Quincy Larson
@quincy.bsky.social
The teacher who founded freeCodeCamp.org, where you can learn to code for free, with thoughtful people.
I host of the freeCodeCamp podcast each Friday and interview devs.
I host of the freeCodeCamp podcast each Friday and interview devs.
Huge news. freeCodeCamp just launched DAILY coding challenges you can solve using Python 🐍 or JavaScript 🟨
Build up your data structures + algorithms skills right in your browser or in the freeCodeCamp iPhone/Android app.📱
30 challenges are already live. Gotta solve 'em all.
Build up your data structures + algorithms skills right in your browser or in the freeCodeCamp iPhone/Android app.📱
30 challenges are already live. Gotta solve 'em all.
September 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Huge news. freeCodeCamp just launched DAILY coding challenges you can solve using Python 🐍 or JavaScript 🟨
Build up your data structures + algorithms skills right in your browser or in the freeCodeCamp iPhone/Android app.📱
30 challenges are already live. Gotta solve 'em all.
Build up your data structures + algorithms skills right in your browser or in the freeCodeCamp iPhone/Android app.📱
30 challenges are already live. Gotta solve 'em all.
Want me to judge / speak at your hackathon? DM me.
I don't change an appearance fee. Just a give me direct flight and a quiet hotel and I'm good.
Upcoming events I'll be at:
Commit Your Code (Dallas - Sep 25-26)
Berkeley CalHacks (San Francisco - Oct 24-26)
I don't change an appearance fee. Just a give me direct flight and a quiet hotel and I'm good.
Upcoming events I'll be at:
Commit Your Code (Dallas - Sep 25-26)
Berkeley CalHacks (San Francisco - Oct 24-26)
September 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Want me to judge / speak at your hackathon? DM me.
I don't change an appearance fee. Just a give me direct flight and a quiet hotel and I'm good.
Upcoming events I'll be at:
Commit Your Code (Dallas - Sep 25-26)
Berkeley CalHacks (San Francisco - Oct 24-26)
I don't change an appearance fee. Just a give me direct flight and a quiet hotel and I'm good.
Upcoming events I'll be at:
Commit Your Code (Dallas - Sep 25-26)
Berkeley CalHacks (San Francisco - Oct 24-26)
This comment from an orphan in India made my entire week. I'm so proud of the freeCodeCamp community.
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This comment from an orphan in India made my entire week. I'm so proud of the freeCodeCamp community.
Learn React by building projects right in your browser. freeCodeCamp just shipped a ton of FREE interactive lessons.🏕️
We'll ship the rest of the 1,000-hour Certified Full Stack Developer Curriculum over the coming months. Start the coursework today and the rest'll be live by the time you reach it.🏔️
We'll ship the rest of the 1,000-hour Certified Full Stack Developer Curriculum over the coming months. Start the coursework today and the rest'll be live by the time you reach it.🏔️
June 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Learn React by building projects right in your browser. freeCodeCamp just shipped a ton of FREE interactive lessons.🏕️
We'll ship the rest of the 1,000-hour Certified Full Stack Developer Curriculum over the coming months. Start the coursework today and the rest'll be live by the time you reach it.🏔️
We'll ship the rest of the 1,000-hour Certified Full Stack Developer Curriculum over the coming months. Start the coursework today and the rest'll be live by the time you reach it.🏔️
METAL GEAR! My cover of Snake's Theme [MSX 1990] for the musical intro to this week's podcast. I interview @shashi.bsky.social about his journey from art school drop out to developer at Microsoft. Watch on YouTube or listen in your favorite podcast app.
May 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
METAL GEAR! My cover of Snake's Theme [MSX 1990] for the musical intro to this week's podcast. I interview @shashi.bsky.social about his journey from art school drop out to developer at Microsoft. Watch on YouTube or listen in your favorite podcast app.
"I have never been in a more welcoming, friendly, inclusive place!"
- another happy camper about the freeCodeCamp community subreddit and discord 😊
- another happy camper about the freeCodeCamp community subreddit and discord 😊
April 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"I have never been in a more welcoming, friendly, inclusive place!"
- another happy camper about the freeCodeCamp community subreddit and discord 😊
- another happy camper about the freeCodeCamp community subreddit and discord 😊
If you're actively learning both guitar and bass at the same time, consider using a pick for both.
I played bass finger style for a few years. It was only once I switched to a pick that I got the full synergy between the two instruments (fast precision arps, left hand muting).
I played bass finger style for a few years. It was only once I switched to a pick that I got the full synergy between the two instruments (fast precision arps, left hand muting).
April 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If you're actively learning both guitar and bass at the same time, consider using a pick for both.
I played bass finger style for a few years. It was only once I switched to a pick that I got the full synergy between the two instruments (fast precision arps, left hand muting).
I played bass finger style for a few years. It was only once I switched to a pick that I got the full synergy between the two instruments (fast precision arps, left hand muting).
This 1990 NES game Astyanax has epic music. I learned it for this week's freeCodeCamp podcast musical intro.
I interview @taeluralexis.bsky.social about her journey from working at McDonalds to teaching herself programming and working as a security engineer. Full podcast just dropped a min ago.
I interview @taeluralexis.bsky.social about her journey from working at McDonalds to teaching herself programming and working as a security engineer. Full podcast just dropped a min ago.
April 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This 1990 NES game Astyanax has epic music. I learned it for this week's freeCodeCamp podcast musical intro.
I interview @taeluralexis.bsky.social about her journey from working at McDonalds to teaching herself programming and working as a security engineer. Full podcast just dropped a min ago.
I interview @taeluralexis.bsky.social about her journey from working at McDonalds to teaching herself programming and working as a security engineer. Full podcast just dropped a min ago.
My cover of 1990's F-Zero Mute City!🏎️
My first time w/ distortion. 100s of guitar takes but I'm getting there.
This is the opening to this week's freeCodeCamp podcast, where I interview @alysonlaaa who taught herself coding and went from accountant to data engineer at GitHub.
My first time w/ distortion. 100s of guitar takes but I'm getting there.
This is the opening to this week's freeCodeCamp podcast, where I interview @alysonlaaa who taught herself coding and went from accountant to data engineer at GitHub.
April 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My cover of 1990's F-Zero Mute City!🏎️
My first time w/ distortion. 100s of guitar takes but I'm getting there.
This is the opening to this week's freeCodeCamp podcast, where I interview @alysonlaaa who taught herself coding and went from accountant to data engineer at GitHub.
My first time w/ distortion. 100s of guitar takes but I'm getting there.
This is the opening to this week's freeCodeCamp podcast, where I interview @alysonlaaa who taught herself coding and went from accountant to data engineer at GitHub.
The 1990 Gameboy Amazing Spiderman theme! 🥁🎸🎹
This is my opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview a @jason.energy about his journey from dropout to software architect.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
This is my opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview a @jason.energy about his journey from dropout to software architect.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
April 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The 1990 Gameboy Amazing Spiderman theme! 🥁🎸🎹
This is my opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview a @jason.energy about his journey from dropout to software architect.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
This is my opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview a @jason.energy about his journey from dropout to software architect.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
The interview: www.freecodecamp.org/news/from-br...
March 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The interview: www.freecodecamp.org/news/from-br...
Song: Little Nemo Dream Master (NES 1990) 🥁🎸🎹 (No quantization or pitch correction)
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview a dev who studied 5 years then landed his first engineering role.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview a dev who studied 5 years then landed his first engineering role.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
March 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Song: Little Nemo Dream Master (NES 1990) 🥁🎸🎹 (No quantization or pitch correction)
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview a dev who studied 5 years then landed his first engineering role.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview a dev who studied 5 years then landed his first engineering role.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
Song: Life Force – Power of Anger (NES 1986) 🥁🎸🎹 (No quantization or pitch correction)
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview @francescociulla.bsky.social, who got serious about coding at 37.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview @francescociulla.bsky.social, who got serious about coding at 37.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
March 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Song: Life Force – Power of Anger (NES 1986) 🥁🎸🎹 (No quantization or pitch correction)
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview @francescociulla.bsky.social, who got serious about coding at 37.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview @francescociulla.bsky.social, who got serious about coding at 37.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
People sometimes sign up for my weekly email newsletter and apparently forget they've done so and assume I'm a spammer.
This response had be busting up laughing.
I clicked the unsubscribe link for them. 😂
This response had be busting up laughing.
I clicked the unsubscribe link for them. 😂
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
People sometimes sign up for my weekly email newsletter and apparently forget they've done so and assume I'm a spammer.
This response had be busting up laughing.
I clicked the unsubscribe link for them. 😂
This response had be busting up laughing.
I clicked the unsubscribe link for them. 😂
Song: Elevator Action (1983) 🥁🎸🎹 (No quantization or pitch correction)
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview @codestackr.com, who taught himself coding while raising kids.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview @codestackr.com, who taught himself coding while raising kids.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
March 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Song: Elevator Action (1983) 🥁🎸🎹 (No quantization or pitch correction)
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview @codestackr.com, who taught himself coding while raising kids.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast where I interview @codestackr.com, who taught himself coding while raising kids.
Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
Shout out to Prankur for writing this comprehensive handbook on how to become a full stack developer in 2025.
He talks about the role of DevOps, the dev job market, and even shares tips for how to leverage AI tools.
Learn it. Know it. Live it.
www.freecodecamp.org/news/become-...
He talks about the role of DevOps, the dev job market, and even shares tips for how to leverage AI tools.
Learn it. Know it. Live it.
www.freecodecamp.org/news/become-...
March 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Shout out to Prankur for writing this comprehensive handbook on how to become a full stack developer in 2025.
He talks about the role of DevOps, the dev job market, and even shares tips for how to leverage AI tools.
Learn it. Know it. Live it.
www.freecodecamp.org/news/become-...
He talks about the role of DevOps, the dev job market, and even shares tips for how to leverage AI tools.
Learn it. Know it. Live it.
www.freecodecamp.org/news/become-...
Song: Galaga arcade (1981) End Theme 🥁🎸🎹 (No quantization or pitch correction)
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast interview with Caleb Curry. Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
What video game song should I do next?
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast interview with Caleb Curry. Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
What video game song should I do next?
March 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Song: Galaga arcade (1981) End Theme 🥁🎸🎹 (No quantization or pitch correction)
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast interview with Caleb Curry. Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
What video game song should I do next?
This is the opening song from this week's freeCodeCamp podcast interview with Caleb Curry. Listen on YouTube, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player.
What video game song should I do next?
Song: Mad Magazine's Spy VS Spy (1984) 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction
What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
No quantization or pitch correction
What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
February 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Song: Mad Magazine's Spy VS Spy (1984) 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction
What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
No quantization or pitch correction
What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
Song: Balloon Fight (NES 1984) 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction
What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
No quantization or pitch correction
What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
February 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Song: Balloon Fight (NES 1984) 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction
What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
No quantization or pitch correction
What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
Song: Dr. Mario (NES 1990) Fever 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction
No quantization or pitch correction
February 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Song: Dr. Mario (NES 1990) Fever 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction
No quantization or pitch correction
Outrun (Arcade 1986) Passing Breeze 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction.
This was a fun one.
What game soundtrack song should I do next?
No quantization or pitch correction.
This was a fun one.
What game soundtrack song should I do next?
February 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Outrun (Arcade 1986) Passing Breeze 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction.
This was a fun one.
What game soundtrack song should I do next?
No quantization or pitch correction.
This was a fun one.
What game soundtrack song should I do next?
Song: Duck Tales (NES 1989) Theme from the Moon 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction
What game soundtrack song should I do next?
No quantization or pitch correction
What game soundtrack song should I do next?
January 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Song: Duck Tales (NES 1989) Theme from the Moon 🥁🎸🎹
No quantization or pitch correction
What game soundtrack song should I do next?
No quantization or pitch correction
What game soundtrack song should I do next?
freeCodeCamp is now screen printing our own shirts and selling them at-cost, with free shipping.
$15 shipped anywhere in the US.
These are high quality triblend shirts that will last years (I own 5 of them and have washed each hundreds of times.)
shop.freecodecamp.org
$15 shipped anywhere in the US.
These are high quality triblend shirts that will last years (I own 5 of them and have washed each hundreds of times.)
shop.freecodecamp.org
January 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
freeCodeCamp is now screen printing our own shirts and selling them at-cost, with free shipping.
$15 shipped anywhere in the US.
These are high quality triblend shirts that will last years (I own 5 of them and have washed each hundreds of times.)
shop.freecodecamp.org
$15 shipped anywhere in the US.
These are high quality triblend shirts that will last years (I own 5 of them and have washed each hundreds of times.)
shop.freecodecamp.org
Ludicrous speed. Go.
January 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ludicrous speed. Go.