Swizec's articles in the "personal" 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.
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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
Some personal news
When you see a unicorn, you gotta hop on
I'm a different engineer than I was 3 years ago
A reflection on engineering through The Hockeystick
Hard work doesn’t scale
Overtraining won't always get you to the finish line faster. Growth comes in cycles - rest, push hard, recover. Less can be more when it comes to achieving your goals
2274 miles in 9 days on a cafe racer
These pics are epic and you should see them
2022 year in review
The days are long, but the weeks are short. In the wash of our daily grind, you lose sight of what a year can bring. Or a decade! I like to take a moment around the new year to reflect and make plans
Getting off twitter, an experiment
ole Musky bought Twitter and the tech community threw a collective shitfit. The atmosphere of ragequitting, hand wringing, and aloof defiance gave me time to reflect: Why am *I* here?
I stopped using Google Analytics after 15 years
swizec.com has been around since 2005. For 15 of those years, it's been running Google Analytics to give me a sense of "Is anyone out there?". No more.
You do have time to build it twice
My talk from React Summit is now online, if you're curious. It's about code rewrites in the context of hyper growth startups. The ultimate sin. Or is it 🤔
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
Reflecting on 2020
The year that felt like a drag and ended in the blink of an eye.
Deep work December
do you ever feel like you're working working working and nothing is happening? Like a game character running against an invisible obstacle? That's how I've been feeling lately. Stuck.
Why engineers are worth so much
Engineers don't do the day to day work, they build assets the business can exploit for years to come. That's the magic
What makes you a senior software engineer anyway?
I used to think a senior engineer was someone who gets a project, understands the context, puts their head down, and gets it done. But no. A senior engineer does so much more than just write code and design systems.
A lesson in sales from the guy who sold me $1500 of gear when all I wanted was a $100 pair of gloves
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. 👌"