The Swyx Mixtape
swyx's personal picks pod.
Weekdays: the best audio clips from podcasts I listen to, in 10 minutes or less!
Fridays: Music picks!
Weekends: long form talks and conversations!
This is a passion project; never any ads, 100% just recs from me to people who like the stuff I like.
Share and give feedback: tag @swyx on Twitter or email audio questions to swyx @ swyx.io
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 538
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
[Weekend Drop] Angel Investing Your Time on Educative Sessions
From: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-n2ntb-1208ead
it's also on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAGxYWgYZk
[Music Friday] Tiktok Duets but actually good lol – MiMo
- The Ribbit of the Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-L2yXwPVbQ
- The Muffin Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgqLJzmgPs8
- The Dryer Song
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_fYAQhpSpw
- https://www.yo…
[Bonus] Bill Gates Explains the Internet to Dave Letterman in 1995
Dave: “So you can listen to a baseball game on your computer. Does radio ring a bell?”
Bill: “Well Dave, in 27 years you’ll publish this video clip on YouTube.”
The Parallels From Web 1 to 3 [Marc Andreesen]
From Bankless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXHITeaGB8Q (24mins in)
Excel, Xbox and the Valentine's Day Story [Ed Fries]
From IGN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUULNTLw0Ko (8mins in)
The Origin of the Internet [Vint Cerf]
listen to the GCP podcast: https://www.gcppodcast.com/post/episode-297-fathers-of-the-internet-with-vint-cerf/
[Weekend Drop] The Many Benefits of Learning in Public on DevDiscuss
Listen to DevDiscuss: https://devpods.herokuapp.com/podcasts/devdiscuss/episodes/246
[Music Friday] 2002 - Anne-Marie & Ed Sheeran
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ePPA0yzSU
How Panther went CLOSED Source [Jack Naglieri]
Listen to the OSS Startup Podcast https://oss-startup-podcast.launchnotes.io/announcements/episode-27-security-operations-at-scale-with-panther-and-from-open-to-closed-source (20min in)
How Anaconda Saved Python [Peter Wang]
2hrs in to the Lex Fridman pod: https://lexfridman.com/peter-wang/
How the Mac won Developers [Max Howell]
https://about.sourcegraph.com/podcast/max-howell about 15mins in
[Weekend Drop] Part Time Creator Manifesto on Compressed.fm
Listen: https://www.compressed.fm/episode/64
- 00:00 Introduction
- 02:06 Introducing Swyx
- 03:28 Why Writing?
- 07:16 Priority and Time
- 09:45 Better to be Part-Time Creator than a Full-Time Creator
- 12:16 Do you …
[Music Friday] Adele's Tiny Desk Concert
Listen to Tiny Desk Concerts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfzpYcwiUrA
Live Longer: CGMs for Insulin Levels [Betsy McLaughlin]
listen to the Levels podcast: https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts/one-ceos-81-pound-weight-loss-using-glucose-monitoring-betsy-mclaughlin-casey-means (7mins on)
Live Longer: Brain-Derived Nootropic Factor [Wendy Suzuki]
Watch Wendy's TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/wendy_suzuki_the_brain_changing_benefits_of_exercise?language=en
Listen to Huberman lab: https://hubermanlab.com/dr-wendy-suzuki-boost-attention-and-m…
Live Longer: 5x Mortality Reduction [Petter Attia]
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92kYDVjX0G0
Live Longer: The 3 Basic Things [John Abramson]
From the Lex pod: https://lexfridman.com/john-abramson/ (1h 57mins in)
[Weekend Drop] Career+Luck with Adam Wiggins - Metamuse
I was super honored to join Adam Wiggins (cofounder of Heroku's) podcast to share thoughts on tools for thought, LIP, and Creating Luck.
Full show notes on Metamuse: https://museapp.com/podcast/53-car…
[Music Friday] Harry Mack Freestyles
(listen with good bassy headphones)
- Marcus Veltri intro (first, second, last clip) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_JrcAOfAp4
- 00:00 cold open
- 01:49 Yeti, Pickle, Guitar
- 29:30 Guitar, Star Wars, Black Ho…