[Weekend Drop] Cloudflare vs AWS, API Economy, Learning in Public on the Changelog

<p>Listen to the Changelog: <a href="https://changelog.com/podcast/467">https://changelog.com/podcast/467</a></p><p>Essays:</p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.swyx.io/LIP">https://www.swyx.io/LIP</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.swyx.io/api-economy">https://www.swyx.io/api-economy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.swyx.io/cloudflare-go">https://www.swyx.io/cloudflare-go</a></li> </ul><p><br><strong>Transcript</strong></p><p><strong>Jerod Santo:</strong> So swyx, we have been tracking your work for years; well, you've been Learning in Public for years, so I've been (I guess) watching you learn, but we've never had you on the show, so welcome to The Changelog.</p><p><strong>Shawn Wang:</strong> Thank you. Long-time listener, first-time guest, I guess... [laughs]</p><p><strong>Adam Stacoviak:</strong> Yeah.</p><p><strong>Jerod Santo:</strong> Happy to have you here.</p><p><strong>Adam Stacoviak:</strong> Very excited to have you here.</p><p><strong>Jerod Santo:</strong> So tell us a little bit of your story, because I think it informs the rest of our conversation. We're gonna go somewhat deep into some of your ideas, some of the dots you've been connecting as you participate and watch the tech industry... But I think for this conversation it's probably useful to get to know you, and how you got to be where you are. Not the long, detailed story, but maybe the elevator pitch of your recent history. Do you wanna hook us up?</p><p><strong>Shawn Wang:</strong> For sure. For those who want the long history, I did a 2,5-hour podcast with Quincy Larson from FreeCodeCamp, so you can go check that out if you want. The short version is I'm born and raised in Singapore, came to the States for college, and was totally focused on finance. I thought people who were in the finance industry rules the world, they were masters of the universe... And I graduated just in time for the financial crisis, so not a great place to be in. But I worked my way up and did about 6-7 years of investment banking and hedge funds, primarily tr