Swizec's articles in the "indie hacking" 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 6 articles filed under indie hacking. Enjoy ❤️
Software Engineering Lessons from Production
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It made me $500k but I think content is a bad business
Why I didn't become a full-time creator/educator
The market always wins
No amount of growth hacking, investor money, or a/b testing will save you, if people don't want what you have.
How I used indie hacking to sponsor my own greencard
The longest project of my life
How I stopped chasing mice in 2021
How a focus on long-term games changed my approach to everything and calmed down my life
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
Why and how I built my own course platform
Why the heck did I build a course platform for ServerlessReact.Dev when services like Teachable, Podia, Thinkific, and such already exist? Because of friction my friend.
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. 👌"