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Stop Worrying About Cold Starts
For the vast majority of developers, cold start anxiety is unwarranted.
The Princess Bride: Home Movie
Diego Luna, Patton Oswalt, Jon Hamm, and Cary Elwes among many stars in the 2020 remake of the Princess Bride.
Estée Lauder
An excellent story about a phenomenal businesswoman.
Beyoncé Unplugged
Beyoncé singing Halo. That's it.
[Weekend Drop] Digital Gardening w/ Maggie Appleton
I cohosted a Clubhouse chat with Maggie on Digital Gardening - what it is, how it came about, and how we can do it!
The Race of Our Lives
Some bleak facts and hopes about the biggest challenge we have to face this century.
The Elicitation Technique
How to get people to willingly tell you your secrets
[Music Friday] P!nk
Pink is a legend and a personal inspiration.
Closed Core, Open Shell
Reviewing Pull Requests takes a lot of mental overhead. When is it OK to just not accept Pull Requests?
Elon on Bitcoin
Tesla just bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin.
[Weekend Drop] Building SwipeFiles.com with Corey Haines
Corey made the leap to go fulltime on Swipe Files in September. This is his journey.
Early 2010's The Onion
There can never be enough highly produced parody!
Empathy, The Hard Way
"What I cannot create, I do not understand." - Richard Feynman
Nullius in Verba
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, not their own facts. But their opinions skew their facts.
Hybrid Calisthenics
Hello my friend, let's get fit and have a beautiful day!
Everything You Hate About Clubhouse Is Why It Will Win
Understanding new social media is a *sociological* exercise, not a logical one.
Take Back Your Life From YouTube
YouTube is a library of videos, not entertainment TV.
Jack Conte
CEO of Patreon, and a damn good musician. Inspiration of the day!
Digital Scarcity (Explicit)
Blockchains enable digital scarcity. This is enabling new business models, just as digital abundance did before it. (Explicit, because beeple likes swearing)
The Yes Ladder
A classic compliance (sales) technique that everyone should know about.
Quality vs Consistency
Should you pump out content on a regular schedule or only put out quality work? We now have an answer, from Ali Abdaal, Tim Urban, and James Clear.
[Weekend Drop] Swyx on FSJam Podcast
Swyx on FSJam Podcast with Anthony Campolo and Chris Burns
World War Z Review (Explicit!)
Zombies and the world in chaos. An oral history. (Explicit warning!)
The Rosenhan Experiment
Who's to say you're not crazy?
The Meta-Creator Ceiling
Don't play games you don't want to win.
Wasting $40k vs starting Rent The Runway
Two stories to tell a lesson that has been learned time and time again - talk to your customers and validate your thesis before building.
How To Market Your Blogposts
Create value, learn better, and make connections by picking up what others put down. A real life example.
Sea Shanties and C-130s
Remix culture, the history of work music, and the great Sea Shanty revival of 2021.