The Heavybit Library
The Heavybit Library is an extensive catalog of educational content featuring hundreds of hours of expert presentations, insightful podcasts, and articles focused on helping technical founders achieve breakout success.
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The Role of Synthetic Data in AI/ML Programs in Software
Why Synthetic Data Matters for Software Running AI in production requires a great deal of data to feed to models. Reddit is now...
Open Source Ready Ep. #5, Software Autonomy: Owning Your Tech with Elliott Minns
In episode 5 of Open Source Ready, John and Brian speak with Elliott Minns, the creator of Dreams of Code and Dreams of Autonomy....
AI’s Hidden Opportunities: Shawn "swyx" Wang on New Use Cases and Careers
This article covers thoughts from AI engineering expert Shawn "swyx" Wang on new opportunities in AI for use cases and engineers...
How to Build a Successful Founder-Led Sales Strategy
How to Build a Successful Founder-Led Sales Strategy Hi, I’m Walter, and I coach startup founders to break through their...
How Local-First Development Is Changing How We Make Software
What Local First Is, and Why It Matters Local-first development is a development ethos that keeps data and code on your device...
AI Inference: A Guide for Founders and Developers
What Is AI Inference (And Why Should Devs Care?) AI inference is the process of machine learning models processing previously...
Generationship Ep. #11, Ghost Workers with Adio Dinika of DAIR Institute
In episode 11 of Generationship, Rachel is joined by Adio Dinika of The DAIR Institute to discuss ghost workers. This talk...
Emerging Legal Challenges for Open Source in the Age of AI
Defensibility and AI-Related Legal Issues for Open Source Open-source software has been called “the most positive and...
How to Start an Open-Source Project
How to Start an Open-Source Project Why is Heavybit posting a first-principles guide on how to create an open-source project?...
Why Events Are Important for Early-Stage Startups
For busy founders, it’s easy to see events as a big waste. Attending all-day events can pull founders away from the important...
Technical & Cultural Learnings from 10 Years of Computing
What the Software Community Has Learned from 10 Years in Tech Amara’s Law states, “We tend to overestimate the effect of a...
Using Brain Chemistry to Build 0-to-1 Developer Communities
How Developer Communities Benefit from Brain Chemicals I’ve worked as a developer advocate for many years, but in some ways, I...