Swizec's articles in the "thoughts" 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 31 articles filed under thoughts. Enjoy ❤️
Software Engineering Lessons from Production
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Are you playing games you want to win?
As we enter the funny week-without-time between Christmas and New Year, it's a great time to reflect. Here's a framework I like to use.
What makes a real image?
What does a real image look like? The rise of modern AI photo editing and generation tools makes this an interesting question.
Why other people's code looks weird
Are you an organizer or a searcher? What about your team?
When it’s okay to work overtime
Not all overtime is bad overtime
What's your code for?
Perfect code that doesn't solve the problem is useless. Perfect metrics that don't serve the user are a distraction.
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. 👌"