swyx

@swyx · 14 positions · On ppll ↗

Writer and developer. He runs the Latent Space newsletter and podcast about AI engineering, and writes essays on software and careers at swyx.io.

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behavioural science 3

Real leverage in a negotiation comes from being genuinely willing to walk away from it.
Shortened versions of hard hobbies profit mainly from casual participants riding a legacy sport's superstar mythology, not from elite-level players.

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journalism 2

The best follow-up questions in an interview push back and challenge what the guest just said.
Commentators who hype early exponential growth typically move on to other topics once the trend levels off into an asymptote.

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motivation 2

Lasting satisfaction comes from studying how others play, then defining and fully playing one's own game rather than someone else's.
People want to be the person their bookmarks say they are, not the person their feed reveals they are.

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