The Swyx Mixtape

The incredible origin story of Yahoo from start to $850m IPO in 2 years.

Source: https://greatness.floodgate.com/episodes/jerry-yang-how-yahoo-went-from-a-hobby-to-the-early-king-of-the-internet

Yahoo …

This is the audio version of the essay I published on Monday.

I'm excited to finally share why I've joined Temporal.io as Head of Developer Experience. It's taken me months to precisely pin down why I…

Sources

- Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License (Tori Kelly cover)
- Tori Kelly & Alessia Cara - Masterclass Of Impressions (Britney Spears, Xtina)
- Tori Kelly & Jessie J - Who You Are
- Demi Lovato - Sorr…

Source: https://3clipspodcast.com/design-matters-deep-research-as-respect-ft-debbie-millman/

Debbie Millman of the Design Matters podcast shows how she gets tender, emotional moments from her guests.

I recently started the audiobook version of Brent Schlender's Becoming Steve Jobs and this passage on Apple's name made me stop in my tracks:

Two anecdotes from StackOverflow founder Joel Spolsky, on how Google and Amazon wrote elegant software that balances simplicity and power.

Audio: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/business-of/ep-70…

• Video: https://octo.github.com/speakerseries/swyx
• Blog Post: https://codingcareer.circle.so/c/dx-blog/technical-community-builder-is-the-hottest-new-job-in-tech
• Slide dec: https://docs.google.com/prese…

Original "Still Alive" song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI

Still Alive - Frank Sinatra Big Band Swing Version (The 8-Bit Big Band): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22vbhTi1ieI

Audio source and show notes: https://simplify.simplecast.com/episodes/kathryn-mannix-how-to-die-well

"Dying is not as bad as you think": https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/dying-is-not-as-bad-as-you-t…

Audio source: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-cosmic-queries-for-the-acutely-curious/ 22 mins in

Transcript

[00:21:14] I would love to know how you develop your skills to be able to…

Audio source: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/740/there-i-fixed-it

Transcript

As long as he could remember, going back to when he was a child, Sam was scared of spiders. But not scared in the normal w…

My thoughts on shipping The Coding Career Handbook as a Side Project, and tips and tricks on how to do it well.

Audio source: https://modernweb.podbean.com/e/s08e09-modern-web-podcast-sides-projects-w…

Audio source: https://underthehoodpod.robinhood.com/#element-452 (15 mins in)
Mp3: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/under-the-hood/the-future-of-finance-with-ApbGyU2DfQE/

Why the future is remote w…

Source: https://www.thecloudcast.net/2021/06/automated-data-labeling-for-ai-apps.html
See also: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2020/04/09/snorkel-training-dataset-management-with-braden-hancock/

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I've moved back to the US! Just a quick audio update + announcement that I'm taking this week off because of lack of equipment.

The backing track to my narration is Algorithms by Chad Crouch.

I joined Alexey Grigorev's DataTalks.Club podcast to talk about my viral essay on How to Market Yourself (without Being a Celebrity).

Links:
- How to Market Yourself without Being a Celebrity (tweet th…

The theme song of humanity.

Audio sources:

• Baba Yetu at Cadogan Hall
• Official music video
• Baba Yetu at Llangollen

Lyrics

“Baba Yetu” is essentially the Lord’s Prayer sung in Swahili. The title translated m…