Swizec's articles in the "life" category
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Software Engineering Lessons from Production
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On becoming tech lead
A few weeks ago I made tech lead, a type of staff engineer. Here are my thoughts on what that means, how it happened, and why you'd want such a thing.
November 5th, 2022
How to rewrite your app while growing to a $100,000,000 series B
When you're in a company desperately trying to meet demand, *ship*. You'll have money, time, and professionals to fix code later. Even if you start with jQuery.
September 18th, 2021
Pay yourself first
Profit is not what's left after expenses, expenses are what's left after profit.
July 30th, 2021
Lifepath.me is the shiniest web thing
June 17th, 2011
The mountains are beautiful magnificent beasts
July 26th, 2010
Barefoot running
July 6th, 2010
Today was the worst day I've ever had
June 21st, 2010
The upcoming month right out from hell!
May 31st, 2010
Malo delo? Poserjem se na vas in vaše demonstracije
May 18th, 2010
Tracking runs is fun! :D
April 30th, 2010
First hike of the season
April 26th, 2010
Do you memento mori?
April 21st, 2010
The sad state of BlackBerry apps
April 19th, 2010
Processing as-you-read in clojure
April 12th, 2010
How I justified a weekend of videogaming and gorging as an exercise in hardcore personal improvement
April 6th, 2010
Yay my blog is up and running again! :D
March 29th, 2010
Student+entrepreneur != hard
March 18th, 2010
The bliss and curse of mindsets
March 15th, 2010
How Men Who Stare At Goats gave me a breakthrough
February 26th, 2010
The real-time WebCamp bash
February 21st, 2010
Exam season eats time like women, internet and television combined
February 15th, 2010
Apple pulls another Newton with the iPad
January 27th, 2010
Python multiprocessing is fucking sweet
January 18th, 2010
How ikigai has changed my style
January 12th, 2010
How Lisp changed my style
January 11th, 2010
Ljubljana hasn't heard of plows --> snow driving yayz!
January 8th, 2010
The greatest casual game ever devised
January 6th, 2010
3 pikchurs of a pretty goat
January 4th, 2010
Kids, shrooms are fucking cool
January 1st, 2010
Rape has never been so beautiful
December 31st, 2009
These are the times I love my job
December 28th, 2009
Like Angelina and Scarlet having sex with your eyes
December 23rd, 2009
Holidays - finally some time to work!
December 21st, 2009
How the card is chosen
December 18th, 2009
How I discovered one of the greatest influences on my life
December 15th, 2009
Switching from apache to nginx is a dream
December 14th, 2009
The webcomics I love
December 13th, 2009
Why the digital book revolution is stupid
December 8th, 2009
Heaven is where your code lies
December 7th, 2009
Lost a freelance project, but gained a knowledge
December 2nd, 2009
Shaved! \o/
December 1st, 2009
Webcamp Ljubljana was a blast
November 29th, 2009
A portfolio is born
November 17th, 2009
Howto convince the iStore you're from the US and circumvent regional copyright restrictions
November 12th, 2009
The power of 20 minutes - an inspiration
November 12th, 2009
NaNoWriMo day3, when nothing happens
November 3rd, 2009
Gonzo Steampunk Vampires, Halloween and Beards
November 1st, 2009
Ubuntu release party, start:up and weed
October 30th, 2009
My life is a derivative of a derivative
October 11th, 2009
How I kicked my caffeine habbit in 10 painful steps
October 7th, 2009
From idea to seedcamp application in a week
August 24th, 2009
Having discipline is painful
August 17th, 2009
Running bloody hurts
July 18th, 2009
Linear algebra assistants are the RIAA
July 7th, 2009
The game of Quantum Wolf Hunt
May 31st, 2009
Coraline 3D was fab
May 25th, 2009
Debauchery at BcLj2
May 16th, 2009
Videogame realism - ouch
April 30th, 2009
Change is good, change we like
April 23rd, 2009
A King was happy to give me his palace
April 2nd, 2009
Man better transport than Car
March 16th, 2009
Moved to wordpress
March 15th, 2009
Dietary experiments
March 10th, 2009
World of Goo is the third game I ever bought legally
March 7th, 2009
Online buzz is quite cool
February 13th, 2009
This is why I hate mornings
February 10th, 2009
Girls night and writing
January 25th, 2009
Exam season and analysis fail
January 23rd, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe was 200 yesterday
January 20th, 2009
My barcamp Ljubljana report
January 18th, 2009
Powernaps and gambling
January 13th, 2009
Bitter cold and Neil Gaiman
January 12th, 2009
And so it ends
January 1st, 2009
In year 2009 I will ...
December 29th, 2008
Seven christmas truths
December 24th, 2008
My first weekly photowalk
November 24th, 2008
Old at one and twenty
November 23rd, 2008
I are officially kind of smart
November 19th, 2008
Took IQ test - found problem
November 10th, 2008
Moo cards - best thing since kitten litter
November 7th, 2008
Late-night fun
October 29th, 2008
Wien is nothing special
October 22nd, 2008
Blackberries are arsehats
October 16th, 2008
Twitter solves massive bug
October 13th, 2008
Switching to feed readers
October 8th, 2008
17 hour workday Sunday
October 6th, 2008
Sex, fun and games
September 28th, 2008
Thoughts of a lonesome writer on a Thursday cocktail
September 25th, 2008
Stock markets collapsing - buy buy buy buy!
September 18th, 2008
Dressing funnily
September 17th, 2008
Hug a developer
September 12th, 2008
Who killed Amanda Palmer
September 9th, 2008
Importance of good office equipment
September 2nd, 2008
Dieting with results in a week
August 25th, 2008
Typing versus shouting
August 22nd, 2008
Plans and scams
August 19th, 2008
Divination by coin
August 15th, 2008
Writing
August 11th, 2008
Perl will solve your bug!
July 31st, 2008
The fabled, but lazy, day
July 30th, 2008
Coding, farting and bicycles
July 27th, 2008
And that's how holidays destroyed the world.
July 25th, 2008
I'm an idiot, but a merry one
July 20th, 2008
Dude! The blog is read :O
July 18th, 2008
How life sucks the fun out of all
July 11th, 2008
<insert deity> bless opensource
July 9th, 2008
PhP conference
July 7th, 2008
Firefox 3.0 release party
June 26th, 2008
Blogres 2k8
June 21st, 2008
Victims of modern education
June 18th, 2008
The pain of a dead domain
June 15th, 2008
Whiteboard of mind
June 3rd, 2008
The carnival the carnival
May 29th, 2008
IPSC 2k8
May 26th, 2008
The Dresden Dolls Insanity
May 13th, 2008
Code monkeys
May 8th, 2008
Fool of an april
April 2nd, 2008
Knowing how to fight can be very helpful
March 30th, 2008
My brain is a vector
March 26th, 2008
Heading for dystopia or utopia?
March 2nd, 2008
Short penis
February 5th, 2008
Appaling customer service at Harvey Norman
January 19th, 2008
Opensource delight
January 16th, 2008
Exams and revolutions
January 14th, 2008
Death of Lestat
January 2nd, 2008
Dreamhosting
December 29th, 2007
In sickness and in death
December 19th, 2007
Maths and poetry
December 9th, 2007
Punk
December 4th, 2007
Living statue
November 1st, 2007
First week
October 7th, 2007
Gym
September 3rd, 2007
Summaries and kisses
August 21st, 2007
She lives!
August 7th, 2007
Medievalness
July 23rd, 2007
Bookses
July 9th, 2007
Dusty death
July 2nd, 2007
And we're done
June 23rd, 2007
Dissatisfactions
June 19th, 2007
Gertrude
June 14th, 2007
Penguin species
June 10th, 2007
Studying scrubs
June 6th, 2007
Deter heat
May 30th, 2007
17. Maj
May 28th, 2007
Battles
May 15th, 2007
Nude mountain
April 30th, 2007
Tea
April 27th, 2007
Reality?
April 24th, 2007
Busy busy busy
April 17th, 2007
New Phone
April 9th, 2007
Card projectile
April 3rd, 2007
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. 👌"