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The Origin of Yahoo [Jerry Yang]
The incredible origin story of Yahoo from start to $850m IPO in 2 years.
[Weekend Drop] Temporal — the iPhone of System Design
Why I joined Temporal.io
[Music Fridays] Tori Kelly Unplugged
A sampling of Tori Kelly on "Quarantea with Tori".
The Secret To Great Interviewing [Debbie Millman, Jay Acunzo]
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
The Genius of Apple's Name [Brent Schlender]
A powerful property of Apple's name that I had never considered before.
Elegant Software [Joel Spolsky]
Two anecdotes from StackOverflow founder Joel Spolsky, on how Google and Amazon wrote elegant software that balances simplicity and power.
The Challenges of Building Community [Tropical MBA]
Community is so hot right now, but nobody ever talks about the downsides.
[Weekend Drop] Why Invest in Developer Community? GitHub OCTO Speaker Series
I was invited to present for GitHub's Office of the CTO and chatted dev community with Idan Gazit and Brian Douglas!
[Music Fridays] Still Alive - Frank Sinatra Swing Cover
An amazing cover of a classic computer game song.
How to Be Kelsey Hightower [Kelsey Hightower]
You're no better than anyone else, and no one is better than you.
How To Die Well [Kathryn Mannix]
The questions and rituals to prepare for death, practically and emotionally.
How to Explain Things Well [Neil deGrasse Tyson]
Write it down, practice it a lot, watch how people react.
How to Get Rid of Phobias [This American Life]
The Nuclear Option for overriding Fear of Spiders.
[Modern Web] Swyx on Side Projects
My thoughts on shipping The Coding Career Handbook as a Side Project, and tips and tricks on how to do it well.
[Music Fridays] Dear Theodosia Cover — Trey Mclaughlin, Jamal Moore, & Arthur Chapman
A beautiful arrangement and performance of the song from Hamilton
The Race to Remote [Marc Andreeesen]
Why the future is remote work and location independent pay.
Snorkel.ai: Unlocking Subject Matter Experts to make Software 2.0 [Alex Ratner]
Snorkel.ai CEO Alex Ratner explains the big idea behind SnorkelFlow and I explain why I think it's a big deal.
Dispatch from LA [swyx]
I've moved back to the US! An audio update.
[DataTalks.Club] Swyx on Marketing Yourself
I joined Alexey Grigorev's DataTalks.Club podcast to talk How to Market Yourself (without Being a Celebrity).
[Music Fridays] Baba Yetu — Christopher Tin
The theme song of humanity.
Writing Advice [David Perell, Courtland Allen]
5 tips to improve your writing.
Everything is a Remix [Kirby Ferguson]
Everything is copied - although Apple didn't copy as much from Xerox as most people say.
wtf is dbt? [Drew Banin]
dbt is taking the data eng world by storm. this is the best 10 minutes i've heard on it.
The REAL Lesson of Tuesdays with Morrie [Mitch Albom]
Meditations on the meaning of life from Morrie Schwartz and Maya Angelou.
[Second Brain 5] Finale
I am a mentor for the Notion Advanced track of Tiago Forte's Building a Second Brain, Cohort 12. This is the cleaned up audio of the last of 5 mentorship sessions with Q&A at the end.
[Music Fridays] In The Heights — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
I just watched the new In The Heights movie and had to mixtape my favorite moments!
Apple Pie Positions and Certainty Theater [Shreyas Doshi]
How people unintentionally obstruct progress by asking for perfectly reasonable things.
Cloudflare at TechCrunch Disrupt 2010 [Matthew Prince]
Listen to Cloudflare's pitch when it was just 3 people at TechCrunch. Would you have invested?
EPOC Personal Branding [Sam Parr, Shaan Puri]
The extremes people go to in order to reinforce a personal brand.
The Goddess of Everything Else [George Hotz, Scott Alexander]
A short story with a message of hope for the future, recommended and read by a unique, brilliant mind.