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.

Code & Curiosity by Maximilian Schwarzmüller

Latest episodes

2025 - My Look Back

2025 - My Look Back

27m 8s

Another year's over. You know what that means! Time for a look back. MY look back in this case.
And it's been quite a year. In good and bad ways.

Use Agent Skills, NOT MCP

Use Agent Skills, NOT MCP

6m 19s

MCP has been all the hype for the last 1.5 years. Kind of, at least.
But you can safely ignore it as a developer. Agent Skills are the way better alternative.

Udemy is getting acquired!

Udemy is getting acquired!

4m 28s

Coursera buys Udemy. Or they merge - depending on how you look at it.
Either way, I have some initial thoughts about it.

What's going on with React?

What's going on with React?

11m 42s

We had multiple React-related severe security vulnerabilities within a few weeks. Did React get too complex? Is the client-server complexity eating into security?