swyx

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i’m @swyx from twitter (see twitter bio location to verify). the mastodon accounts on other instances are NOT me.

PSA that Twitter is still my "main" network, but it is clearly on the diepath so I am committed to frequently checking and replying here. F*ck Elon.

abouthttps://swyx.io/about
ai bloghttps://lspace.swyx.io
devtools bloghttps://dx.tips
swyxApr 17, 2023
FediTips has moved!Apr 16, 2023

You don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon!

All links on Mastodon count as 23 characters towards your post limit, no matter how long the links actually are.

Link shortener services like bit.ly, t.co etc track users who click on their links. This is really bad for privacy. If you use link shorteners on Mastodon, people may assume you are just doing it for tracking purposes.

More info at https://fedi.tips/you-dont-need-link-shorteners-on-mastodon

You don’t need link shorteners on Mastodon | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

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swyxApr 7, 2023
i cannot stress how much i am hating elon today. he truly does not give a shit about anyone else other than himself.
swyxApr 4, 2023
rmoff 🏃🏻 🍺 🥓Apr 4, 2023

TIL "Dark Matter Developers". It's a fantastically important concept to bear in mind as we #DevRel ourselves giddily through our echo chambers.

😯 The *vast majority* of developers aren't even listening/watching/reading this stuff online.

The term traces back 10+ years to Kate Gregory (http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/05/17/the-dark-matter-of-programmers/) and @shanselman (https://www.hanselman.com/blog/dark-matter-developers-the-unseen-99).

@swyx has a nice article about it too in which he puts some useful numbers against it as well https://dx.tips/whats-your-dark-matter-strategy

The dark matter of programmers | embedded programming

Kate Gregory said in an interview that she likes to call C++ programmers the dark matter of the software development world. They're not visible — they don't attend conferences and they don't buy a lot of books — and yet there are a lot of them. I've thought the same about those who write code

John D. Cook | Applied Mathematics Consulting
Show threadswyxMar 20, 2023
@bvaughn @Flarnie hope to actually meet her someday 👀
Show threadswyxMar 20, 2023
@bvaughn @Flarnie honestly love seeing ex team members still be friends even after they leave, warms my heart
Show threadswyxMar 20, 2023
@anildash increases consumption of tea and decreases consumption of soda. A+ life hack
Show threadswyxMar 20, 2023
@lowqualityfacts technically correct, which is the best kind of correct
swyxMar 20, 2023
CookieDuster_NMar 16, 2023
Great read. The Multi-modal, Multi-model, Multi-everything Future of AGI, by @swyx https://lspace.swyx.io/p/multimodal-gpt4
The Multi-modal, Multi-model, Multi-everything Future of AGI

GPT-4 FOMO antidote, and meditations on Moravec's Paradox

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swyxMar 20, 2023
Roberto ToninoMar 17, 2023

Really insightful advice here from @swyx ! Sometimes the audience of a blog post/video/stream is only ourselves. It's important to us and just us. Next step, I need my brain to absorbe this. Probably the best way to start is to implement some of James Clear's advice

https://www.swyx.io/learn-in-public

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The fastest way to build your expertise, network, and second brain.

swyxMar 6, 2023

two types of reactions to twitter going down:

1) people just shrugging and going back to work

2) us addicts who switch to mastodon