About
Sawyer Sweet
Software engineer · Pittsburgh, PA
Sawyer is a Pittsburgh, PA based Software Engineer and Entrepreneur with experience leading technical teams. Their passion is in Audio, Creative Code, and Human Computer Interaction. They're comfortable working within multiple tech stacks and design paradigms, focusing on product usability, algorithmic performance, and design workflow.
Writing
Written with zero AI assistance
August 6, 2026
Keeping Up With The Knowledge Jonses
Engineers hoard knowledge like the Jonses hoard wealth. How to navigate the infinite maze of what to learn without burning out or comparing yourself into oblivion.
August 6, 2026
Modern Media Consumption is Broken
AI is removing the limits of individual human creation, flooding the media ecosystem with content and forcing a shift towards trust, attention hijacking, and infrastructure scaling.
August 6, 2026
People Don't Buy Things Because They're Good
Art, product design, and the gap between making something great and getting it adopted. Marketing is the opposite of making, and most people just need a mop.
August 6, 2026
How Can You Ever Be Sure?
Exploring truth, verification, and the limits of human understanding through the lens of computer science, OCD, and the infinite complexity of creation.
August 3, 2026
Million Dollar Prompting Strategy
A one-shot prompt can and will fail. Here's how to map a workflow, build reusable prompts, and know when an AI agent is actually done.
August 1, 2026
10 Crazy Reasons AI Doesn't Do What You Think
I'll tell you the right way to work with AI, whether you're a hardcore skeptic or an AI devotee!
June 18, 2026
Building Infinite Loops in Slay the Spire
Lets shift your puny wombo combo brain into a stochastic sequence state brain without shedding too many tears.
September 9, 2025
The ONLY NextJS Post New Devs Should Read
The NextJS documentation is amazing BUT ONLY EXPLAINS 1/5th of what is happening under the hood.
April 23, 2025
Oops I'm Five Paradigms Deep
Modern development uses frameworks that are built on top of many moving pieces.
April 22, 2025
What Annie Duke and Nate Silver Forget About Betting
The issue with real life is it's vastly incalculable, and fully of hidden information.
April 21, 2025
Balatro School of Economics
The complexity lies in that there are many, many moving parts in these games. It's easier to optimize for growth than perfect play.