life is too short for short term games he/him dx @AWSamplify author @coding_career instigator @sveltesociety angel investor swyx@hey.com

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🚨 The @Coding_Career Handbook is here! 🚨 It comes in 3 flavors. The Handbook: 450+ pages of everything I have learned about building an exceptional and *sustainable* coding career. This is the ultimate guide for the 4-8yrs from Junior to Senior Dev! learninpublic.org/?from=Twit…
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Interesting experiment on finding a niche. Who would potentially be more interested in soulcast.netlify.app? A) people who like podcasts and who happens to use dating apps B) people who use dating apps and happens to listen to podcasts If you haven't guessed yet, read on🧡
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just found a beautiful blog with writing I really enjoy. i am saddened by how much of his ideas never made it to print because his bar was too high. (yes, he was also busy, but still) the world is poorer for it.
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πŸ†• Pod: How To Market Your Blogposts share.transistor.fm/s/9724c2… Tying together what I learned from @jackbutcher's @visualizevalue course, @anthilemoon on the Generation effect, and @commoncog's idea of Tacit Knowledge, to >25x social impressions on a recent developer blogpost.
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A Look Back at 2020: Roundup of Codrops Resources Join us for a look back on some of our articles, tutorials and experiments. tympanus.net/codrops2020/ #2020 #newyear #roundup #inspiration #codrops #HappyNewYear2021
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If you've always wanted to start conference speaking, heads up that Global Diversity CFP day is an entire day of workshops to help you get started! globaldiversitycfpday.com/ Free workshops for every timezone/continent πŸ”₯
As part of the Asia stream for Global Diversity CFP Day Online on January 23rd, @swyx will be sharing his experience of "Prerecording Talks for Online Conferences" πŸ™ŒπŸΌ Free tickets are available at globaldiversitycfpday.com/
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forgot that many might not know that I left NYC for Singapore last year. cases have jumped a bit in 2021 but nothing alarming. nitter.net/swyx/status/1331… also noticed new durable outdoor gyms popping up next to children's playgrounds. nice adaptation for an aging population.
Periodic update on how Covid is going in Singapore: just passed 14 days of no local cases invidious.snopyta.org/KSiiYPJn3Kc City still in partial lock down, looking to go for Phase 3 reopening by year end. Big qtn as to how to handle Chinese New Year in Feb 2021. AMA
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Real rockets don't go straight up. They go up, and then they turn. Rockets do this to transition from "mostly going up" to "mostly going sideways" in order to achieve orbit. We can apply this to our goals for 2021! { author: @swyx } #DEVCommunity dev.to/swyx/strategy-turns-4…
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