Swizec's articles in the "ast" 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 16 articles filed under ast. Enjoy ❤️
Software Engineering Lessons from Production
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Getting from junior to senior
The difference in salary between a junior and senior engineer can be orders of magnitude. Many multiples at least. But what's the difference in mindset that gets you there?
November 19th, 2021
Your job as an engineer is to make yourself unnecessary
November 9th, 2021
Balancing serious sidehustles and full-time work
Erik, the author of Developer Hegemony and founder of Hit Subscribe, invited me to chat about balancing sidehustles and full-time work
November 5th, 2021
Build simple backends with Gatsby Serverless Functions
Until recently adding a little backend to your Gatsby site meant 2 options:
1. Climbing the AWS learning curve 2. Rewrite with NextJS
Now there's an /api directory 😱
August 24th, 2021
"silicon valley is like hollywood"
and I don't mean Silicon Valley the place, I mean Silicon Valley the concept.
January 29th, 2021
It's good to be back, but I still don't know where I like it more
October 15th, 2014
Feedback my sample d3.js screencast
May 15th, 2014
LICEcap - best screen capture tool I've ever used
November 14th, 2013
What writing a book feels like
November 14th, 2012
Apple just doesn't get it anymore
October 24th, 2012
Nondeterministic turing machine simulator in 23 lines of JavaScript
November 23rd, 2011
TV's are now computers O.o
November 14th, 2011
Parsing JavaScript with JavaScript
November 11th, 2011
Spending money online is crazy hard!
September 24th, 2011
Crayons ... best productivity hack ever?
July 21st, 2011
Apple's Ping is a big pile of steaming dung
September 3rd, 2010
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. 👌"