nontechnical peopleIn episode 18 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers sits down with Shawn "swyx" Wang to delve into AI Engineering. Shawn shares his journey from popularizing the term "AI Engineer" to navigating the rapid advancements in AI technology. Together, they explore the evolving demands and opportunities in AI, offering unparalleled insights into the future of this transformative field.https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/generationship/ep-18-intelligence-on-tap-with-shawn-swyx-wang?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=heavybit&utm_content=Ep.%20%2318,%20Intelligence%20on%20Tap%20with%20Shawn%20%22swyx%22%20Wang2024-08-2236 min
Heavybit Podcast Network Master FeedGenerationship - Ep. #18, Intelligence on Tap with Shawn "swyx" WangIn episode 18 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers sits down with Shawn "swyx" Wang to unpack AI Engineering. Shawn shares his journey from popularizing the term "AI Engineer" to navigating the rapid advancements in AI technology. Together, they explore the evolving demands and opportunities in AI, offering unparalleled insights into the future of this transformative field.2024-08-2237 min
Heavybit PodcastsEp. #18, Intelligence on Tap with Shawn "swyx" WangIn episode 18 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers sits down with Shawn "swyx" Wang to delve into AI Engineering. Shawn shares his journey from popularizing the term "AI Engineer" to navigating the rapid advancements in AI technology. Together, they explore the evolving demands and opportunities in AI, offering unparalleled insights into the future of this transformative field.The post appeared first on Heavybit.2024-08-2236 min
GenerationshipEp. #18, Intelligence on Tap with Shawn "swyx" WangIn episode 18 of Generationship, Rachel Chalmers sits down with Shawn "swyx" Wang to delve into AI Engineering. Shawn shares his journey from popularizing the term "AI Engineer" to navigating the rapid advancements in AI technology. Together, they explore the evolving demands and opportunities in AI, offering unparalleled insights into the future of this transformative field.The post appeared first on Heavybit.2024-08-2236 minThe Swyx Mixtape[High Agency] AI Engineer World's Fair PreviewHigh Agency Pod DescriptionIn this episode, I chatted with Shawn Wang about his upcoming AI engineering conference and what an AI engineer really is. It's been a year since he penned the viral essay "Rise of the AI Engineer' and we discuss if this new role will be enduring, the make up of the optimal AI team and trends in machine learning.Timestamps00:00 - Introduction and background on Shawn Wang (Swyx)03:45 - Reflecting on the "Rise of the AI Engineer" essay07:30 - Skills and characteristics...2024-07-0249 min
PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocketSolidJS, Software 3.0, and atomic designIn this week’s roundup, hear about how React developers should get started with SolidJS, what Shawn “Swyx” Wang has to say about Software 3.0, and how atomic design works.
Links
Apple
SolidJS for React developers with Erik Rasmussen: https://apple.co/3RWyN2S
Software 3.0 and the AI engineer with Swyx: https://bit.ly/3FmNt41
Is atomic design dead? with Brad Frost: https://bit.ly/45at5gQ
Spotify
SolidJS for React developers with Erik Rasmussen: https://spoti.fi/3rDYOJK
Software 3.0 and the AI engineer with Swyx: https://bit.ly/3S2CjZN...2023-10-2015 min
PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocketSoftware 3.0 and the AI engineer with SwyxShawn “Swyx” Wang, host of the Latent Space podcast, returns to the show to talk about what Software 3.0 will bring and the rise of the AI engineer.
Links
https://twitter.com/swyx
https://www.swyx.io
https://github.com/swyxio/swyxdotio
https://www.youtube.com/swyxTV
https://www.ai.engineer/summit
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Let us know by sending an emai...2023-10-0438 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Swyx on Cognitive Revolutionthis is a longer form conversation with an AI insider so we do get pretty in depth. sorry for the poor audio quality on my sidehttps://www.cognitiverevolution.ai/ai-engineers-pendants-and-tensions-between-openai-and-developers-with-swyx-of-latent-space/2023-09-301h 33The Swyx MixtapeFreecodecamp podcast #2I met up to podcast with quincy in round 2, which has all my personal updates since round 1.https://freecodecamp.libsyn.com/90-shawn-swyx-wang-from-dev-to-ai-founder2023-07-312h 05
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] The Rise of the AI EngineerOne of my biggest posts ever was https://www.latent.space/p/ai-engineer and we hosted a Twitter Space about it:https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1674895620870651909?s=20I felt like the space wasn't info dense enough for the main Latent Space pod but you get the full show as loyal swyx mixtape subscribers.2023-07-021h 52
alphalist.CTO Podcast - For CTOs and Technical Leaders#74 - Shawn 'swyx' Wang // Developer Experience ExpertHow to use generative AI as a DevTool
Dig deep into how to use generative AI as developer tool 🧑💻in this CTO podcast featuring Shawn ‘Swyx’ Wang. Shawn has not only headed Developer Experience at 3 Unicorns 🦄, but he is also the editor of the Latent Space AI/ML newsletter. Tune in to discover how generative AI will change programming and how to start exploring the world of LLMs.
Learn:
How our infrastructure 🏗️ needs will evolve with the explosion of the AI frontier
How much time a CTO should spend trying out new technology vs. sticking with the tried and true ⚖...2023-04-1448 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] No Code Jamstack (in 2019) - swyx on Software Engineering Dailyrevived by https://www.swyx.io/how-to-find-podcasts-that-have-been-deletedhttps://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/12/19/no-code-with-shawn-wang/The software category known as “no-code” describes a set of tools that can be used to build software without writing large amounts of code in a programming language.No-code tools use visual interfaces such as spreadsheets and web based drag-and-drop systems. In previous shows, we have covered some of the prominent no-code products such as Airtable, Webflow, and Bubble. It is clear that no-code tools can be used to build core software infrastructure in a manner that is more abstract than the typi...2023-02-041h 08The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Talking AI on the Techmeme Ride HomeOur big AI discussion with @ReamBraden and @swyx.Shawn just posted this new essay drawing on what we discussed here:Every Google vs OpenAI Argument, Dissectedfull episode: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/techmeme-ride-home/twtr-spc-the-big-ai-discussion-vb0hd4qmEHA/2023-01-1457 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Talking ChatGPT on the ChangelogSubscribe to Changelog++: https://changelog.com/podcast/519/discussFeaturingShawn Wang – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteAdam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteJerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInNotes and LinksAI NotesWhy “Prompt Engineering” and “Generative AI” are overhypedMultiverse, not MetaverseThe Particle/Wave Duality Theory of KnowledgeOpenRAIL: Towards open and responsible AI licensing frameworksOpen-ish from Luis VillaChatGPT for GoogleThe Myth of The Infrastructure PhaseChatGPT examples in the wildDebugging codeTypeScript answer is wrongFix code and explain fixdynamic programmingTranslating/refactoring Wasplang DSLAWS IAM policiesCode that combines multiple cloud servicesSolving a code problemExplain computer networks homeworkRewrit...2023-01-071h 26The Swyx Mixtape[Meta] Farewell 2022 Special - swyxMy Fave New Podcasts of 2022: https://www.swyx.io/fave-podcasts-2022/Selected listener survey responsesif you missed the survey in July, you can still fill it in here: https://forms.gle/gmVYak98azGi28it8What other podcasts do Swyx Mixtape listeners enjoy?Conan O‘Brian needs a friend; alphalist cto podcast;remote rubyShopTalk Show, WTF with Marc Maron, Hardcore HistoryCorecursive, Working Code, Soft Skills EngineeringSoftware unscripted, your undivided attention, startups for the rest of usI like software sessions by Jeremy Jung and I have listened to quite a bit of Zero Knowledge po...2023-01-0111 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Talking DevRel on the Devmode.fm PodcastListen to devmode.fm: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/devmodefm/advocating-for-devrels-_0UveTl3BRn/On this episode, we talk with Shawn “swyx” Wang all about developer relations aka devrels, and what their critical role at a tech-based company entails.Is it just marketing for developers? Are they YouTube creators who like tech? Programmers who like teaching? Super fans who want to get paid to work on the product they already love?We answer all of these questions, and also delve into the duality of the devrel role, where they benefit the company and also the...2022-12-1855 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Remote IDEs and the End of Localhost on the InfoQ podcastListen to the InfoQ podcast: https://soundcloud.com/infoq-channel/interview-shawn-swyx-wangBlogpost: https://dx.tips/the-end-of-localhostIn this episode, Shawn Wang (swyx), head of developer experience at Airbyte, sat down with InfoQ podcast co-host Daniel Bryant and discussed the rise of remote development environments. Topics covered included, whether remote development experiences are good enough to see the death of local(host) development, what a wishlist might look like for the ultimate developer experience, and how cloud native organizations are currently developing software.Read a transcript of this interview: bit.ly/3R3OEcD2022-12-0428 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Developer Experience & the Coding Career Handbook with Corey Quinn on Screaming in the CloudListen to Screaming in the Cloud: https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/screaming-in-the-cloud/learning-in-public-with-swyx/Episode SummaryToday Corey sits down with swyx, head of developer experience at Airbyte, and so much more! They begin by chatting about swyx’s career history, professional motivation, and an industry taboo: following the money. Then Corey and swyx move into a discussion about the surprisingly challenging nature of developer experience and what it means to “learn in public.” swyx talks about expertise and how to quantify and demonstrate learning. Corey and swyx discuss swyx’s book “The Coding Career Han...2022-10-2234 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Trading derivatives with VBA and Finance - swyx on the Keycuts podcastListen to Keycuts: https://www.thekeycuts.com/dear-analyst-50-walking-through-a-vba-script-for-trading-billions-of-dollars-worth-of-derivatives-with-shawn-wang/This little podcast/newsletter started as a little experiment last year. I never thought I would make it to episode number 50, but here we are! Thank you to the few of you out there who listen/read my ramblings about spreadsheets.I decided to give you all a break and invite my first guest to the podcast: Shawn Wang (aka @swyx). Shawn currently works in developer experience at AWS, but has a really diverse background (check out his site to learn more). I’ve mentioned Shawn in...2022-10-1549 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] DevRel, Dev Megatrends and Dev Careers on the CloudcastListen to Cloudcast: https://www.thecloudcast.net/2022/01/2022-look-ahead-developer-careers.htmlSHOW NOTES:Shawn’s homepageTemporal.io (homepage) - open source microservice orchestrationLearning in Public - The Coding Career HandbookThe Coding Career (community)Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. You seem to be at the center of (or around) so many developer-centric conversations. Tell us a little bit about your background, and some of the areas you’ve been focused on. Topic 2 - You’re well known for The Coding Career Handbook. With so many options out there for developers, how do you frame conversations about w...2022-10-0240 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Swyx on Syntax.fmListen to Syntax.fm: https://syntax.fm/show/478/supper-club-developer-experience-with-shawn-wang2022-09-1253 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] DevRel Real Talk - Travel and ConferencesFull Twitter space: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVPQbeYYJB?s=20Previous Devrel Real Talks:https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/weekend-drop-devrel-real-talk-ep-1-ft-justin-garrison-micheal-benedict-zack-hoherchakhttps://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/devrel-real-talk-making-2m-yr-in-devrel-ft-rebecca-marshburn-and-nader-dabithttps://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/devrel-real-talk-q-a-and-all-things-video-from-shorts-to-streams-ft-hassan-vercel-theo-ping-nairobi-suborbital-justin-awsOur guests:Justin https://twitter.com/rothgarOur hosts:https://twitter.com/Chau_codeshttps://twitter.com/RealChrisSeanhttps://twitter.com/swyx2022-09-041h 16
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] AWS, Cloudflare, and Techbro Therapy on AWS.fmListen to AWS.fm: https://aws.fm/episodes/episode-25-shawn-swyx-wangShawn joins Adam to discuss Amplify and its place in the developer ecosystem, whether we should care about Cloudflare, yet, and how to cope with the anxiety that can come with being extremely online. Also, it sounds like Adam is a tech bro and he's NOT happy about it.TranscriptAdam Elmore: Hey, everyone. Welcome to AWS FM, a podcast with guests from around the AWS community. I'm your host, Adam Elmore. And today, I'm joined by Shawn Swyx...2022-08-2751 minThe Swyx Mixtape[DevRel Real Talk] Q&A and All Things Video from Shorts to Streams, ft. Hassan@Vercel, Theo@Ping, NaiRobi@Suborbital, Justin@AWSOur Twitter space: https://twitter.com/Chau_codes/status/1560749221447286784Hour 1 was Q&A - comparing notes on Vercel vs Airbyte, going deep/leveling up in DevRel (Building your Lightsaber) and on content creation (Dev.to vs Hashnode vs Substack)Hour 2 was Video/YouTube/Twitch focused since Theo joined!Previous Devrel Real Talks:https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/weekend-drop-devrel-real-talk-ep-1-ft-justin-garrison-micheal-benedict-zack-hoherchakhttps://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/devrel-real-talk-making-2m-yr-in-devrel-ft-rebecca-marshburn-and-nader-dabitOur guests:Hassan https://twitter.com/nutlopeAlex https://twitter.com/alexandereardonNairobi https://twitter.com/Tech4AbolitionTheo https://twitter.com/t3dotggJustin https://twitter.com/rothgar2022-08-222h 33The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Tech Strategies & Biz Models - Coding Career ChatPrevious Episodes: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/weekend-drop-coding-career-chat-the-operating-system-of-youhttps://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/weekend-drop-coding-career-chat-finance-for-developersShow notes and referenced links:Reading: https://learninpublic.org/v1-strategy-intro-tech.pdfReplies: https://twitter.com/Chad_R_Stewart/status/1558529083079856128Join the Coding Career Community: https://learninpublic.org/Follow for future spaces: https://twitter.com/Coding_Career2022-08-201h 16The Swyx Mixtape[DevRel Real Talk] Making $2m/yr in DevRel (ft. Rebecca Marshburn and Nader Dabit)Our Twitter space: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vAxRkDjkpNKlComp Report: https://www.commonroom.io/blog/2022-developer-relations-compensation-report/Slido: https://app.sli.do/event/bxvrMv1yBfycLUh7bL3aaGPrevious episodes:https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/weekend-drop-devrel-real-talk-ep-1-ft-justin-garrison-micheal-benedict-zack-hoherchakOur guests:Rebecca https://twitter.com/beccaodelayNader https://twitter.com/dabit3Our hosts:https://twitter.com/Chau_codeshttps://twitter.com/RealChrisSeanhttps://twitter.com/swyx2022-08-201h 35The Swyx Mixtape[Creator] Viral Marketing for Teens - Shaan Puri's @SteveBartlettSC storyListen to MFM: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/my-first-million/billion-dollar-ad-arbitrage-xUo387stOEy/ (34mins in)Discuss this episode: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1557220705237962755We want to hear from you! The Swyx Mixtape Listener SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyxResults will be summed up in a future episode2022-08-1011 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Creators] Going Viral on Purpose - Karen X Cheng (@karenxcheng)Listen to Below the Line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn7jRqiUstwHer videos:Low Budget Filmmaking (87m views)Girl Learns to Dance in a Year (12m views)Discuss this episode: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1556793526800842752We want to hear from you! The Swyx Mixtape Listener SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyxResults will be summed up in a future episode2022-08-0919 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Coding Career Chat - The Operating System of YouShow notes and referenced links: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1553456558264164356Old talk version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzK4IxHv3W0Join the Coding Career Community: https://learninpublic.org/Follow for future spaces: https://twitter.com/Coding_CareerTranscript[00:00:00] Chad Stewart: I think we should set up the whole thing first in case, people might be coming off the street and they don't necessarily know exactly about the chapter of the book. I definitely think you should talk a little bit about that first. 2022-08-061h 16The Swyx Mixtape[Biz] Open Core Ventures - Sid Sijbrandij (@sytses)Listen to 20VC: https://thetwentyminutevc.libsyn.com/20vc-gitlab-ceo-sid-sijbrandij-on-why-you-are-not-allowed-to-present-in-meetings-at-gitlab-why-it-is-a-pipedream-we-will-go-back-to-offices-and-what-is-the-future-of-work-ceo-coaches-what-makes-the-best-when-to-have-them-and-when-to-change-them (31 mins in)Discuss this episode: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1555237139633283072We want to hear from you! The Swyx Mixtape Listener SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyxResults will be summed up in a future episode2022-08-0403 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Biz] How do you make a successful open source *app*? - Peer Richelsen (@peer_rich)Listen to Founder's Talk: https://changelog.com/founderstalk/88 (45 mins in)Tweet on Open Source Application Layer: https://twitter.com/barrald/status/1549029270558752768See also the list of Rajko's list of OSS Challengers: https://twitter.com/rajko_rad/status/1485410252795359241Discuss this episode: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1555033094691999744?s=20&t=Xiq05UrzEhQqPN-_GBuaDgWe want to hear from you! The Swyx Mixtape Listener SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyxResults will be summed up in a future episode2022-08-0415 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Biz] How Microsoft embraced Open Source - Sam Ramji (@sramji)Listen to SaaS for Developers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLIkfSrIHUI (from 7 mins in)Discuss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1554617433448763394SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyx2022-08-0315 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Biz] The Business Models of Open Source - Adam JacobsListen to the Changelog: https://changelog.com/news/the-business-model-of-open-source-29e6 (26mins in)Discuss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1554283718981844992SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyx2022-08-0224 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Music Friday] Unchained Melody - Mike YungWatch him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrHfWKeTDEISurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyx2022-07-3003 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Tech] The Usecases of Clickhouse - Robert HodgesSource: the HOSS Talks FOSS podcast https://percona.podbean.com/e/all-things-opensource-data-warehouse-percona-database-podcast-w-robert-hodges/Feedback/Discuss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1552842592357949440SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyx2022-07-2813 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Tech] The Secret Sauce of Clickhouse - Aaron KatzSource: the Analytics Engineering Podcast: https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/aaron-katz-clickhouse (25mins in)Feedback/Discuss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1552838644997791744SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyxShow NotesCMU Database lecture from Robert Hodges at Altinity2022-07-2715 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Tech] The Origin of Clickhouse - Aaron KatzSource: the Analytics Engineering Podcast: https://roundup.getdbt.com/p/aaron-katz-clickhouse (2mins in)Feedback/Discuss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1552835669373894656SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!Survey context: https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/swyx-mixtape-survey-refactor-and-deadpool-swyxMore on ClickhouseOur previous episode on Clickhouse: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1502129209111576577HN comments on Clickhouse: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28595419I'd like to thank the creators of ClickHouse as i hope they are reading here. We've been using it since 2019 in...2022-07-2615 minThe Swyx MixtapeSwyx Mixtape Survey, Refactor, and Deadpool! [swyx]SurveyFill out our 2022 Survey! https://forms.gle/g2s1Np9wS5qmrKSRA!New Daily ThemesTechnical notesBusiness notesCreator notesHealth notesYou can always see the backlog of clips live, at https://github.com/sw-yx/brainOur 2021-2022 Deadpool ## Life- https://overcast.fm/+olfN7lGho 20 mins social butterfly gary vee problems + 50 mins introvert strategy- https://youtu.be/oH9sJrAVeC0 Brandon Sanderson life advice from 14 mins in. Goals, learn how you work, break it down - https://overcast.fm/+b1V1gu...2022-07-2007 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] swyx on WebJoy podcastlisten to Webjoy: https://webjoy.fm/episode/season-1-episode-4-creating-something-from-nothing-shawn-swyxShawn Wang joins the show to talk about his origin story, starting in the finance industry and how feeling like just a code monkey in a system drew him to learn front-end engineering and start working on product development and ultimately become a developer advocate.We discuss what the career path for a developer advocate might look like, as well as podcast listening tools Listen Notes and Listenbox and how they help allow people to look up and listen to podcasts on their own terms...2022-07-1717 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] The Third Age of JS on JSPartyListen to JSParty: https://changelog.com/jsparty/226Reactathon talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGnlBU3K_eMIn 2020, Shawn (swyx) Wang wrote:Every 10 years there is a changing of the guard in JavaScript. I think we have just started a period of accelerated change that could in thge future be regarded as the Third Age of JavaScript.We’re now in year three of this third age and Swyx joins us to look back at what he missed, look around at what’s happening today, and look forward at what might be comi...2022-07-111h 00The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Swyx interview on FreeCodeCamp podcastWhen people ask about how I got started, I send them to this podcast. Here is the audio, edited for ums.source: https://podcast.freecodecamp.org/ep-59-shawn-wang-left-a-350kyear-finance-job-to-learn-to-code2022-07-031h 42The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Talking Temporal on Purrfect.devListen to Purrfect.dev: https://codingcat.dev/podcast/2-21-linking-your-microservices-with-workflowswatch video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0P-Uod19NYReads:https://www.swyx.io/self-provisioning-runtimehttps://www.swyx.io/why-temporal/2022-06-2557 minThe Swyx MixtapeHow Anaconda Saved Python [Peter Wang]2hrs in to the Lex Fridman pod: https://lexfridman.com/peter-wang/2022-06-0213 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Part Time Creator Manifesto on Compressed.fmListen: https://www.compressed.fm/episode/6400:00 Introduction02:06 Introducing Swyx03:28 Why Writing?07:16 Priority and Time09:45 Better to be Part-Time Creator than a Full-Time Creator12:16 Do you set up a business entity?13:22 Consistency16:49 Lower the Barrier to Entry21:17 How much do you pay attention to growth?22:37 What is the leading indicator?24:17 Engaging with your Audience25:24 Ratio of One for me, One for Them31:44 Networking34:43 Niching38:04 What's a sustainable action plan for part-time content creation40:23 Getting your stuff stolen41:41 Creating Luck48:31 Community ShoutoutsRead: https://swyx.io/part-time-creator-manifesto2022-05-2852 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] The radiating circles of DevX on the GitPod DevX PodcastThe Circles- product (incl integrations)- docs- content- community- UGCTALK ABOUT SVELTE SOCIETY STORYDimensions of the Circles- negative engineering? or dev exceptions- onboarding -> production -> prod-dev -> billing -?Other definitions of devx- single command do a lot -> until too magic- does what it says you would do- making some cycles faster -> esbuild 100x faster - bret victor inventing on principleFuture of Devx? integrate forward...2022-04-3034 min
Serverless ChatsEpisode #124: Self-Provisioning Runtimes with Shawn "swyx" WangShawn “Swyx” Wang is currently Head of DX at Temporal.io, based out of Seattle. He is also a frequent writer and speaker best known for the Learn in Public movement and recently published The Coding Career Handbook with more advice for engineers going from Junior to Senior.
Twitter: @swyx
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnswyxwang/
Website: https://www.swyx.io/
Github: https://github.com/sw-yx
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/swyxTV
The Swyx Mixtape: https://swyx.transistor.fm/
The Self-Provision Runtime: https://www.swyx.io/self-provisioning-runtime
This episode is sponsored by Stream.2022-02-141h 05The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] swyx on the SourceGraph podcastListen to the Sourcegraph podcast: https://about.sourcegraph.com/podcast/swyx/Video version: https://youtu.be/L1ATAYQFMn4We cover: Svelte Society, Learning in Public, and Temporal.2022-01-301h 15The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] swyx on the Software Dev Journey podcastListen to Software Dev Journey: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/software/152-shawn-wang-from-the-fine-px_1sYDV9yT/2022-01-1654 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Swyx on the MongoDB PodcastFrom the MongoDB Podcast: https://mongodb.libsyn.com/ep-93-swyx-learn-in-public-and-temporal2022-01-0934 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Cloudflare vs AWS, API Economy, Learning in Public on the ChangelogListen to the Changelog: https://changelog.com/podcast/467Essays:https://www.swyx.io/LIPhttps://www.swyx.io/api-economyhttps://www.swyx.io/cloudflare-goTranscriptJerod Santo: So swyx, we have been tracking your work for years; well, you've been Learning in Public for years, so I've been (I guess) watching you learn, but we've never had you on the show, so welcome to The Changelog.Shawn Wang: Thank you. Long-time listener, first-time guest, I guess... [laughs]Adam Stacoviak: Yeah.Jerod Santo: Happy to have you here.2021-12-121h 08
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Adam Argyle: Complexity Cliffs, DX, and the Disruption of Web DesignThe following is my conversation with Adam Argyle, CSS Developer Advocate for Google Chrome.Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xEyJ6LY7DKIThe conversation covers a quite a few topics that are relevant in the webdev and web design industries: UI complexity cliffs, DX vs UX, Self Disruption, and what Web Design Tooling could be.Along the way we touch on what OpenUI is, Adam's Deferred Inputs proposal, the 4 Jobs of Developer Experience, Thoughtleading for Good from Emily Freeman, Ilya Grigorik, and Dion Almaier, and Adobe vs Figma vs Webflow!...2021-12-051h 10The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Swyx on How To Market YourselfListen to UI Breakfast: https://uibreakfast.com/223-how-to-market-yourself-with-shawn-swyx-wang/2021-11-1447 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Swyx on Svelte SocietyListen to the full episode on PodRocket: https://podrocket.logrocket.com/sveltehttps://podrocket.logrocket.com/swyxhttps://podrocket.logrocket.com/rich-harrishttps://podrocket.logrocket.com/elderjs2021-10-2349 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Abhi Aiyer & Ward Peeters: Gatsby 4 and the Jamstack EndgameThe following is my conversation with Abhi Aiyer and Ward Peeters, two lead engineers behind Gatsby Cloud and the recently announced Gatsby v4, which is at the forefront of what I think is the most significant change in the Jamstack landscape in the past 2 years.Watch the video version here. Links:Gatsby 4Netlify DPRMy blogpost on Smart Clients vs Smart ServersTimestamps: [00:00:00] Cold Open [00:00:28] Swyx Intro [00:01:59] Call Start [00:03:07] Gatsby v4 [00:06:23] Incremental Builds [00:07:16] Cache Invalidation [00:09:03] Gatsby DSG vs Netlify DPR [00:09:35] Abandoning Redux for LMDB [00:11:50] Parallel Queries (PQR) [00:13:32] Gatsby DSG [00:15:24] Netlify DPR vs Gatsby DSG ...2021-10-1751 min
UI Breakfast: UI/UX Design and Product StrategyEpisode 223: How to Market Yourself with Shawn “Swyx” WangToday we talk about marketing yourself, both as a personal brand and at work. Our guest is Shawn “Swyx” Wang, an engineering thought leader and author of “The Coding Career Handbook.” You’ll learn several components of defining your brand, tips on expressing that brand in public, collateral and strategies that will help you at work, and more.Download the MP3 audio file: right-click here and choose Save As.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts.Show Notes...2021-10-0647 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Miško Hevery: Qwik, PartyTown, and Lessons from AngularThis podcast involves two live demos, you can catch up on the YouTube verison here: https://youtu.be/T3K_DrgLPXMLinksBuilder.io https://www.builder.io/PartyTown https://github.com/BuilderIO/partytownQwik https://github.com/builderio/qwikhttps://dev.to/mhevery/a-first-look-at-qwik-the-html-first-framework-afTimestamps[00:01:53] Misko Intro [00:03:50] Builder.io [00:08:31] PartyTown [00:11:41] Web Workers vs Service Workers vs Atomics [00:15:02] PartyTown Demo [00:21:46] Qwik and Resumable vs Replayable Frameworks [00:25:40] Qwik vs React - the curse of Closures [00:27:32] Qwik Demo [00:42:40] Qwik Compiler Optimizations [00:53:00] Qwik Questions [01:00:05] Qwik vs Islands Architecture [01:02:59] Qwik Event Pooling [01:05:57] Qwik Conclusions [01:13:40] Qwik vs Angular Ivy [01:16:58] TED Talk: Metaboli...2021-10-031h 25The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Developer Relations (with Sai Senthilkumar of Redpoint)I was interviewed by Sai of Redpoint based on these blogposts:https://www.swyx.io/community-builder/https://www.swyx.io/measuring-devrel/The session was covered by Tom Tunguz, whose blog I love (https://tomtunguz.com/shawn-wang-offi...) and the feedback was wonderful!Full video on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guK1XiLQbH8Timestamps[00:01:42] What is DevRel? [00:04:59] Where should DevRel report? [00:06:57] Getting Started with Early Stage DevRel [00:12:28] How to Structure DevRel Efforts [00:16:02] When to Hire First DevRel [00:18:23] Community and DevRel [00:25:41] How to Start a Community [00:29:47] Technical Community Builders [00:31:04] Social Media Managers [00:33:14] North Sta...2021-09-2749 minThe Swyx MixtapePodcast Economics: The Math to $14,000 a month [Jordan Harbinger, Cal Newport]Listen to the full Deep Questions podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/deep-questions-with-cal-newport-cal-newport-t94EC0dyxsL/ (clip is from 40ish mins in)NotesYouTube CPM $2.50, Audio CPM $25, yet Audio gets paid for non-listened downloadsLow end YouTube podcast audience 37k, high end 400k views per episodeAudio makes way more for something half that audienceAudio targets 25-45yo professionalsBigger shows like Marc Maron have lower CPM, $9Science and education show: $35-40 CPMChillax show: $15 CPM10,000 fans * 4 ads a week * 25 CPM each ad = $1,000 a week, $4k a month50,000 fans => $20k a monthSales cut - 15-30%Transcript ...2021-09-2111 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Sunil Pai: React and the Meta of the WebA wideranging convo with Sunil covering the future of React, the Third Age of JavaScript, and the Meta of online discourse.Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3h1WICelqsFollow Sunil: https://twitter.com/threepointoneChapters:[00:01:40] React and Temporal, Declarative vs ImperativeMy Temporal Explainer: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1417165270641045505https://www.solidjs.com/ [00:12:57] State Charts and Lucylanghttps://lucylang.org/XState and Stately https://stately.ai/viz[00:17:08] The Future of React[00:25:03] React Streaming Server Rendering vs SSR/JAMstack/DSG/DPR/ISRReactDOMServer.renderToNodeStream()Sunil's Slides: https://www.icloud.com/keynote/0MyOJkDIOVfFit76P...2021-09-191h 20The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Temporal - Not so Temporary (with Jaden Baptista)Video version on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErO9UjccwdsMy conversation with Jaden Baptista introducing him to Temporal.Transcript[00:00:00] swyx: Hey everyone is Swyx. I've been gone for the past couple of days and you may or may not be wondering what's happened. I basically got a cold and at this conference, it's actually nice to have a conference cold. I guess, because that means that things are going back to normal, even the, not so great stuff about being meeting back in person. [00:00:22] But I have a c...2021-09-1124 minThe Swyx MixtapeJourney to CockroachDB [Spencer Kimball]Listen to the full episode on SERadio: https://www.se-radio.net/2020/06/episode-413-spencer-kimball-on-cockroachdb/Previous two parter on Spencer: https://swyx.transistor.fm/episodes/consistent-synchronous-replicationhttps://swyx.transistor.fm/episodes/spencer-kimball-pt-2-competing-with-big-clouds2021-09-0210 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Coding Career for College Students - Major League HackingSlides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GQjhDBiQ4raGcn4M7eXXuoJ_9VOGSgpd3RcIQ2dyXJ4/edit?usp=sharingVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2X-RsCVRasTimestamps[00:00:00] Prepared presentation on Coding Careers[00:21:46] If you've worked with junior developers, what's the biggest mistake you see them making and how would you go about solving it if you were in their shoes?[00:24:03] What should be the aim when job hunting big companies or startups?[00:26:06] Can you expand more on the differences between being a junior software engineer in finance Two Sigma versus tech?[00:26:43] If you don't have contacts, do you...2021-08-0141 min
The Swyx Mixtape1984 vs Brave New World Pt. 1 [Intelligence Squared]Audio source: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/intelligence-squared/the-sunday-debate-brave-new-usI2DpLUHQ0/ (55 mins in)Full debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31CcclqEiZwPart 2 is next: https://swyx.transistor.fm/episodes/1984-vs-brave-new-world-pt-2-intelligence-squaredLoki vs 1984: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1419128271799656449Aldous Huxley's comments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldous_Huxley2021-07-2908 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Why Invest in Developer Community? GitHub OCTO Speaker SeriesVideo: https://octo.github.com/speakerseries/swyxBlog Post: https://codingcareer.circle.so/c/dx-blog/technical-community-builder-is-the-hottest-new-job-in-techSlide dec: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WGCfellGTboDwtM_D9uMwsHtD0qCFeBv6AYNUSxlDLg/edit?usp=sharingMy talk at Heroku's conference where I met Idan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_w1YWCHXFgTimestamps00:01:17 Intro presentation on Why Dev Community00:16:15 Discussion between Idan, Brian, and SwyxTranscriptswyx: [00:00:00] Hey everyone! On weekends, we do long form audio from one of my conversations with people. [00:00:06] And a few months ago, I published an article on why technical community building i...2021-07-1854 min
PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocketShawn Swyx Wang: swyxtape vol. 2Curious about all of the hype around Svelte? Swyx joins us on this episode of PodRocket to talk about Svelte and all of the work he has been doing at Svelte Society.
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https://github.com/svelte-society
https://sveltesociety.dev
https://twitter.com/sveltejs
https://svelte.dev
https://twitter.com/Rich_Harris
https://www.swyx.io/svelte-sites-react-apps
https://react-spectrum.adobe.com/react-aria
https://curatedtalks.com/watch/the-untouchable-web-rick-hanlon2021-07-1649 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Swyx on Side Projects - Modern Web PodcastMy thoughts on shipping The Coding Career Handbook as a Side Project, and tips and tricks on how to do it well.Audio source: https://modernweb.podbean.com/e/s08e09-modern-web-podcast-sides-projects-with-shawn-wang/2021-07-1145 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Second Brain 5] FinaleI am a mentor for the Notion Advanced track of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Cohort 12. You can catch Weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the previous weekend episodes. This is the cleaned up audio of the last of 5 mentorship sessions with Q&A at the end. Video version: https://youtu.be/emUfFWixQwETimestampsRecap of Last 4 Weeks [00:02:08]Shifting Perception to Sharing [00:03:07]IP's Personal Progress [00:09:38]How to Solve the Cold Start Problem [00:10:57] The Invisible Pipeline and the 1% Rule [00:14:00]Peer Group Progress [00:15:48]Course Recap: Convergence vs Divergence, CO vs DE [00:20:41] Your First Brain vs Your Second Brain [00:22:43] Pro...2021-06-121h 12The Swyx Mixtape[Second Brain 2] Organizing with PARAI am a mentor for the Notion Advanced track of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Cohort 12. This is the cleaned up audio of the second of 5 mentorship sessions with Q&A at the end. The first session was last week.Recommended readsPARA: https://fortelabs.co/blog/para/ Blogpost Annealing: https://www.swyx.io/blogpost-annealing/Twitter as Universal Meta-Commentary Layer: https://www.swyx.io/twitter-metacommentary/Digital Garden TOS: https://www.swyx.io/digital-garden-tos/Devon Zuegel on Epistemic Status: https://devonzuegel.com/post/epistemic-statuses-are-lazy-and-that-is-a-good-thingSlides and Video.TimestampsPrelude [00:00:00]Housekeeping [00:01:09]Content R...2021-05-2255 minThe Swyx MixtapeWhy Creator Clones Fail [MKBHD]Audio source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl2ciIU4Qm4 (30 mins in)Blog version with better writeup: https://www.swyx.io/clones-failReply via tweet!Transcript:Why Clones Failswyx: [00:00:00] Something I love collecting examples of is the Innovator's Dilemma, which was coined by Clayton Christensen in his book on the Innovator's Dilemma. He really demonstrates how successful outstanding companies can do everything right, and still lose their market leadership, or even fail as new unexpected competitors rise and take over the market. And part of t...2021-05-1813 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Second Brain 1] The Capture HabitI am a mentor for the Notion Advanced track of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Cohort 12. This is the cleaned up audio of the first of 5 mentorship sessions with Q&A at the end. Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yY46bq527SyDCI3IgzMNrkumOnrhYwI9VeuhdGqr3Dg/edit?usp=sharingTimestampsIntro [00:00:28]Why Build A Second Brain [00:07:58]Content Recap [00:09:32]Breakout Session [00:11:53]The CODE methodology [00:15:44]Q&A: Work vs Personal Capture Apps? [00:18:11]Q&A: Should I Capture Googlable Stuff? [00:19:55] Q&A: Physical Book notes? [00:22:48]Q&A: Starting for the first time [00:24:23]Q&A: How t...2021-05-1556 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Angel Investing] E2E Encryption Keyservers with Ashoat TevosyanSee their public Notion doc which got me very interested: https://www.notion.so/Comm-4ec7bbc1398442ce9add1d7953a6c584They are hiring: https://www.notion.so/commapp/We-re-hiring-b0a4cef3f8b34b8c91e3236c98aabcb3Watch the video version if you prefer that (there is some screensharing at the end): https://youtu.be/lWCOruAWpW4---Transcriptswyx: [00:00:00] Some of you might know that I do some angel investing on the side and I keep a cold email address open for that purpose. So a...2021-05-0845 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Grifters and Content Creation TrapsWelcome to Weekend Drops! Every weekend I drop one full length interview or conversation I had recently. This is for folks who want to keep up with me — if you came for the 5 minute mixtapes, I hope its easy enough to delete! Let me know how I can improve this for you.Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_uefhT51gShare original tweet: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1372013877731368961TranscriptMaksim Ivanov: [00:00:00] having a one today. We're going to be talking with Shawn Wang. Who is...2021-05-0248 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] swyx on Dev Community & Deep Work vs Learning in PublicAudio Source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/d717f16dFollow Julia Che's work on Openess, her new open source funding/community startup.Topics Discussed in sequential order, but timestamps arent available bc the audio has been cleaned.Swyx shares about his background, previous career in finance, Gamestop & shorting it, transitioning to tech at age 30, community building.What it means to be a GitHub star, what’s so appealing about open-source & why participate?"Open-source sets tech apart from every other industry because we share so much.”Figma CTO Evan Wallace’s desig...2021-04-2438 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Going from Junior to Senior Q&AThis Clubhouse-style Q&A was held as part of my support for React Summit 2021 (https://remote.reactsummit.com/). Moderated by Robert Haritonov, CEO of GitNation.Timestamps2:30 How do you keep up with the changing landscape?5:00 Balancing Learning Time with a Job7:15 What are the top technical and soft skills to transition from junior to senior?12:30 The Importance of Communication and How to Do it Well17:30 Prioritization, Batching and Pair Programming19:20 What can Seniors Do to Help Foster Juniors? Apprenticeships, Mentoring, Sponsorship and Allyship23:15 How to convince older devs to try new tech? Address their concerns...2021-04-1745 min
The Swyx MixtapeDunbar's Number: Pt 1 - HierarchyRobin Dunbar did an interview to coincide with his new book, and there are surprising depths to Dunbar's Number that isn't normally picked up by commentators.Audio source: https://play.acast.com/s/intelligencesquared/thescienceoffriendship-withrobindunbarandhelenczerskiShare this clip on Twitter!swyx: [00:00:00] I think people who work in community and social networks think a lot about Dunbar's Number, and i was pretty surprised to hear Robin Dunbar actually talk about it recently so here's a clip from his recent interview:Helen Czerski: [00:00:12] Let's get onto the numbers a little bit. There are t...2021-04-1205 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Swyx on Svelte — CodingCat PodcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfZm0tPUxjESite: https://codingcat.dev/podcast/1-15-whats-up-with-svelteDetailsShawn or perhaps more popularly known as, Swyx, is a frequent writer and speaker best known for the Learn in Public movement and recently published The Coding Career Handbook with more advice for engineers going from Junior to Senior. He has worked for Netlify and AWS and is also the co-host of the Svelte Radio podcast.QuestionsWhere are you living these days?What is Svelte and how is it different from other...2021-04-1041 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] GraphQL, Learning in Public, and AWS with Loren Sands-RamshawLoren Sands-Ramshaw: https://lorensr.me/The GraphQL Guide (coming soon): https://graphql.guide/TranscriptLoren Sands-Ramshaw: [00:00:00] So welcome Shawn to the GraphQL Guide interview with Shawn Swyx Wang. Is that swyx: [00:00:04] it? I pronounce that, right. It's it's my Chinese and English initials. And it's just a branding that I'm leaned into because it's unique. Yeah. I think it's great. Loren Sands-Ramshaw: [00:00:11] Yeah, definitely unique. So for those of our readers who don't yet know you, swyx: [00:00:15] Who are you, what do you do?Cool. I'm...2021-04-0335 minThe Swyx MixtapeYour Calendar as Todo ListMy tweet thread: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1364107473724919809?s=20Audio source: https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/nir-eyal/ (40 mins in)Future edit: Followup episode with Cal Newport on Time Block PlanningMain Points1. Prioritize the hard stuff not the distracting stuff 2. Todo lists don't have constraints, Calendars do3. Self image of Person Who Gets Things DoneTranscriptswyx: [00:00:00] I want to share with you an idea that I've been recently very obsessed with, and it comes like many things from Cal Newport. But I'm going to use...2021-04-0105 minThe Swyx MixtapeDon't Throw in JavaScriptAudio source: https://www.svelteradio.com/episodes/svelte-language-tools-with-simon-holthausen (55 mins in)My blogpost: Errors are Not Exceptionsswyx: [00:00:00] A while ago, I started learning Go and found that there was an interesting difference between how Go handles errors and exceptions compared to JavaScript. So I wrote a blog post called errors versus exceptions. And that blogpost really stuck in my mind so much so that in a recent episode of Svelte Radio i pulled it out again as my unpopular opinion so here it is.All right. Other unpopular opinions...2021-04-0104 minThe Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Marketing to Developers, Learnin in Public, and Communities as Marketplaces with Patrick Woods on the Developer Love PodcastAfter this podcast recording, I wrote Technical Community Builder is the Hottest New Job in Tech which went into further detail on my thoughts on Community! Audio source: https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/developer-love/ep-15-learning-in-public-with-shawn-swyx-wangSHOW NOTESGeoffrey Moore’s Crossing the Chasm/r/ReactJSTaming the Meta Language by Cheng LouAvis is No. 2. We Try HarderMetcalfe’s LawReed’s LawClubhouseCMXUdemyThe Community FundWorking in Public by Nadia EghbalHacking Communities by Laís de OliveiraPrettierTransistor.fmStripeTRANSCRIPTPatrick Woods: Awesome. Swyx, thanks so much for coming on the show to...2021-03-2044 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Clubhouse, Ghostwriting, and Parodying on the LogRocket PodcastHad a really good chat with Brian (Director of Content) and Ben (Co-Founder) from LogRocket and towards the end we even found out a long kept secret about Ben's JS Parody alter-ego!Show notes and audio source: https://podrocket.logrocket.com/swyxShare via tweet: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/13693485601987133632021-03-1336 min
Heavybit Podcast Network Master FeedDeveloper Love - Ep. #15, Learning in Public with Shawn “Swyx” Wang of TemporalIn episode 15 of Developer Love, Patrick speaks with Shawn “Swyx” Wang of Temporal. They discuss divorcing your identity from your work, transparency in developer marketing, and the merits of learning in public.2021-03-1144 min
Developer LoveEp. #15, Learning in Public with Shawn “Swyx” WangIn episode 15 of Developer Love, Patrick speaks with Shawn “Swyx” Wang of Temporal. They discuss divorcing your identity from your work, transparency in developer marketing, and the merits of learning in public.
The post Ep. #15, Learning in Public with Shawn “Swyx” Wang appeared first on Heavybit.2021-03-1144 minDeveloper LoveEp. #15, Learning in Public with Shawn “Swyx” WangIn episode 15 of Developer Love, Patrick speaks with Shawn “Swyx” Wang of Temporal. They discuss divorcing your identity from your work, transparency in developer marketing, and the merits of learning in public.2021-03-1144 minThe Swyx MixtapeTOFU, MOFU, and BOFU ContentThis week's clip from the Startup To Last podcast: https://www.startuptolast.com/episodes/hardcore-week-building-a-content-siteFurther reading on TOFU/MOFU/BOFU: https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/what-is-tofu-mofu-bofu---Transcript:Swyx: [00:00:00] I was listening to the Startup to Last podcast by Rick Lindquist, the founder of LegUp Ventures and Tyler King, the founder of Less Annoying CRM. And they were talking about this interesting marketing concepts called TOFU, MOFU and BOFU. And I'm going to let them explain itRick Lindquist: [00:00:16] Tofu is top of the funnel T O F...2021-03-1003 min
PodRocket - A web development podcast from LogRocketShawn Swyx Wang: swyxtape vol. 1Ben and Brian talk to Shawn Wang, better known as Swyx, about infinite building, his experience as a Reddit moderator, blogging platforms, scaling developer relations, and more.
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https://twitter.com/swyx
https://www.swyx.io
https://www.swyx.io/clubhouse-hate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow
https://www.reddit.com/r/reactjs
https://testautomationu.applitools.com
https://explorers.netlify.com
https://odyssey.apollographql.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/lucidchart
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCELSb-IYi_d5rYFOxWeOz5g
https://medium...2021-03-0937 min
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Digital Gardening w/ Maggie AppletonMaggie and swyx hosted a Clubhouse chat this weekend on Digital Gardens. Here are show notes for ongoing conversations so you can dig in further!Maggie’s garden: https://maggieappleton.com/ Swyx’s garden: https://www.swyx.io/ideas, http://github.com/sw-yx/spark-joy (and other repos)Comments and extra questions welcome!## RecordingYouTube Recording Here and Commentable Transcript is Here!This podcast audio was automatically edited for pauses and filler words via Descript. It gets a little choppy about 45mins in, but otherwise seems ok?## Thing...2021-02-141h 07
The Swyx Mixtape[Weekend Drop] Building SwipeFiles.com with Corey HainesCorey Haines (https://www.coreyhaines.co/) was most recently Head of Growth at Baremetrics and just went fulltime on SwipeFiles.com.I interviewed Corey for the Creators group that I run. I figured I could strip out the audio of our Zoom chat for a surprise Weekend Drop! It was full of inspiration on indiehacking (11 minute mark), the sunk cost fallacy (16 minute mark), cold emailing (18 minute mark), his work on Swipe Files (23 minute mark), his work on SavvyCal (32 minute mark) and marketing (46 minutes). The full show notes and discussion is available in our...2021-02-0858 min
FSJam PodcastEpisode 12 - Amplify and DataStore with Shawn (Swyx) WangShawn (Swyx) Wang works on Developer Experience at AWS Amplify.In this episode we discuss Amplify, DataStore, the difference between teaching and learning in public, migrating existing projects to AWS, containers vs. serverless, and the endgame of layer 2 clouds.Shawn (Swyx) WangTwitterswyx's siteSvelte RadioCareer ChatsLinksAWS AmplifyAmplify Framework DocumentationAmplify-jsYou Can Run Containers on AWS Amplify NowReact Single File Components Are HereRedwoodJS Fargate DeploymentFrontend Application BundlesDataStoreThe Third Age of JavaScript2021-01-1838 min
Developer TeaLearning in Public w/ Shawn Swyx Wang (part 2)Today, we're continuing the discussion of learning in public with guest, Shawn Swyx Wang. Swyx is best known for being the Reactjs subreddit mod, and recently released the book, "The Coding Career Handbook". In this part 2 with Swyx, we focus in on productivity, strategy and tactics of senior vs. junior engineers and what beginning engineers can do to level up in their career.🌎 Swyx on the WebSwyx Twitter Swyx Personal WebsiteSwyx on GitHubThe Coding Career Handbook use code DEVTEA30 at checkout to enjoy 30% offLearninPublic.org ✨ Sponsor: New RelicThank...2020-12-0933 minDeveloper TeaLearning in Public w/ Shawn Swyx Wang (part 1)This week, we continue the discussion of learning in public with guest, Shawn Swyx Wang. Swyx is best known for being the Reactjs subreddit mod, and recently released the book, "The Coding Career Handbook". In this part 1 with Swyx, we discuss his background and how he got started in engineering. 🌎 Swyx on the WebSwyx Twitter Swyx Personal WebsiteSwyx on GitHubThe Coding Career Handbook use code DEVTEA30 at checkout to enjoy 30% offLearninPublic.org✨ Sponsor: LinodeThank you to long time sponsor and friends of the show Linode for sponsoring today's epi...2020-12-0727 min
React Podcast114: Shawn Swyx Wang on The Coding Career HandbookShawn Swyx Wang opens up about his new book The Coding Career Handbook: Guides, Principles, Strategies, and Tactics from Code Newbie to Senior Dev.
His book shines a spotlight on career patterns and practices that many had to learn the hard way — you know, up hill in the snow both ways 🧓
chantastic asks about his favorite lessons in the book but there are so many more that they don't cover.
If you have an appetite for more, get your copy of The Coding Career Handbook at learninpublic.org.2020-10-151h 08
React Podcast114: Shawn Swyx WangNews!We have a YouTube channel for React Podcast 🥳Watch the livestream of this chat with Swyx and Subscribe for future chats!FeaturingShawn Swyx Wang — Twitter, GitHub, Websitechantastic — Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteLinksThe Coding Career Handbook — The Missing ManualFor Junior To Senior Devsr/react on redditCSS4 on css-tricksLindy Effect on Wikipedia"Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask." — Tim Ferriss, Tribe of MentorsBig L Notation on swyx.iowizard zines — by Julia EvansCode Cartoons by Lin ClarkAtomic Habits on AmazonSponsorsAWS Ampli...2020-10-151h 08