Swyx W
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarSwyx W is a San Francisco–based software engineer with nine years of hands-on experience across full-stack, front-end, and DevOps work, particularly in developer tooling and AI-infused developer experiences. He’s an active open-source contributor to high-profile projects like AWS Amplify, Netlify, Temporal, and the React TypeScript Cheatsheets, often improving docs, UX, and integration points rather than just adding features. Comfortable shipping everything from CLI and serverless tooling to Svelte and Next.js frontends, he combines practical engineering with strong documentation and community-building (see latent.space, dx.tips, and his long-form ideas at swyx.io). Notably, he’s worked on developer-agent tooling that integrates multiple LLMs, reflecting a practical interest in embedding AI into developer workflows.
9 years of coding experience
Github Skills (66)
python10
authentication10
code-generation10
serverless10
javascript10
api10
front-end-development10
aws-amplify10
html10
gpt10
typescripts10
cli10
sveltekit10
apidoc10
netlify10
Programming languages (29)
Github contributions (5)
smol-ai/developer
May 2023 - Sep 2023
the first library to let you embed a developer agent in your own app!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 31 PRs, 55 pushes in 4 months
Contributions summary:Swyx contributed to the development of a library designed to embed a developer agent within an application. The commits demonstrate the implementation of OpenAI integration, specifically utilizing the GPT-4 model to generate code based on user prompts and file specifications. The contributions also included the refactoring of code, the introduction of token reporting, and the addition of a new file that utilizes Anthropic's Claude model, showcasing the development of a system that supports multiple AI models.
swyxio/brain
Mar 2018 - Jan 2023
Swyx's second brain!
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1383 commits, 29 PRs, 1413 pushes in 4 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Swyx primarily worked on the documentation for the "brain" repository, which appears to be a knowledge management system. They added initial documentation using Docz and made modifications to the `doczrc.js` file to configure the documentation. The user also added a calendar plugin that was used in Obsidian. Their contributions encompassed front-end documentation and configuration, with some changes to plugin files.
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