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
[Music Friday] The Story of "Viva La Vida" - Chris Martin
Listen to Howard Stern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUnWFsc5WBU
[Tech] Is relational the new COBOL? - Mark Porter
Watch his talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgCgIz0WYvU
[Tech] Serverless Postgres - Nikita Shamgunov
Listen to Founder Real Talk: https://overcast.fm/+n6UYkhIo4/03:16
[Tech] Raft and Eventually Relational Databases - Jim Walker
Listen to Intricity Data Sharks: https://overcast.fm/+x8z_QG3XM
[Tech] The Limits of Distributed Databases - Sam Lambert
Listen to podrocket: https://podrocket.logrocket.com/planetscale
[Weekend Drop] DevRel Real Talk - Travel and Conferences
Full Twitter space: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVPQbeYYJB?s=20
Previous Devrel Real Talks:
[Biz] Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field
Listen to MFM: https://overcast.fm/+rTsUE0ue8/59:00
[Biz] Steve Jobs On Pixar
Listen to Founders: https://founders.simplecast.com/episodes/265-becoming-steve-jobs-the-evolution-of-a-reckless-upstart-into-a-visionary-leader (38mins in)
[Biz] Steve Jobs on Product
Listen to Lenny's Pod: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/lennys-podcast/the-nature-of-product-marty-W9GeMSkRv_m/ (15 mins in)
[Biz] Steve Jobs Pitching Apple
Listen to Founders: https://founders.simplecast.com/episodes/265-becoming-steve-jobs-the-evolution-of-a-reckless-upstart-into-a-visionary-leader (26mins in)
the magazine’s reporter encountered Steve m…
![[Weekend Drop] AWS, Cloudflare, and Techbro Therapy on AWS.fm](https://img.transistor.fm/XrqqXAT34O6OjLDsqepsvYIz-qjcRfReSlPy11MwThc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:3000/h:3000/q:60/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lcGlz/b2RlLzEwMDQ1NDIv/MTY2MTYyNTMxMy1h/cnR3b3JrLmpwZw.jpg)
[Weekend Drop] AWS, Cloudflare, and Techbro Therapy on AWS.fm
Listen to AWS.fm: https://aws.fm/episodes/episode-25-shawn-swyx-wang
Shawn joins Adam to discuss Amplify and its place in the developer ecosystem, whether we should care about Cloudflare, yet, and how…
[DX Tips] Plaid's $12 Billion UI - William Hockey
Read the article and watch the full interview: https://dx.tips/plaid-hockey-tips
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SaaS API founders should not miss this week's Cartoon Avatars interview with William Hockey, former Plaid cofounder/…
[DevRel Real Talk] Q&A and All Things Video from Shorts to Streams, ft. Hassan@Vercel, Theo@Ping, NaiRobi@Suborbital, Justin@AWS
Our Twitter space: https://twitter.com/Chau_codes/status/1560749221447286784
Hour 1 was Q&A - comparing notes on Vercel vs Airbyte, going deep/leveling up in DevRel (Building your Lightsaber) and on c…
[Weekend Drop] Tech Strategies & Biz Models - Coding Career Chat
Previous Episodes:
- https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/weekend-drop-coding-career-chat-the-operating-system-of-you
- https://mixtape.swyx.io/episodes/weekend-drop-coding-career-chat-finance-for-developers
S…
[DevRel Real Talk] Making $2m/yr in DevRel (ft. Rebecca Marshburn and Nader Dabit)
[Music Friday] CLUBLIFE by Tiësto
Use good speakers! Not Airpods!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lklTPY4Zj7Q
- https://soundcloud.com/clublifebytiesto/clublife-by-tiesto-podcast-801
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C3%ABsto
Tracklist:
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[Better Call Saul] Kim Wexler - Rhea Seehorn
- Opening Scene: S4E2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osPVh1mT5Wo
- Understanding Kim Wexler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHhGjnzAEqE
[Better Call Saul] Lalo Salamanca - Tony Dalton (Extended)
Lalo Scenes
- Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJv-QBdxSaU
- Interrogation
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5osSNZ1jyk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSDLNjwIjbM
- LATE ADDITION: Tony Dalton and Vi…
[Better Call Saul] Howard Hamlin - Patrick Fabian
Watch the Howard Hamlin video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvPoZS-Wr0k
[Better Call Saul] Chuck McGill - Vince Gilligan
Listen to the BCS Insider podcast: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/better-call-saul/105-better-call-saul-insider--J5jRD4fLhX/ (12mins)
Watch the Better Call Saul Season 1 Recap: https://www.youtu…