The "Unconventional Founders Podcast" delves into the inspiring success stories of non-technical founders in the tech startup world, focusing on their unique mindsets, strategic frameworks, and innovative approaches. It is tailored for aspiring non-technical entrepreneurs, offering a wealth of insights, practical lessons, and actionable advice. The podcast celebrates the diverse and impactful journeys of these entrepreneurs, showcasing how they have navigated and succeeded in the tech indust ...
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Software Project Leadership is intended for SaaS founders, managers, and owner/operators who do not have a technical background but who are in a position that includes leading one or more technical projects. Starting a software development project is easy … but finishing it - successfully - is a different story.
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Constant Variables takes a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to build and grow digital products. Focused on helping non-technical people become more comfortable with the nerdy jargon related to mobile software development, we break down technical topics to make them less complex and more accessible, because as Steve Jobs said, “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own ...
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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
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Hinwin presents - FundBMC. BMC is an acronym for Builders, Makers, & Creators. We have real conversations about the real life struggles of starting a real business from nothing. We want to share stories from people who really went through the grinder, to encourage more founders to find their own path, and to help you make your own contribution to the world. So, let's get some more BMCs funded. Or watch us on YouTube (https://hin.win/bmc/yt)
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[Plan B] swyx on nontechnical Singapore podcast
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https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/plan-b-news-beat-ZoCrxdekY79/ https://open.spotify.com/episode/45dTtNCiIxqySG1lU5addY?si=SeMrk4FBR_yGc4NtG8Ll5QBy Swyx
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[High Agency] AI Engineer World's Fair Preview
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High Agency Pod Description In this episode, I chatted with Shawn Wang about his upcoming AI engineering conference and what an AI engineer really is. It's been a year since he penned the viral essay "Rise of the AI Engineer' and we discuss if this new role will be enduring, the make up of the optimal AI team and trends in machine learning. Timesta…
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#2 A Journey from X aka Twitter to NoCode Entrepreneur
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Send us a Text Message.By David McManus
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Jeff Lawson just bought The Onion. This is one of my favorite episodes of their NPR podcast parody of Serial. https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/a-very-fatal-murder/episode-5-part-1-did-my-tJbSp9yP2wU/By Swyx
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A poor email reputation can make it difficult to do business if a password reset, order confirmation, or account signup email doesn’t reach a customer’s inbox. As a developer, Tom Whitten has helped several companies protect their email reputation, and he’s sharing tips on how businesses can improve email credibility and deliverability. **Show Link…
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AI Engineering, Devin, and the Future of Software - swyx on Modern Web Podcast
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When using payment processing software within an app or website, you’ll find dozens of provider options. JMG’s CTO, Tom Whitten, shares why developers prefer to work with Stripe and the value business owners can get from discussing payment provider options with their development team. **Show Links** Find full show notes at https://constantvariables…
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131: How to use dynamic links (and what to do if you have Firebase)
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Dynamic links are intrinsic to marketing campaigns, and Google’s discontinuation of its popular Firebase Dynamic Links tool has businesses concerned about the status of their URLs. JMG CTO, Tom Whitten, joins Michael Roth to address the implications of Firebase no longer supporting dynamic links come August 2025 and why business owners should start…
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130: What can alt tags do for my website?
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How do alt tags work? Why are they important for a website? Can an AI tool create alt tags for you? Tom Whitten hears questions like these daily in his role as CTO of a software development company. He joins Michael Roth to explain the impact alt tags can have on SEO and when an AI tool can help implement them. **Show Links** Find full show notes a…
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I made a new friend, Serena (sister of Malindi!) who was so impressive and thoughtful in the short time I have known her (cooking, language learning, finance/science management) that I asked her to write down her philosophy of Intentionality. [00:02:05] Elements of Intentionality - Taste and Standards [00:05:17] Elements of Intentionality - Intenti…
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Send us a Text Message.By David McManus
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#4 How Two Brothers Are Changing the Future of Healthcare - Mindset Health
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#1 - Unlocking Creativity with NoCode: JJ Englert's Path from Filmmaker to Entrepreneur using Bubble.io
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Send us a Text Message. Learn how a film director learn how to build his own software products using NoCode tools like Bubble.io. Learn about his triumphs and learnings across his journey of building his product.By David McManus
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If you thought “synergy” was yet another buzzword from the 80s (or 90s … ), like synchronicity, then you would be mistaken … unless you meant, like, 80 BC (or earlier).By Dr Will
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If you have been following along the current best practices you know that the answer is not … “multitask.” But is that advice even possible to follow? https://www.etsy.com/listing/1632838223/tech-team-building-buzz-word-bingoBy Dr Will
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"Navigating AI and Software 3.0: A Tech Career Guide for Developers": a more beginner oriented podcast interview for a new Youtuber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5qfKKct6dc here are the recommended resources for others who listened latent space university: https://www.latent.space/p/lsu-beta AI engineering 101+201 https://www.latent.space/p/aie…
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[Weekend Drop] Swyx on Real World Serverless
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years after following him for his serverless content, i was glad to be on Yan Cui's pod to talk Rise of AI Engineer. https://realworldserverless.com/episode/92iBy Swyx
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An essay I think about often, and recommend to people, that I need to internalize more. https://theamericanscholar.org/solitude-and-leadership/By Swyx
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Habit 5: Seek First To Understand, Then To Be Understood
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This is all about empathic listening … listening to understand … not just waiting for the other guy to finish so that you can say what is on your mindBy Dr Will
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Technology Leadership and Adler's Three Pillars
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Would it be outrageous for me to suggest that the primary function of leadership is to teach? Because the primary function of teaching is to lead …By Dr Will
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https://podrocket.logrocket.com/software-3-and-the-ai-engineerBy Swyx
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You can’t turn around without stubbing your toe on win/win solutions … everybody talks that talk. We hear about win/win quite a bit. It is a buzzword mercilessly deployed by salespeople who at least pay it lip service. Reality may not be so kind, though.By Dr Will
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[Weekend Drop] Swyx on Cognitive Revolution
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this is a longer form conversation with an AI insider so we do get pretty in depth. sorry for the poor audio quality on my side https://www.cognitiverevolution.ai/ai-engineers-pendants-and-tensions-between-openai-and-developers-with-swyx-of-latent-space/By Swyx
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Have you ever worked in - or with - an organization that really has taken the Quality message to heart? spl.drwill.co/freeconsultBy Dr Will
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[Music Friday] Shouldn't I Be Less In Love With You - Oliver Tompsett
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIMi4Yt-AIgBy Swyx
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Jon is looking for a software solution for a specific problem - business model, actually. Seems he’s outgrown his spreadsheet. Jon “… suppl[ies] furniture to clients on an 'as and when' basis - i.e. we don't hold stock but order individual pieces for each client …” so he needs a solution that will “keep track on deliveries arriving to our office fo…
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[AI] AGI discussion - Lex Fridman interviews John Carmack
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[AI] Making state management intelligent - Reactathon 2023, David Khourshid
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[AI] Why Chatbots are Not the Future - Amelia Wattenberger
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[AI] Hacker News Recap clip - wondercraft.ai
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is organized into two sections - Private Victory and Public Victory. “Paradigms of Interdependence” is the bridge between them. spl.drwill.co/freeconsultBy Dr Will
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Psychologists will tell you that what you aim at determines what you see rather than what you see determines what you aim at … see the difference? I guess you would need to aim at the difference to see it. Spl.drwill.co/freeconsultBy Dr Will
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I met up to podcast with quincy in round 2, which has all my personal updates since round 1. https://freecodecamp.libsyn.com/90-shawn-swyx-wang-from-dev-to-ai-founderBy Swyx
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So, I had a question from Tony V: “You gave three problems that non-technical technology project leaders have to figure out. I am a non-technical project lead on a software project … what do I need to know about these things?“By Dr Will
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You might be wondering … errr … where else would you put first things? I guess you’d be surprised where people put them … my Mom always said “a place for everything and everything in its place” … she’d want first things … right, you know, there … first. https://fs.blog/great-talks/common-denominator-success-albert-gray/…
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Management is management, right? I recently polled a population of project managers asking the musical question - how much (or little) domain knowledge is needed to be an effective project manager? spl.drwill.co/freeconsultBy Dr Will
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[Weekend Drop] The Rise of the AI Engineer
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One of my biggest posts ever was https://www.latent.space/p/ai-engineer and we hosted a Twitter Space about it: https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1674895620870651909?s=20 I felt like the space wasn't info dense enough for the main Latent Space pod but you get the full show as loyal swyx mixtape subscribers.…
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I keep my finger on the pulse of various groups online looking for people to help. Sometimes you find people for whom the best advice is that you gotta “know when to run!” https://spl.drwill.co/costrisk https://spl.drwill.co/risk https://spl.drwill.co/asses_schedule_riskBy Dr Will
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One of the key concepts in stoicism is that of “memento mori” Latin for “remember you will die.” I guess that works for everybody but Keith Richards … https://spl.drwill.co/costrisk https://spl.drwill.co/risk https://spl.drwill.co/asses_schedule_risk https://www.selfauthoring.com/By Dr Will
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What do you think is the least secure part of your computer system? If you answered “the wetware,” you win a prize. Wetware is people, of course https://spl.drwill.co/costrisk https://spl.drwill.co/risk https://spl.drwill.co/asses_schedule_riskBy Dr Will
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[Weekend Drop] swyx on Productivity and leverage
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Video and pull quotes: https://www.humanskills.co/p/human-skills-012-productivity-andBy Swyx
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If you build it they will … err … buy it, right? I mean … the engineering speaks for itself, right? Actually, no. But isn’t persuasion just marketing … or sales? Well, broadly speaking, yes. In the sense that you have to sell your ideas. https://spl.drwill.co/teamsBy Dr Will
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“Dr. Will, we are preparing to migrate from the server version of Atlassian tools to the Atlassian Cloud … what advice do you have as we get under way?" Spl.drwill.co/webinar https://www.amazon.com/What-You-Dont-Know-Successfully/dp/B0BKJL9NBy Dr Will
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129: Taking the Waiting Around Out of Inpatient Rounds with Mike Pitt of Q-rounds
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How does a research project turn into a company with a story to sell? When “How does this not already exist?” is the overwhelming response to the idea. CEO Mike Pitt shares the obvious need behind the development of Q-rounds, the complications around testing a product intended for hospital use, and why he hasn’t accepted the entrepreneur label. SHO…
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smol developer took off this week. we convened a special twitter space to talk about what we should do next.By Swyx
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[Business] Why and How you should Open Source your code - David Cramer
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david cramer speaks on why he believes in open source businesses, and why specifically you should use BSL and not the other stuff. https://www.se-radio.net/2023/05/se-radio-563-david-cramer-on-error-tracking/ 1hr inBy Swyx
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As promised, this is the first habit of the 8 habits of highly effective people applied to software development teams. Reminder: instead of crafting 7 (or 8 ) habits out of whole cloth for software teams, we are applying Stephen Covey’s habits and seeing where that takes us spl.drwill.co/risk spl.drwill.co/costrisk spl.drwill.co/asses_schedule_risk…
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Got a question from Chris W of Sioux City (Wait! Isn’t that where the Litigation Hall of Fame is?) … he is having some customer challenges … this may belong in the Q&A playlist, but it is germane to software projects, so here we are … spl.drwill.co/freeconsultBy Dr Will
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