20 | Learning and Building in Public

In this episode, Amy and James talk about learning and building in public: the best ways to get started, some of the benefits, fears, and considerations.

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Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 4:15 Documenting vs Creating
  • Creative Elements Podcast with Ali Abdaal
  • Blog Post by Swyx
  • eBook buy Swyx
• 6:41 How do you get started? What do you share?
• 8:04 The Curse of Knowledge
  • Hashnode
• 9:55 Sponsor: Vercel
• 11:12 Preventing documentation from being a second job
• 14:56 Accountability
  • Episode 9 - The Tech Behind SelfTeach.me
  • Twitter Thread documenting my progress on SelfTeach.me
  • James's Crash Course on Svelte and SvelteKit (YouTube)
  • Amy's Video Series on Building out the Compressed.fm Audio Player (YouTube)
• 19:57 Fears around sharing in public
  • Quote from Swyx's article: "People think you suck? Good. You agree. Ask them to explain, in detail, why you suck. You want to just feel good or you want to be good?"
  • James's video on Promise.all in JavaScript
• 24:08 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 25:32 Examples of People Have Done a Great Job Learning and Building in Public
  • Software Social Podcast
  • Catherine Peterson
  • Zach Wilson
  • Laurie ono Tech
  • Chris Sev
• 29:36 Grab Bag Questions
• 30:04 Learning and Building in Public when you're a career changer
  • #100DaysofCode Hashtag on Twitter
  • Sam Sycamore
  • Article about making a rap video
  • Auth0 Rap Video
  • Cafe con Tech - Mattias's Podcast
• 35:47 How do you learn in public without being cocky?
• 35:59 How do you learn and build in public without turning it into even more work?
  • Maggie Appleton and a Digital Garden
  • Episode 18 - Amy Gives James a Design Consult
• 38:37 What do you share in public?
• 39:24 How do you deal with haters?
• 42:07 Picks and Plugs
• 42:20 James's Pick: Water bottle from Walmart
• 43:51 James's Plug: Learn Build Teach Discord Server
• 44:14 Amy's Pick: Anker 60W Charger
  • Anker Charger with Portable Power
• 45:02 Amy's Pick: The Compressed.fm Newsletter