Szymon Chudy

@chudy.me

Staff Software Engineer • Building @netflix.com Design System • Writing about productivity engineering, and growing in tech. Sometimes about random stuff too 😉 ✍️ Blogging on chudy.me 🥾 Hiker, tennis player, runner

Oh, I love that idea - especially that it’s unconventional and tells a personal story. This is something I miss on this page - is very generic. But I must park it for now. It took me too much time I could spend writing posts or talks. I’ll let it settle and then iterate again.

Faris Aziz@farisaziz.com · 10h ago

Now while I did use ChatGPT, ironically, to play around with a few mockups due to my lack of design skills, an interesting alternative could have been actually calling out the design choice. On initial website visit, you could show a small, uniustrustive callout that clarifies any doubt

“The 10x engineer used to have better judgment than the 1x engineer, but by making everybody a 10x engineer, you're taking judgment away.” - Chamath Palihapitiya ~~ The idea that AI makes developers interchangeable cogs is the opposite of reality. It widens the gap between experts and novices.

As I'm doing more and more public speaking, I've dedicated a separate section for those events on my new home page. One of those appearances will be on the "Señors @ Scale" by @neciudan.dev podcast, which we record today. Check out my curated list of amazing episodes linked below. 👇

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The same goes for privacy in general. “I have nothing to hide,” as I often hear. Instead of ranting, we should think about how to educate people, especially non-technical ones. Moreover, we should proactively approach folks around us, as this is the only way underground ideas can spread.

dame@dame.is · 6d ago

hard pill to swallow for atproto developers/creators: 99% of potential users either do not care about, value, understand, or want to “own their own data” i see so many apps/projects lead with this “value prop”, but it’s not an important or meaningful consideration for most people

Today, I learned from the #Mindhunter book that the VW Beetle was once one of the most popular cars among serial killers. Guess what car my mother-in-law used to drive… 😅 Just kidding - she’s awesome! ❤️

In March, I ran a half-marathon in 2:16:51. Today, I can barely run 2,5km at once. It’s unbelievable how difficult it is to get back to #running after a ~10-week break (still playing tennis at least twice a week during that time). Not giving up, yet!

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A common misconception about design systems is their supposed bulletproof stability. In reality, a design system evolves alongside your product, adjusting to new technologies and organizational changes along the way. It is meant to change. #designsystems #ui

After a few months of commuting, I've figured out the ticket-buying system, and today is my top savings day. 380km in 3,5h cost me about 9 EUR. No AI included, just manual human work! And yes, it's true that saved money weighs more than this to be potentially earned 😅

Google once prided itself on how quickly it sent people away from its website. It’s becoming a destination thanks to AI overviews and AI mode. Cloudflare says human traffic is down -40% to various websites since AI mode launched last summer. Google’s symbiotic relationship with the web is ending.

How Google’s A.I. Search Is Imperiling the Open Web (Gift Article)

As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul.

nytimes.com

I'm giving #tennis my best, and I still suck. And that's okay. Tennis has become a huge part of my life over the past few years. It's the main reason I lost over 40 kilos, got my health back, and started living again.

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“Dolce far niente” - the sweetness of doing nothing, as the Italians say. I honestly think this mindset would solve so many of my problems, yet I find it incredibly hard to do… nothing. Being idle feels strangely uncomfortable. Anyone here struggle with this?

Just got my copy of Grokking Web Apps Security and I’m loving the author’s writing style. “The tech world moves so fast that programmer years are like dog years.” Couldn’t think of a better metaphor for our industry. At this pace, I’d be bald already… if I had any hair left. 😅

Securely Built@securelybuilt.bsky.social · last mo.

Curious about #software #security? You can pick up a copy of the Application Security Handbook for half off tomorrow (June 23)! Remember that, software security is a fundamental skill for modern developers and is most effective when it's considered from the start, not added as an afterthought.