
The Swyx Mixtape
swyx's personal picks pod.
Weekdays: the best audio clips from podcasts I listen to, in 10 minutes or less!
Fridays: Music picks!
Weekends: long form talks and conversations!
This is a passion project; never any ads, 100% just recs from me to people who like the stuff I like.
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Latest episodes

Aug 29, 2023 • 14min
[AI] Hacker News Recap clip - wondercraft.ai

Jul 31, 2023 • 2h 5min
Freecodecamp podcast #2
I 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-founder

Jul 2, 2023 • 1h 53min
[Weekend Drop] The Rise of the AI Engineer
One 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.

18 snips
Jun 10, 2023 • 52min
[Weekend Drop] swyx on Productivity and leverage
Video and pull quotes: https://www.humanskills.co/p/human-skills-012-productivity-and

May 14, 2023 • 50min
[Weekend Drop] swyx on smol developer
smol developer took off this week. we convened a special twitter space to talk about what we should do next.

May 8, 2023 • 14min
[Business] Why and How you should Open Source your code - David Cramer
david cramer speaks on why he believes in open source businesses, and why specifically you should use BSL and not the other stuff.https://www.se-radio.net/2023/05/se-radio-563-david-cramer-on-error-tracking/ 1hr in

Feb 4, 2023 • 1h 8min
[Weekend Drop] No Code Jamstack (in 2019) - swyx on Software Engineering Daily
revived 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 typical software engineering model of writing code.No-code tools do not solve everything. You can’t use a no-code tool to build a high performance distributed database, or a real-time multiplayer video game. But they are certainly useful for building internal tools and basic CRUD applications.We know that no-code tools can create value. But how do they fit into the overall workflow of a software company? How should teams be arranged now that knowledge workers can build certain kinds of software without writing code? And how should no-code systems interface with the monoliths, microservices, and APIs that we have building for years?Shawn Wang is an engineer with Netlify, a cloud provider that is focused on delivering high-quality development and deployment experience. Netlify is not a no-code platform, but Shawn has explored and written about the potential of no-code systems. Since he comes from a code-heavy background, he is well-positioned to give a realistic perspective on how no-code systems might evolve to play a role in the typical software development lifecycle.

Feb 3, 2023 • 14min
[Business] Community Games: from MUDs to MMORPGs - Gamecraft
https://overcast.fm/+-qMwI0I10/17:00

Feb 2, 2023 • 23min
[Business] Mobile Games: from iOS to Facebook/Zynga/Farmville to King/Candy Crush
https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/gamecraft/the-calculus-of-fun-ep-3-vaT0YeDE68S/

Feb 1, 2023 • 19min
[Business] Casual Games: from Deer Hunter to Snake - Gamecraft
from the start https://overcast.fm/+-qMx_5Oqo
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