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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

After 1.5 years of hard work my book on "Neural Networks from Scratch" is almost done. What book cover layout do you like best? Just reply with Blue of Green. Value propositions: - knowledge that doesn't easily go out of date - transparent examples made from scratch - demystify the AI black box

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Btw, a couple of months ago @swizec.com was a guest on the JS Craft Podcast, where we talked about choosing the right priorities + focusing on the work that actually moves the needle, why strong writing skills are still essential for engineers & more: youtu.be/zN0SjFvtr8w

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🎙️ Swizec Teller — Tech Lead at Plasmidsaurus & Author of Scaling Fast

YouTube video by Js-Craft Academy

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Great points made by @swizec.com in this podcast. The engineers who understand the broader business context & can help the company survive and iterate are the ones who will always get great opportunities. It's always about being useful. youtu.be/Cvww54BI3l4

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Software Engineering Managers Admit: We Don't Hire Junior SWEs Anymore. How to Survive AI Coding

YouTube video by dearCC · Hiring advice for the AI age

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Stefan Judis @stefanjudis.com · 12/08/2026

Here's a quick party trick: did you know that you can use Intl to format numeric values with their units? Yes, I'm fun at parties... 🫣 www.stefanjudis....

Code snippet: new Intl.NumberFormat('fr-FR', { style: 'unit', unit: 'kilobyte', unitDisplay: 'long' }).format(123456) returns '123 456 kilooctets'.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Maybe the most useful line I've recently heard: "This is really interesting because there is a lot that I disagree with, and so my response is that I want to better understand what you are saying." From this episode of the Jason Swett's podcast: www.codewithjason.com/podcast/1843...

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287 - Jeff Casimir, Founder of Turing School - The Code with Jason Podcast

In this episode I talk with Jeff Casimir, founder of Turing School, about why AI is far down his list of reasons for the tech job market downturn—he points instead to macroeconomic policy, copycat lay...

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Had a blast recording this podcast with @farisaziz.com , Staff Eng at Smallpdf and organizer of @zurichjs.com . We talked about engineering fundamentals, the story behind ZurichJS, career lessons, what moved the needle for him & what turned out to be a time waster. youtu.be/xDCBvtUvLtg

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Faris Aziz – Staff Engineer at @Smallpdf & @zurichjs organizer

YouTube video by Js-Craft Academy

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My book "📙 Understanding Neural Network - From Writing if else Code to Training AI Models" is 50% done. I'm currently reviewing the draft of the first part. Remember that you can join the waiting list and get an early-bird 20% discount 👉 www.js-craft.io/nn/

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Token - maximizing ... OpenAI gives awards to the companies that use the most tokens. That's kind of like McDonald's rewarding you for buying the most Happy Meals, or Ford rewarding you for buying the most cars. Why is "using more tokens" is a good thing?

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Getting ready to record a podcast later today with @farisaziz.com , organiser of Zurichjs and Staff Engineer at SmallPDF. Drop your questions below, and I’ll ask Faris as many as I can.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

"I haven't written code in months" is an odd thing to brag about if you still call yourself a software engineer. Don't get me wrong! I use AI every day, and it's incredible. But AI helps you move faster; it doesn't eliminate the need to stay close to the code, understand the system, and stay sharp.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This is the best AI-related talks I’ve heard in months. Middle grounded discussion, based on a lot of real data. I’m tired of armies of techno optimists selling superabundance (plus AI stocks) or doomers forecasting Mad Max without any real logic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD3v...

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The most rational take on AI you’ll hear this year

YouTube video by Lenny's Podcast

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I'm delighted to share my interview with @joelhooks.com, co-founder of Egghead and one of the most down to earth voices in developer education space. Topics we cover: – learning in the AI era – validating courses & products – business, bets & Egghead – long-term projects youtu.be/MLAJy8-xrUM

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Joel Hooks — Egghead.io &ex Head of Education @Vercel, dev education and staying true to your values

YouTube video by Js-Craft Academy

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Gradient descent is like finding the bottom of a valley blindfolded. At each step, you can feel just the current slope: if slope < 0 → increase weight if slope > 0 → decrease weight if slope == 0 → you're at the min error 👉 www.js-craft.io/nn

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The best morning are the ones when I can wake up before the noise of the day starts, make a cup of tea, and be able to do some deep work on something I enjoy a lot. Just pen and paper, no distractions for 90 min 👉 www.js-craft.io/nn/

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Morning walk on the beautiful streets of Cordoba and a very inspirational listen with Faris Aziz at the Senors at Scale podcast. Loved the idea of seeing developer educational events as mini start-ups + many knowledge gems on the FE architectural side. Thank you Spain!

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Doing the main research for my new book on Neural Networks for JS Developers entirely with pen and paper. No distractions, just deep work & black tea. Loving the process! The faster tech moves, the more strong fundamentals are becoming essentials 👉 www.js-craft.io/nn/

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Training neural networks feels like playing 2 different games: -🎯 Guess the Correct Number, or trying to find the bottom of a valley while blindfolded (adjusting weights) -⚖️ The Blame Game: figuring out how much each neuron contributed to the prediction error (backpropagation) www.js-craft.io/nn/

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Understanding Neural Networks Book Presale 20% off

JavaScript, LangChain and AI integration resources.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Hrishi Olickel, former guest of the JS Craft Podcast, gave a great talk at the AI Engineer Singapore - timestamp 08:30:00 - on adding reliable agentic systems into the middle of the stack instead of the tip. Check it out! High-quality, no hype-driven info 🥇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=m12v...

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AIE Singapore Day 2 ft. Google DeepMind, OpenClaw, Adaption, Arize, Cloudflare, Robot Company & more

YouTube video by AI Engineer

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Great topics - especially with Chrome 148 adding the Prompt API.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Saying we don’t need to learn to write because LLMs can do it is like saying we don’t need to go to the gym because machines can lift for us. Writing is for the mind what exercise is for the body. Some good points here youtu.be/6pxmdmlJCG0

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OpenAI Founder Breaks Down His Writing Process — Sam Altman

YouTube video by David Perell

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I would add to this list also LLMs;  LLM that doesn’t know it doesn’t know + confident human who also doesn’t know what they don’t know = very expensive mistakes Deep fundamental understating matters more that ever right 👉 www.js-craft.io/nn/

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The books of Nassim Taleb need be studied as thoroughly as high school textbooks. Very few books have changed and deepened my view of the world as the Incerto series.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I think that most applications will soon include a built-in AI/LLM layer. Like they have a database layer today. The build in LLM could be used for: - 💬 natural language UI interactions - 📦 working with unstructured data - 🤖 communication with other LLM-powered systems

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The neuronal network model paper was written in 1943. Still relevant. Still foundational. Still powering modern AI. That’s Lindy knowledge worth investing in. I'm working on a book for devs who want to understand AI from the ground up by building neural networks from scratch js-craft.io/nn

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Understanding Neural Networks Book Presale 20% off

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I’m seeing more and more GitHub files that mix natural language with code. It’s making me think if Andrej Karpathy may be right; maybe the next world’s most popular programming language could be English.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

OpenClaw interest over time. That's why I try to avoid investing time & effort into learning hype based tech and focus on the fundamentals that don't change 👉 js-craft.io/nn

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

LLMs are just machine learning models. It’s dangerous to combine an LLM that doesn’t know it doesn’t know with a human who also doesn’t know what they don’t know. That’s how you get confident, expensive mistakes. Real competence & understating matters more that ever!

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Trends come and go. But the foundational Artificial Neuron Model paper was published in 1943. Still relevant today. The Lindy effect at work, knowledge this old is here to stay. And that's why I'm making a book for JS devs who want to truly understand AI 👉 js-craft.io/nn

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Understanding Neural Networks Book Presale 20% off

JavaScript, LangChain and AI integration resources.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Chrome 148 now has the Prompt API. You can now call a local Gemini Nano with .prompt('Write me a poem about cats'). Learned it from Stefan’s Web Weekly newsletter!

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Chris Coyier @chriscoyier.net · 11/05/2026

Still got Private Pens and they work the same way, but now there is 📝 password protected Pens and 🎟️ invite-only Pens.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

My new book project - 📙 Understanding Neuronal Networks from Scratch - has now a landing page! Learn more about the book and get 20% off at launch 👉 www.js-craft.io/nn/

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Understanding Neural Networks Book Presale 20% off

JavaScript, LangChain and AI integration resources.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Coworking view! Thank you, Spain!

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

is training AI models the new coding ?

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Training a neural network sometimes feels like designing a giant Pachinko machine. You build the structure, pour in data, and watch where the balls land. It's programming just not the kind I was thought in school. youtube.com/shorts/aygM1...

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Vintage Pachinko machine – with monkey bird and angry hippopotamus, it works

YouTube video by isbjorn25

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Tip - If you replace "github.com/repo-url-here" with "gitingest.com/repo-url-here", you can turn any GitHub repository into a text digest of the codebase, perfect for feeding into an LLM.

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Chris Coyier @chriscoyier.net · 27/04/2026

Browserslist works across Babel, PostCSS (preset-env), and Lightning CSS (on CodePen). I like it. One place to store browser support information, multiple tools use it.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I am extremely happy to share that tomorrow I will interview @joelhooks.com , cofounder of Egghead.io. We will talk about AI & education, making high-quality dev courses, motivation & entrepreneurship. Please post here any questions you want me to ask Joel!

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egghead.io - Learn Web Development from Expert Developers

Master modern web development with expert-led courses and tutorials on React, TypeScript, Next.js, and AI-powered development tools.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Saturday morning. Preparing for a podcast episode with Joel Hooks, cofounder of egghead.io. Everything happens on pen and paper. It is much more pleasant & makes it easier to focus. I only use the laptop to dictate the final questions & put them into a digital format.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Whenever I think about a project made with love and respect for the craft, Web Weekly is one of the first things that pops into my mind. Thanks Stefan for doing it 🙌

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

100% agree! The future belongs more to excellent product managers than devs. A good PM is not the one who stays 10h/day in meetings, but the one who has a hyper-deep knowledge of an industry & knows where to place bets. And this comes from a hardcore dev such as DHH: youtube.com/shorts/7FmYJ...

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DHH: “We’ve seen peak programmer”

YouTube video by The Pragmatic Engineer

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Chasing “Build your AI startup in 5 minutes” YT thumbnails === maximizing your exposure to a "Red Wedding" event. If you don’t understand the the non-spectacular fundamentals you are like a turkey waiting for the next GPT launch to be your Thanksgiving.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Morning listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj0M...

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Great, succinct video explaining what's inside the magical black box of LLMs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPZh...

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Large Language Models explained briefly

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Don’t rely on AI for everything! Traditional “boring” code it’s much more reliable, faster and cheaper. Use AI/LLMs only for tasks that truly need them, like Natural Language Processing, image recognition and similar tasks.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Great morning listen: podcast with Abhi Aiyer from Mastra AI, on how hard & important is to fiind real market fit, how they used printed books to increase their reach (yeah, people still like to read), MCP courses & more! Python trains, Javascript ships 💪 youtu.be/6AbmRwKoF1U

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TypeScript BEATS Python when building AI Agents (Mastra's YC Journey)

YouTube video by CodeRabbit

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🎙️ I’ve come to realize that being able to formulate and ask the right questions is a crucial skill. In the age of AI, that skill matters more than ever. Running a podcast really pushes you to learn how to choose the right questions and express them clearly: www.js-craft.io/blog/categor...

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Halfway through the "Scaling Fastbook: software Engineering Through the Hockeystick" book by @swizec.com . Great read, full of timeless advice that will still be relevant a long time after the AI hysteria will have cooled down.

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

hey look, it still totally makes sense to make features that are not "AI something ... "! Great work Chris & team!

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Daniel - Js Craft @danielnsts.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My interview with @swizec.com in now online. We covered: - his new book Scaling Fast: Software Engineering Through the Hockeystick - starting again from scratch - EU vs USA tech scene - why good writing matters, especially in the age of AI & more Watch it here: 👉 youtu.be/zN0SjFvtr8w

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🎙️ Swizec Teller — Tech Lead at Plasmidsaurus & Author of Scaling Fast

YouTube video by Js-Craft Academy

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