Sep 26, 2025
Tom Mondloch quit programming after he finished community college. After a few years of odd jobs, he decided to get back into programming and discovered freeCodeCamp.
He was just learning his own way, and didn't think freeCodeCamp's linear curriculum would be worth his time. But he stuck with it, got good, and...
Sep 19, 2025
On this week's freeCodeCamp podcast we're talking with software engineer Ihechikara Abba, who has a chess ELO rating of 2285, putting him among top competitive chess players. We just published his freeCodeCamp course on chess end games, and an accompanying handbook.
We talk about: how learning chess can make you a...
Sep 12, 2025
For this week's interview, we've got a special treat. I'm talking with two legends in the self-taught developer community.
Danny Thompson worked for 10 years at a Tennessee gas station, frying chicken for people to eat, sometimes working 80 hour weeks just to provide for his family. And yet, Danny had ambition....
Sep 5, 2025
For this week's interview, I'm talking with Ania Kubów. She's a software engineer and prolific programming teacher on YouTube.
She shares tips for:
- Getting into game development and using JavaScript and browser
games as an entry point
- How to keep your focus in an increasingly distracting world
- How AI tools are a...