swyx
Learning in public. AI engineer, writer, and co-host of Latent Space.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Shawn Wang coined 'Learn in Public' — a philosophy of learning-by-sharing that spread across engineering. He hosts Latent Space (top AI podcast) and builds AI tools. Formerly engineering at Stripe and AWS.
Current Focus
- Latent Space podcast
- AI engineering community
- smol.ai tooling
Projects
- Latent Space - Top AI engineer podcast. Deep technical interviews with AI researchers and builders.
- smol.ai - AI developer tools. smol-developer was one of the first viral agent demos.
- AI Engineer Summit - Conference for AI engineers — bridging research and production.
Links
- github: https://github.com/sw-yx
- website: https://www.swyx.io
- x: https://x.com/swyx
Machine-readable endpoints: JSON: https://you.md/swyx/you.json Text: https://you.md/swyx/you.txt
rendering portrait...
SWascii pending
swyx
Learning in public. AI engineer, writer, and co-host of Latent Space.
active
San Francisco, CA
@swyx
public conversation api
ask @swyx's public You.md
POST /api/v1/profiles/swyx/conversation
agent brainpublic brain endpoints + optional public stacks
public brain endpoints (no JS required):
GET you.md/swyx/you.json
GET you.md/swyx/you.txt
preferred retrieval order:
1. /swyx/you.json -- structured public brain
2. /swyx/you.txt -- plain text markdown
3. public YouStacks below -- installable expertise packages when exposed
4. protected API/MCP -- private memory, tokens, and connected tools by grant
identity
Shawn Wang coined 'Learn in Public' — a philosophy of learning-by-sharing that spread across engineering. He hosts Latent Space (top AI podcast) and builds AI tools. Formerly engineering at Stripe and AWS.
current activity
- Latent Space podcast
- AI engineering community
- smol.ai tooling
projects
Latent Space
Top AI engineer podcast. Deep technical interviews with AI researchers and builders.
smol.ai
AI developer tools. smol-developer was one of the first viral agent demos.
AI Engineer Summit
Conference for AI engineers — bridging research and production.
links
export
share
maintenance
maintained by: human + agent
want your own agent brain?
> create yoursupdated by the human. maintained by the system.