Initiator Creator - Issue #104

​By Saurabh Y. // 29 May 2022

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Developer

​Stack under attack: what we learned about handling DDoS attacks - StackOverflow

When the bots came for us, we strengthened our defenses. Here's what we learned about parrying a few DDoS attacks.

​Learnings from 5 years of tech startup code audits - Ken Kantzer

It’s also been fascinating to see which of those startups have done well and which have faded, now that some of those audits are 7-8 years ago.

​Lessons Learned From Running Apache Airflow at Scale - Shopify

Shopify is running Airflow in production for over two years for a variety of workflows, including data extractions, machine learning model training, Apache Iceberg table maintenance, and DBT-powered data modeling.

​Shipping to Production - The Pragmatic Engineer

Approaches for shipping code to production reliably, every time.

​React state management libraries in 2022 - Albert Gao

This blog will focus all the popular choices and compare them so one can have a quick understanding of the libraries, and when to use them.

Designer

​40 classic branding examples with their modern version - Canva

Here are 40 examples of classic and modern branding that will serve as a great source of design inspiration and demonstrate what has stood the test of time.

​The Surprising Truth About Pixels and Accessibility: should I use pixels or rems? - Josh W Comeau

The truth is, if you want to build the most-accessible product possible, you need to use both pixels and ems/rems. It's not an either/or situation.

​You can learn a lot from a chicken: Color 102 - UX Collective

How one little hen’s quest for the ultimate black disguise may actually fool your eyes.

​Font Matrix – See & Pair Typefaces Like Never Before - Pimp My Type

Combine typefaces that have the same form model or are very different. Avoid similar appearances with diverse form models.

Entrepreneur

​Trends are dead - Vox

Everything and anything can be a trend on the internet. Why are we so determined to name them?

​Hyper-growth is great, but don’t die while trying - Medium

How to avoid bad surprises when you’re planning for fast growth.

​Product roadmaps 101 - Zapier

This guide will take you through every step of the product roadmapping process and even provide you with templates to get you started.

​Find your central product metaphor - Substack

if we’re building a product like video calling, are we looking to mimic the feeling of sitting in a park with your friends on a sunny Saturday, bumping into anyone who might show up? Or of sitting in a quiet room, waiting to have a meeting with a colleague?

​Make your Product Onboarding Better by Trying It Yourself - Medium

The best way to make your onboarding better is to try it. Try it often. Every few weeks at minimum. Think of yourself as one of your user personas, or a dumb user rather than you, the expert who knows your product very well.

Marketer

​Reach: Consumers aren’t sat at home thinking about brands - Marketing Week

Brands should be bringing their purpose inwards, not outwards, says Reach’s director of market insight and brand strategy Andrew Tenzer.

​11 Internet Marketing Strategies That Work - Ahrefs

Internet marketing can seem quite daunting and complicated. There are so many possibilities.

​4 copywriting mistakes that kill your content - Justin Welsh

If you don't spend time studying copywriting and analyzing your previous content, your writing will likely never take off.

​Stripe's model of product-led, developer-centric growth - Irrational Exuberance

The Stripe of 2022 spans from SMB through enterprise, but early Stripe was highly focused on the startup segment of SMB.

​How to Twitter: The Martin Way - Martin Boss

"I finally got Twitter after years of not getting it. Here's what I know." - Martin

Interesting Read

​Seven Varieties of Stupidity - Substack

Many words have been expended on the nature of intelligence, while the topic of stupidity is comparatively neglected - even though it is all around us, screwing us up.

​How People Think - Collaborative Fund

This article describes 17 of what I think are the most common and influential aspects of how people think.

​Math Makes Life Beautiful - Fs

Math has long been the language of science, engineering, and finance, but can math help you feel calm on a turbulent flight? Get a date? Make better decisions? Here are some heroic ways math shows up in our everyday life.

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