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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.
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
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).
April 28, 2025 at 5:10 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.
April 21, 2025 at 3:33 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.
April 15, 2025 at 4:07 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.
April 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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.
March 29, 2025 at 1:09 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.
March 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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.
March 14, 2025 at 10:17 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?
March 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Song: Mad Magazine's Spy VS Spy (1984) 🥁🎸🎹

No quantization or pitch correction

What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
February 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Song: Balloon Fight (NES 1984) 🥁🎸🎹

No quantization or pitch correction

What 80s/90s video game song should I do next?
February 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Song: Dr. Mario (NES 1990) Fever 🥁🎸🎹

No quantization or pitch correction
February 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Outrun (Arcade 1986) Passing Breeze 🥁🎸🎹

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
Song: Duck Tales (NES 1989) Theme from the Moon 🥁🎸🎹

No quantization or pitch correction

What game soundtrack song should I do next?
January 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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
January 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM