Swizec's articles in the "ai" category
I aim to write mindblowing emails with real insight into the career and skills of a modern software engineer. "Raw and honest from the heart!" as one reader described them.
Below are 54 articles filed under ai. Enjoy ❤️
Software Engineering Lessons from Production
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The programming tutorial SEO industry is dead
20 years ago greybeards laughed at us for Googling. Now they laugh when we ask ChatGPT. But the leverage is 🚀
March 28th, 2023
Build semantic search in an afternoon? Yep 🤯
Learn how to build a powerful semantic search engine in just 2 hours with the OpenAI API.
March 15th, 2023
Building browser extensions with NextJS
NextJS can be used to build browser extensions. This is a novel way of building extensions that allows developers to use familiar tools and technologies. Here's how
February 8th, 2023
Building apps with OpenAI and ChatGPT
Generative AI has made big strides in recent years. Diffusion models make decent art and modern large language models can out-write even the best college student on a deadline. Over the holidays I tried it out by building an app.
January 6th, 2023
Stable Diffusion on an iPad 🤯
When's the last time a piece of tech blew your mind? I tried stable diffusion on my new ipad and wow
November 22nd, 2022
Reader question: useReducer or XState?
Following up from my article about XState and Stately.ai, fellow reader S. asked if `useReducer` could ever be relevant when using state machines in React code. Yes! Here's how
November 11th, 2022
When your brain is breaking, try Stately.ai
Two years ago I wrote about using XState after building a UI interaction so twisted my brain leaked out my ears. It helped. Now the creators have made something even better – Stately.ai 😍
November 8th, 2022
WorkInProgress kills your progress
If it takes 6 engineers 10 days to complete 6 projects in parallel, why does it take 8 days when you work together 🤨
August 21st, 2021
Why a coding AI like Github Copilot won't take your job
It might. What's your job? If you're in the *"write code to exact specifications"* business ... now's a good time to start leveling up. The AI's not ready yet.
July 7th, 2021
Learning WebRTC peer-to-peer communication, part 1
May 7th, 2018
Blockchain-redux becomes useful, part 1
April 3rd, 2018
A blockchain-backed Redux clone in 105 lines of code
December 18th, 2017
Time is funny in Ruby
March 29th, 2017
Magic shiny paint
September 23rd, 2016
React Indie Bundle report, or how we made $31k in a week
December 18th, 2015
This is how lifestyle inflation snuck up on me
January 7th, 2015
Week 13, constructing logic circuits in mammalian cells
January 23rd, 2014
Adventures in homelessness
September 30th, 2013
A month on the road
September 2nd, 2013
Longtrip, surf's up dude
August 19th, 2013
Onboard a Delta transatlantic flight with tattered seats
June 29th, 2013
I infiltrated another Rails Girls event, #RailsGirlsMb
June 4th, 2013
Da Vinci - The Genius
February 26th, 2013
First impressions of Rails as a Javascripter
February 7th, 2013
I infiltrated #railsgirlslj, here's what it was like
December 17th, 2012
Cool thing Thursday: HelloSign
November 15th, 2012
A week in Paris
October 22nd, 2012
Markov chain poem trainer+generator in 29 sloc of Haskell
September 21st, 2012
A patent for swinging on a swing
June 12th, 2012
Three benefits of trying to gain weight
May 1st, 2012
Making our irc bot talk
April 25th, 2012
My impressions of Diablo 3
April 22nd, 2012
Selling to girls
March 20th, 2012
For better productivity, I watch 6 hours of TV a week
March 15th, 2012
The one book that gets me offline
March 13th, 2012
The greatest story I have to tell
February 7th, 2012
Music and The Zone
November 29th, 2011
Economy next on the noobs' list of things to ruin?
October 15th, 2011
I went through YC as an intern, here's what I learned
August 31st, 2011
I learned two things today 16.8.
August 17th, 2011
How Ayrton Senna can make you a better anything
August 12th, 2011
I learned two things today 10.8.
August 11th, 2011
I learned two things today 6.8.
August 7th, 2011
I learned two things today 31.7
July 31st, 2011
Crayons ... best productivity hack ever?
July 21st, 2011
The mountains are beautiful magnificent beasts
July 26th, 2010
How Men Who Stare At Goats gave me a breakthrough
February 26th, 2010
Everybody should watch Children of Men
December 28th, 2009
Shaved! \o/
December 1st, 2009
jQuery imageless buttons a la Google get an update
July 12th, 2009
Slovenia php conference day2 (live blogging)
June 6th, 2009
Coraline 3D was fab
May 25th, 2009
Adobe AIR's javascript no eval or include is moronic
March 25th, 2009
Software Engineering Lessons from Production
Join Swizec's Newsletter and get insightful emails 💌 on mindsets, tactics, and technical skills for your career. Real lessons from building production software. No bullshit.
"Man, love your simple writing! Yours is the only newsletter I open and only blog that I give a fuck to read & scroll till the end. And wow always take away lessons with me. Inspiring! And very relatable. 👌"