Code & Curiosity by Maximilian Schwarzmüller
Join Maximilian Schwarzmüller, a professional web developer and bestselling online course instructor as he discusses programming, shares his views & opinions on frameworks, languages, libraries and technology in general or gives you insights into his life as a developer and course creator.
React, Tailwind, ShadCN - Is The Default LLM Stack A Problem?
Is AI Creating a Dev Monoculture?
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/ Read the article: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/articles/the-problem-with-the-default-ai-stack
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Open LLMs like Gemma or Qwen are AMAZING!
My go-to LLMs run on my M1 MacBook...
I'm truly excited about running LLMs locally - that's why I created a course to share my experience & knowledge on using & configuring LM Studio and Ollama. 👉 https://acad.link/local-llms
My Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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React Compiler Release Candidate Released!
Should you start using it?
Learn all about React with my full 70h course: http://acad.link/reactjs Or with my fully updated React 19 book: https://www.amazon.com/React-Key-Concepts-depth-features/dp/183620227X
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
A2A - Google's bet on AI Agents
What A2A is and how it (not) relates to MCP
Full article: http://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/articles/googles-agent-to-agent-a2a-protocol Learn more about SSE: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/articles/server-sent-events-sse-the-champion-no-one-knows/ Using AI efficiently: https://acad.link/chatgpt AI for devs: https://acad.link/ai-for-devs Google's A2A Announcement: https://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/ A2A Tech Spec: https://google.github.io/A2A/#/documentation A2A Demos: https://github.com/google/A2A/tree/main/samples
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Microsoft & VS Code strike back against Cursor
"Agent Mode" & marketplace restrictions
Efficient AI Use For Devs - Full Course: https://acad.link/ai-for-devs
VS Code 1.99 Release Notes: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_99
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
It's named COpilot for a reason!
AI can make you a more productive developer! But it's not just about Vibe Coding. Actually, for me, it's not about vibe coding at all.
I also wrote an article! 👉 https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/articles/ai-powered-development-the-good-parts
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
MCP: Hype or Useful?
Making Sense of LLM Tool Use & MCP
Full article: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/articles/whats-the-mcp-model-context-protocol-hype-all-about Demo implementation: https://github.com/mschwarzmueller/demo-mcp-server-client-implementation
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
TypeScript is ported to Go - but why not Rust?
Exciting news! TypeScript (compiler & typechecker) is rewritten in Go.
My updated TypeScript course: https://acad.link/typescript Learn Go from the ground up: https://acad.link/golang
Full article: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/articles/typescript-is-ported-to-go-why-not-rust Official announcement: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/typescript-native-port/ Official FAQs: https://github.com/microsoft/typescript-go/discussions/categories/faqs Evan You's post: https://x.com/youyuxi/status/1899642075425153385
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Want to become a...
Why "vibe coding" is NOT my future
There's a new, popular term & way of coding: Vibe Coding.
My full article: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/articles/vibe-coding-is-not-my-future Me failing at vibe coding (livestream VOD): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA1bJ3HQi0M Shorter version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1brzUlmE_k0
Andrej's post: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web developm...
React Router 7 is too amazing to settle on suboptimal docs
Learn all about React (incl. React Router) with my "React Key Concepts" book: https://www.amazon.com/React-Key-Concepts-depth-features/dp/183620227X
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
There's An AI Skill Gap Growing
Gen-AI may not be the great equalizer everyone thinks it is...
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
CRA is dead ... long live Vite?
It's getting a bit ridiculous...
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
StarGate & DeepSeek R1 - AI keeps on marching forward! Should we worry?
Project Stargate was announced shortly after DeepSeek R1 sent shockwaves through the AI landscape.
Website: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/
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Looking back at 2024 as a web developer
A difficult year full of big releases
I completely updated my "React Key Concepts" book for React 19! This second edition will be released on January 14th. Pre-order now and be one of the first to learn all about React - from the ground up & in great depth! 👉 https://www.amazon.com/React-Key-Concepts-depth-features-ebook/dp/B0D6N1DQRR (Amazon might still show some other release date - you can ignore that, it will be released on Jan 14th!)
You can also pre-order directly via Packt (my publisher): https://www.packtpub.com/en-ch/product/react-key-concepts-9781836202271
All Podcast epi...
Web Development has had some rough 1.5 years...
Why being a (web) dev is still worth it
Take advantage of my Black Friday offer and get ALL ACCESS to ALL MY COURSES for just $149/year instead of $249/year: https://academind.com/black-friday-2024
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Angular 19 is a BEAST!
Angular 19 is here and it's another huge release!
Join the Black Friday Sale Waitlist: https://academind.com/black-friday-2024
Or just join my "Angular - The Complete Guide" course (discount applied): https://acad.link/angular
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Angular 19 Release Blog Post: https://blog.angular.dev/meet-angular-v19-7b29dfd05b84
Tailwind vs Vanilla CSS - should you reconsider?
Should you (re-)consider using Tailwind?
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Why's nobody using Astro?
You might be missing out on one of the most amazing web frameworks!
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Embrace GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI & ChatGPT as a developer!
AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI or ChatGPT are here to stay - as is AI in general!
I show you how to use these tools efficiently in my new course 👉 "AI For Developers With GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI & ChatGPT" Join now (Udemy, discount applied): https://acad.link/ai-for-devs
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
What happened to React 19?
React 19 RC was announced and then ... nothing! What's up with React 19 stable?
Pre-order the second edition of my "React Key Concepts" book now and learn all about React 19 (and React in general) once it's out! 👉 https://www.amazon.com/React-Key-Concepts-depth-features
Or take my complete React course: https://acad.link/reactjs
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Dominik's blog post: https://tkdodo.eu/blo...
AI's facing a big challenge!
Will it ever get there?
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
I LOVE learning new stuff!
New = Awesome?
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Creating a productive development environment
Don't waste your time!
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Do you REALLY need to know Git?
Which tools are really essential tools for developers?
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Why Express.js?
Why aren't you using Fastify? Or Koa? Or NestJS?
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What's the best framework for building a SaaS?
Laravel, Django, Next.js ... which framework would I use for building a SaaS?
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Remix might win the React framework race - thanks to React Router!
Because Remix is becoming React Router. Or vice versa.
I do teach React AND React Router in-depth in my bestselling course. Looks like this one course will therefore turn you into a fullstack React developer AND teach you all the core React basics of course! 👉 https://acad.link/reactjs
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
My opinion on Angular 18 & React 19
Angular 18 & React 19 RC were released.
I also created a standalone video with an overview of all key Angular 18 features & changes: https://youtu.be/JTLDuL0BtUE And I updated my Angular course (with more to come!) - if you're not on board yet, now's the best time to join (at a discount!): https://acad.link/angular
My React course was also fully updated over the last year and months: https://acad.link/reactjs
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast
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Should you use Bun, Deno etc. instead of Node.js?
There are plenty of alternative JavaScript runtimes these days. But are they better than Node.js?
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I'm not interested in your strong opinions!
They're everywhere on social media! Strong opinions, often voiced in a condescending way.
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Are we going back to PHP with fullstack JavaScript?
It looks like we're back to blending HTML code with server-side logic.
Want to learn all about Next.js? Take my completely updated Next.js 14 course! 👉 https://acad.link/nextjs Want to learn React? I completed updated my React course, too! 👉 https://acad.link/reactjs
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Should you use Next.js 14 & the "App Router"?
My thoughts on the Next.js "App Router" & what I (don't) like about it
Want to learn all about Next.js? Take my completely updated Next.js 14 course! 👉 https://acad.link/nextjs Want to learn React? I completed updated my React course, too! 👉 https://acad.link/reactjs
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
How many programming languages should you learn & know?
Do you know enough programming languages?
Want to learn how to spin up your own VPS with AWS EC2? Take my complete AWS course & get AWS-certified! 👉 https://acad.link/aws-cp
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Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Should you use a VPS instead of Vercel, Netlify & co?
Max shares his opinion on the VPS vs Vercel discussion.
Want to learn how to spin up your own VPS with AWS EC2? Take my complete AWS course & get AWS-certified! 👉 https://acad.link/aws-cp
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast I also have a Podcast with @academind: https://academind.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Smart Developers Write Simple Code
Don't be the kind of developer who introduces unnecessary abstractions and complexities.
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast I also have a Podcast with @academind: https://academind.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
HTMX is amazing!
I think HTMX is a pretty amazing JavaScript library that helps you avoid writing JS code
Full HTMX course: https://acad.link/htmx (discount applied)
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast I also have a Podcast with @academind: https://academind.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Are there too many JavaScript frameworks?
React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, SolidJS and many more. Did we go too far?
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast I also have a Podcast with @academind: https://academind.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Devin - The World's First AI Software Engineer
Is the end near for software developers?
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast I also have a Podcast with @academind: https://academind.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
I also already have another (more general) video on "AI replacing software developers": https://youtu.be/T1OBSIRqlCU
Should you REALLY learn JavaScript before React, Angular etc?
You might not need to learn TOO MUCH JS before diving into React etc.
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast I also have a Podcast with @academind: https://academind.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
Why (almost) every JavaScript developer should learn TypeScript
JavaScript is great, TypeScript makes it amazing!
All Podcast episodes: https://maximilian-schwarzmueller.com/podcast I also have a Podcast with @academind: https://academind.com/podcast
Want to become a web developer or expand your web development knowledge? I have multiple bestselling online courses on React, Angular, NodeJS, Docker & much more! 👉 https://academind.com/courses
