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
[Creator] The Evolution of Social Networks - Mike Mignano
- https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/cartoon-avatars/ep-38-anchor-ceofounder-4m-eDu8Ng75/ (59mins in)
- https://stratechery.com/2022/instagram-tiktok-and-the-three-trends/
[Creator] Defeating Impostor Syndrome - Tim Stodz
Listen to the Copyblogger podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-copyblogger/rather-than-being-helpful-be-jdsk3ni7upa/ (15mins in)
Tim's article: https://www.timstodz.com/coping-with-impost…
[Creator] Optimistic Nihilism - Vincent Woo
Listen to Indie Hackers: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/indie-hackers/041-an-optimistic-nihilists-ldribhqGTOM/ (20mins in)
special! the making of this mixtape was livestreamed today if you're in…
[Music Friday] Post-Mariah Christmas Songs?
Listen to Switched On Pop: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/switched-on-pop/why-do-new-christmas-songs-my7-wjKMVZ4/ (5mins in)
[Tech] Separation of (Local-first) Client vs Server - Jori Lallo
Listen to devtools.fm: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/devtoolsfm/jori-lallo-linear-KS_Gn2v3hqV/
Transcript:
So one of the big differences between linear and other product products is that it has …
[Tech] Separation of Storage and Compute (Real-time) - Jeffrey Needham
Listen to Streaming Audio: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/streaming-audio/streaming-analytics-and-real-XS_gvcBjY2p/ (30mins in)
[Tech] Separation of Storage and Compute (Databases) - Nikita Shamgunov
Listen to the Changelog: https://changelog.com/podcast/510
Transcript
So elastic compute makes sense, and scaling down because you have like ephemeral on-demand resource usage, right? Like, all of a su…
[Tech] Separation of Control vs Data Planes - Steve Yegge
Listen to Stevey's podcast: https://youtubetranscript.com/?v=Wi8SL-Tot-8&t=1212
Transcript
so let me tell you about service meshes
kind of like the terminology just to get
everybody up to speed because i…
[Weekend Drop] Talking DevRel on the Devmode.fm Podcast
Listen to devmode.fm: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/devmodefm/advocating-for-devrels-_0UveTl3BRn/
On this episode, we talk with Shawn “swyx” Wang all about developer relations aka devrels, and …
[Music Friday] The Piano Guys
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano_Guys
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaTQ5-XfMM
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dakd7EIgBE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBbOGtpAUHA
- https://www.youtube.com/wa…
[Health] Mental Health with Kelsey Hightower
Trigger Warning: Suicide.
full episode https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/software/mental-health-with-kelsey-qraH318AdcV/
[Health] Sit Up Straight - Posture, Tech Neck, and Movement
Listen to the Art of Manliness: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-art-of-manliness/future-proof-your-body-by-uBgYnZNpU5V/
[Health] We Don't Know What Causes Obesity - Chris Palmer
From the Huberman Labs podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/huberman-lab/dr-chris-palmer-diet-JsmfBwoKN6M/
And also read: A Chemical Hunger
[Health] Eating Ourselves to Death - Dr. Casey Means
Listen to the Bari Weiss Podcast https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/honestly-with-bari/eating-ourselves-to-death-luwFMbHKBiv/
[Weekend Drop] How to Thought Lead, the Metacreator Ceiling, and Learning in Public on the Build in Public podcast
Listen to the KP Pod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oTmQhagN4k
[Music Friday] Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
Listen to Conan's pod: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/conan-obrien-needs/live-with-will-arnett-at-the-ERUub61feOY/
[Business] Starting Shazam - Chris Barton
Listen to Tony Robbins' podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-tony-robbins/the-power-of-perseverance-zCW71lehdTi/
Shazam turns 20: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32520593
[Business] Oracle and the Internet Computer Architecture - David Senra
listen to Founders: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/founders/124-softwar-an-intimate-UrgGJSAiaY2/ 40mins in
[Business] Blockbuster's Innovation - The Great Fail
Listen to the Great Fail: https://overcast.fm/+l2GyND71I/12:00
[Business] Musicians feared the Record Player - Jason Feiffer
Listen to Build for Tomorrow: https://www.jasonfeifer.com/episode/the-best-ways-to-use-a-crisis/ (40ish mins in)
Today's twitter discussion: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1599890745200377857
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