Swizec's articles in the "side projects" category
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Below are 64 articles filed under side projects. Enjoy ❤️
Software Engineering Lessons from Production
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5 apps with the modern web stack
January 29th, 2020
Most professional engineers can't build an app from scratch
January 20th, 2020
5 crazy ideas that make $1,000/month
January 17th, 2020
Building software is a distraction
September 20th, 2019
Indie startup more profitable than Uber 😛
February 18th, 2019
How I sidehustled $180k and why it almost killed my business
December 31st, 2018
React for Dataviz Turkey 🦃 sale report for the curious
November 28th, 2018
Oh the things you can learn with a fun weekend hack project 🏗
November 19th, 2018
How virtual memory saves lives, workshops, and your sanity
August 21st, 2018
Answering some common questions about React + D3 2018
August 2nd, 2018
How running a side business is a lot like running a marathon
July 25th, 2018
The surprising benefit of hiring interns to write your code
July 20th, 2018
Hire these interns
July 10th, 2018
Upgrading to Gatsby v2 with the help of the hivemind 👌
June 26th, 2018
Some tricks I learned recording & publishing an educational video every day for 30 days
May 24th, 2018
What I learned at MicroConf Growth 2018
May 10th, 2018
Does blogging really drive sales?
April 17th, 2018
Working IN your career vs. ON your career
March 7th, 2018
The story of my family is the story of survivorship bias's other side
February 19th, 2018
Don't say yes when you're happy
January 17th, 2018
Am I thinking too small?
January 11th, 2018
How I sidehustled $72,167 last year, and what I wanna do next
January 3rd, 2018
My new 5K monitor – LG UltraFine 5K 😱
December 11th, 2017
$2535 November sidehustle report
December 4th, 2017
$16,863 October sidehustle report
November 2nd, 2017
What I learned from teaching StubHub about React and Redux
October 17th, 2017
$9013 September sidehustle report – or why the React + D3v4 launch was not 6 figures or even 5
October 4th, 2017
$2629 August sidehustle report
September 8th, 2017
The story behind React + D3v4
August 22nd, 2017
$3426 July sidehustle report
August 2nd, 2017
How to start a sidehustle
July 20th, 2017
$4093 June sidehustle report
July 3rd, 2017
Initial Results of my Patreon Experiment
June 19th, 2017
First day with a new 2017 MacBook Pro
June 15th, 2017
$2890 May sidehustle report
June 6th, 2017
What happened to React + D3v4?
May 10th, 2017
How I Got Boned by Taxes Two Years in a Row
May 4th, 2017
$2529 April sidehustle report
May 3rd, 2017
$5874 March sidehustle report
April 4th, 2017
Why I don't write more Nightowls type stuff
April 3rd, 2017
Why People Read my Weekly Emails
March 20th, 2017
This is how I connected my Canon DSLR as a webcam
March 9th, 2017
$3875 February sidehustle report
March 7th, 2017
Nights and Weekends
January 23rd, 2017
What I learned while 6x-ing my income in 4 years
January 9th, 2017
React Indie Bundle flopped. Here's why.
December 9th, 2016
These 19 Words are the Only Self-Help & Business Advice You Need
November 7th, 2016
Some facts about US household income
September 29th, 2016
I Got Schooled
September 2nd, 2016
After a year, my first business diary retires
August 26th, 2016
The ES6 Cheatsheet story and results
August 17th, 2016
The surprising difficulty of paying the US government
June 23rd, 2016
Things I learned from doing my first workshop
June 9th, 2016
Why I switched to making products
June 3rd, 2016
Does it even make sense to move to San Francisco?
May 13th, 2016
React Indie Bundle report, or how we made $31k in a week
December 18th, 2015
It took me ten months to write a video course
February 5th, 2015
I published a book with a publisher. Here's what the journey was like.
October 29th, 2013
Facebook ads: good for likes, bad for sales
June 12th, 2013
Why every entrepreneur should take up boxing
February 10th, 2012
Why programmers work at night
December 15th, 2011
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. 👌"