Writing

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If you see me with earphones on, I'd most likely be listening to these.

Theo BrowneThePrimeagenLinus Tech TipsVeritasium & Cleo Abram

I spend a lot of time with headphones in, on commutes, on walks, and in the gaps between things. Most of that time goes to these people.

Theo Browne (T3.gg) is where I'd start. He was the first big web and AI dev creator I found when I got active on Twitter, and I got lucky with that. I use his advice in my day-to-day work instead of nodding along and forgetting it. He's provocative on purpose and still teaches you something the whole way through.

The one thing that sucks is that his streams run 3:30 to 8:30am Singapore time, so I mostly watch the VODs.

ThePrimeagen covers what Theo doesn't. Theo has opinions about product and tooling. Prime is unhinged about performance and systems, in the best possible way. I watch him when I need reminding that I should care more about the fundamentals than I do.

Linus Tech Tips and MKBHD I've watched since before I cared about any of this. LTT tells me everything about a piece of hardware I will definitely not be buying. MKBHD gives me the same information, presented like it belongs in a museum.

Then there's 3Blue1Brown, Veritasium and Cleo Abram. I finish their videos having learnt something, which I can't say for most of what I watch. 3Blue1Brown most of all. Once you see how he animates maths, you wonder why every lesson isn't taught that way.

Theo on shipping software (and obsessing over Obsidian, jk) plus Veritasium on science and history makes for a pretty chaotic curriculum. I love it.

If you don't watch any of these, pick one and start. You'll figure out which ones stick.

Writing

Hobbies

Background Infrastructure

If you see me with earphones on, I'd most likely be listening to these.

Theo BrowneThePrimeagenLinus Tech TipsVeritasium & Cleo Abram

I spend a lot of time with headphones in, on commutes, on walks, and in the gaps between things. Most of that time goes to these people.

Theo Browne (T3.gg) is where I'd start. He was the first big web and AI dev creator I found when I got active on Twitter, and I got lucky with that. I use his advice in my day-to-day work instead of nodding along and forgetting it. He's provocative on purpose and still teaches you something the whole way through.

The one thing that sucks is that his streams run 3:30 to 8:30am Singapore time, so I mostly watch the VODs.

ThePrimeagen covers what Theo doesn't. Theo has opinions about product and tooling. Prime is unhinged about performance and systems, in the best possible way. I watch him when I need reminding that I should care more about the fundamentals than I do.

Linus Tech Tips and MKBHD I've watched since before I cared about any of this. LTT tells me everything about a piece of hardware I will definitely not be buying. MKBHD gives me the same information, presented like it belongs in a museum.

Then there's 3Blue1Brown, Veritasium and Cleo Abram. I finish their videos having learnt something, which I can't say for most of what I watch. 3Blue1Brown most of all. Once you see how he animates maths, you wonder why every lesson isn't taught that way.

Theo on shipping software (and obsessing over Obsidian, jk) plus Veritasium on science and history makes for a pretty chaotic curriculum. I love it.

If you don't watch any of these, pick one and start. You'll figure out which ones stick.