SwyxinHackerNoon.comNo Zero Days: My Path from Javascript Newbie to Full Stack Developer at Age 302019 Edit: I am very gratified that this writeup continues to help people over a year after publishing! I have updated my thoughts in a new…Dec 22, 201715Dec 22, 201715
SwyxHumans of Hacker NewsIn honor of the death of DevBootCamp I put up a HN post offering to do a free phone call to exchange knowledge. I was pleasantly surprised…Jul 21, 2017Jul 21, 2017
SwyxTutorial: How to Host an Alexa Flash Briefing feed on AWS Lambda and get a Free Amazon Echo Dotnote: this tutorial uses Python for convenience but could be adapted for Node/other languages with minor effort.Jun 3, 20173Jun 3, 20173
SwyxCollection // Curation // Censorship // Communication // CommemorationIn the beginning, there is a hot mess of undifferentiated stuff. As time passes, random results and conditions interact to create…May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
SwyxBen Thompson on Ben ThompsonApplying PageRank’s ideas to identify the top 10 Stratechery Articles, Daily Updates, and Exponent podcastsMay 19, 20172May 19, 20172
SwyxFeedback // IntelligenceIt is often hard to comprehend both the scale and speed of human economic disasters. The Hungarian pengő suffered an inflation rate of…May 14, 2017May 14, 2017
SwyxMeta-competence // Meta-cognitionsubscribe at https://slashslashblog.wordpress.com or find me on Twitter @swyxMay 7, 2017May 7, 2017
SwyxNotes: Onboarding EmployeesCollating some resources on setting onboarding practices in rough chron orderDec 12, 2016Dec 12, 2016
SwyxThe Age of Global ArbitrageI have been butting heads in forums on my usage of the Amazon Mechanical Turk program to get jobs done at half the US minimum wage. One…Dec 1, 20161Dec 1, 20161
SwyxOn Meta-CompetenceThe smartest people I know don’t merely play the game. They play to where the game is going, if you will pardon the mixed metaphor. It is…Nov 25, 2016Nov 25, 2016