Swizec's articles in the "review" 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 45 articles filed under review. Enjoy ❤️
Software Engineering Lessons from Production
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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
January 3rd, 2023
How I stopped chasing mice in 2021
How a focus on long-term games changed my approach to everything and calmed down my life
December 31st, 2021
25 lessons from 25 years of coding
Today is my birthday which means I've been coding for 25 years. A quarter century 😱 Here's 25 lessons I've learned about code. In no particular order.
October 25th, 2021
Reflecting on 2020
The year that felt like a drag and ended in the blink of an eye.
January 2nd, 2021
5 years of books & courses or how I made $369,000 on the side
5 years ago I moved to America to chase a dream 👉 stop selling time.
July 21st, 2020
How my bank account went from $909 to $50,000 in 2019
January 3rd, 2020
4 years of coding in San Francisco, lessons learned
April 15th, 2019
Q1 2019 in Swizec LLC land #open
April 4th, 2019
How I sidehustled $180k and why it almost killed my business
December 31st, 2018
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October 26th, 2018
How I sidehustled $72,167 last year, and what I wanna do next
January 3rd, 2018
Rape has never been so beautiful
December 31st, 2009
Everybody should watch Children of Men
December 28th, 2009
Like Angelina and Scarlet having sex with your eyes
December 23rd, 2009
Webcamp Ljubljana was a blast
November 29th, 2009
Snow Leopards in mah rooms!
September 2nd, 2009
Br
July 10th, 2009
Coraline 3D was fab
May 25th, 2009
Debauchery at BcLj2
May 16th, 2009
Videogame realism - ouch
April 30th, 2009
Battlestar Galactica - best video novel ever
March 31st, 2009
Safari 4 sucks. But how badly?
February 26th, 2009
My barcamp Ljubljana report
January 18th, 2009
Ljubljana Kabaret vs. London Cabaret
December 22nd, 2008
What does The Picture of Dorian Gray mean
December 14th, 2008
Five reasons a developer should avoid Adobe AIR
December 1st, 2008
Five reasons you should develop in Adobe AIR
November 27th, 2008
Clean Code and speed coding
November 17th, 2008
Took IQ test - found problem
November 10th, 2008
Moo cards - best thing since kitten litter
November 7th, 2008
Upgrading to ubuntu 8.10 hurts
November 3rd, 2008
Wien is nothing special
October 22nd, 2008
Blackberries are arsehats
October 16th, 2008
Boston Legal is a huge time hog
September 30th, 2008
Spore is better than fucking
September 7th, 2008
PhP conference
July 7th, 2008
We love the bugzilla and she loves us
July 4th, 2008
The modern decadent
July 1st, 2008
Lord of the dance
May 18th, 2008
Blogorola's "Hot'a'lot"
March 18th, 2008
Appaling customer service at Harvey Norman
January 19th, 2008
Punk
December 4th, 2007
The Second Eddy
June 11th, 2007
The Willows
June 11th, 2007
Memnoch the Devil
May 26th, 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. 👌"