The Swyx Mixtape
Episodes
Normalcy — Never Again
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Clip source: Cautionary Tales on MLK and improvising speech- Original draft of "Normalcy Never Again"- Full text of "I Have A Dream" as spoken- Dream ...
JavaScript: Lovechild of Java and Scheme
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Eich was on the Lex Fridman podcast recently and gave some new perspective on what and why JavaScript borrowed from Java, and yet took from Sc...
Pick Up What They Put Down Vol. 1
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Examples from Mikael Cho, Khe Hy, and Howard Tayler:Audio sources:- Khe Hy on the Nathan Barry Podcast (22 mins in)- Mikael Cho on the Creator Lab Pod...
The Brink of Failure
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Examples from: Justin Kan and Matt ArbesfeldAudio clips:- Justin Kan's origin story (26ish mins in)- Matt Arbesfeld of LogRocket in Software Engineeri...
[Weekend Drop] Q&A on the Scrimba Livestream
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6A0jVDRymwHere were the questions she sent me, though the audience asked a few others:1. Can you tell u...
Gaga Unplugged
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lady Gaga sang Million Reasons on the Howard Stern Show in 2016.Audio Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av99SbpsNto&feature=youtu.be
The Picking Experts Problem
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Naval's old tweet featured 3 things: - "A fit body, a calm mind, a house full of love. These things cannot be bought - they must be earned." Now he is...
ARK ETFs and General Purpose Technologies
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ARK ETFs have had a monster performance in the past few years, and core to their process is this obscure theory of General Purpose Technology. They us...
How Daft Punk Samples Music
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The original song is More Spell on You by Eddie John (1979).Audio source is from Tracklib: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QwOpRh-IfI
Audio's Dunbar Number
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Audio source: https://share.transistor.fm/s/5337aec0Do you have a question you'd like me to address? Email me (sound files welcome!) swyx @ hey dot co...
Jay Acunzo on Starting and Ending a Podcast
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Warmup questions:- Do you have any pets at home? Why? If X were a person, what would he be?- What would be your last meal on Earth? If you had to choo...
Stop Worrying About Cold Starts
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sources (both podcasts are fully transcripted)- Serverless Properties with Johann Schleier-Smith: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2021/02/11/serv...
The Princess Bride: Home Movie
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a fan of The Princess Bride, you can watch the star-studded 2020 Quibi home video remake here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1494&v=lR...
Estée Lauder
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From Business Wars, which is very good for historical narratives..Audio source: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/business-wars/est%C3%A9e-lauder-v...
Beyoncé Unplugged
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2011, Beyoncé visited the child cancer ward at the National University Hospital in Singapore and performed three songs. Her ridiculous talent shin...
[Weekend Drop] Digital Gardening w/ Maggie Appleton
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie and swyx hosted a Clubhouse chat this weekend on Digital Gardens. Here are show notes for ongoing conversations so you can dig in further!Maggi...
The Race of Our Lives
13 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Audio source with transcript: Jeremy Grantham on the Meb Faber PodcastRead the full paper: (which is investment focused) The Race of Our Lives Revisi...
The Elicitation Technique
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Clip Source:- Jordan Harbinger Show: jack Schafer | Getting People to Reveal the Truth
[Music Friday] P!nk
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
- Raise Your Glass Official Music Video- There You Go Official Music Video- Just Give Me A Reason ft. Nate Ruess but do me a favor and MAKE SURE to ch...
Closed Core, Open Shell
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An interesting idea I heard on the StackOverflow Podcast - locking open source code to contributions, and then having an open plugin ecosystem where p...
Elon on Bitcoin
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today I feature a clip from Elon's recent Clubhouse interview, just after he bought $1.5 billion in bitcoin. It mostly just has a funny story, rather ...
[Weekend Drop] Building SwipeFiles.com with Corey Haines
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corey Haines (https://www.coreyhaines.co/) was most recently Head of Growth at Baremetrics and just went fulltime on SwipeFiles.com.I interviewed Core...
Early 2010's The Onion
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Onion TV was darkly hilarious.- Today Now! Interviews The 5-Year-Old Screenwriter Of "Fast Five"- Political Talk Show Host Suddenly Very Intereste...
Empathy, The Hard Way
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's a good idea to have toolmakers use their own tools, and a good idea to learn to do it the hard way.- Kelsey Hightower on the Sourcegraph Podcast-...
Nullius in Verba
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the full chapter of the Data Detective audiobook and check out Tim Harford's podcast, Cautionary Tales.Because of course you shouldn't take ...
Hybrid Calisthenics
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hampton is the most wholesome and motivating person on YouTube in under 1 minute!- Hybrid Calisthenics on YouTube- Free bodyweight workout routine on...
Everything You Hate About Clubhouse Is Why It Will Win
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the audio version of a blogpost I published today. Comments on Dev.to and Twitter.---Trust me, I tried to make the Clubhouse bear case.The ori...
Take Back Your Life From YouTube
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A great tip I learned from Cal Newport's Podcast, Episode 66, which I highly recommend.- Distraction Free YouTube Chrome Extension
Jack Conte
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CEO of Patreon, and a damn good musician. Inspiration of the day!- Jack Conte TED Talk - How Artists can Finally Get Paid- Scary Pockets YouTube Chann...
Digital Scarcity (Explicit)
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Beeple made one piece of digital art a day for 10 years. He had never been directly paid for this work before. In one weekend, he auctioned it off for...
The Yes Ladder
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Yes Ladder is a technique for getting people to agree to something they wouldn't agree to if asked outright. You do it by asking a series of quest...
Quality vs Consistency
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two solutions for the consistency vs quality debate: cut scope, and start with consistency.You can read the related blogpost with visuals here.All cli...
[Weekend Drop] Swyx on FSJam Podcast
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ICYMI, I was on the @FSJamorg podcast recently talking about AWS Amplify, Jamstack vs containers vs Frontend Application Bundles, Netlify's Docker Ima...
World War Z Review (Explicit!)
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some highlights from World War Z.- The Israeli 10th man- General Raj Singh- The Russian Decimation- The Fake Vaccine- The Crashlanded Pilot- The Battl...
The Rosenhan Experiment
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How well can we diagnose mental illness? A landmark case from the 1970's.- Cold Intro is from Jim Jeffries Gun Rant (highly recommend)- The Rosenhan E...
The Meta-Creator Ceiling
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Meta-Creator CeilingHow many people should be teaching people how to succeed instead of just succeeding in their own way?As independent creators c...
Wasting $40k vs starting Rent The Runway
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories to tell a lesson that has been learned time and time again - talk to your customers and validate your thesis before building.Masters of Sc...
How To Market Your Blogposts
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Create value, learn better, and make connections by picking up what others put down. A real life example.This is the audio version of a YouTube video,...
Sea Shanties and C-130s
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Remix culture, the history of work music, and the great Sea Shanty revival of 2021.NYT explains the Sea Shanty TikTok Meme Peter Campbell Sea Shanty ...