Initiator Creator - Issue #109

​By Saurabh Y. // 10 December 2022

We're back after 5 months! Reason of the break is in the outro, If you like to know. Now let's continue to the real thing....

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Developer

​Continuous Delivery, Meet Continuous Security - StackOverflow

Dynamic application security testing (DAST) can help catch security flaws in your code. And it can do it automatically in your build process.

​Codux - First Visual IDE for React by WIX - Codux

Build functional applications, develop components in isolation, and edit existing projects— all based on source code and with real-time rendering.

​ChatGPT: Optimizing Language Models for Dialogue - OpenAI

The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow an instruction in a prompt and provide a detailed response.

​Nextra – Next.js Static Site Generator - Nextra

Simple, powerful and flexible site generation framework
with everything you love from Next.js.

​New NPM Features for Secure Publishing and Safe Consumption - Github

Now you can create tokens with fine-grained permissions for automating your publishing and organization management workflows. And a new code explorer allows you to view content of a package directly in the npm portal.

Designer

​24 Amazing Design Books Every Designer Should Read - Webflow

This collection of design books covers business advice, inclusive design guidance, creative inspiration, and so much more.

​Now is the Time to Embrace Creativity - Google

By being open to more active collaboration with creators around a shared point of view, brands can foster a more exciting and authentic conversation with their audiences.

​Icon Design Trends For 2023 - Shakuro

Icons are an essential part of it that helps the viewers navigate around the app. Discover the icon design trends for 2023 and practical tips on their usage.

​Rive - The New Standard for Interactive Graphics - Rive

Use Rive's familiar design and animation tools with our ground-breaking State Machine to create interactive content for your products, apps, sites, and games.

​Design Tools Survey 2022 - UX Tools

This year we can understand the industry more deeply as we ask new questions about remote work, leadership, and research.

Entrepreneur

​My Philosophy of Product Building - Every

If you’re in love with software and you’re excited by the idea of making it yourself by hand, here’s the short version of how Nathan Baschez build new products

​Startup to exit: Lessons from a first-time founder - Lenny's Newsletter

Why VC funding is a drug, when building in stealth is a mistake, what to do when you lose conviction, how to approach selling your company, and more

​The Release Ratio: How to Make Use of Everything You Know - More to that

When you consume content, it’s good up to a certain point. It’s great to learn more about the world, but then you must follow that up with: “Okay, so what do I do with all this information?”

Marketer

​How to Write Pitch Email Subject Lines Editors Will Open - Wolf-craft

these examples aren’t thought experiments, these are proven pitch subject lines editors will actually open, because they already did.

​How to create a more effective homepage - MKT1

A step-by-step guide on improving your homepage content & copy to increase conversion

​Landing Page Advertising With Google and Facebook Ads - Mailerlite

It’s easy to start promoting your page with paid ads, but it’s not always easy to run profitable campaigns. Improve your chances of generating a positive return by following these 9 steps.

Interesting Read

​Labeling Yourself is Keeping You Down, Do This Instead - Nir and Far

By focusing on our behaviors, not fixed characteristics, we can release harmful perceptions of ourselves that hold us back from trying methods that might improve our lives

​Creative Burnout: when the creativity tap runs dry - Ness Labs

Whether they know it or not, any designer, writer, entrepreneur, photographer or creator of any type has experienced it at least once. Creative burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion around creative work.

​The Psychology of Prestige: why we play the social status game - Ness Labs

Those who choose to study medicine based on the future status of being a doctor could later find themselves unfulfilled in a career they are not truly interested or invested in. Rather than striving for status, we need to find more sustainable incentives for success.

Community Submissions

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​Notion AI is in Alpha - Producthunt

Notion just dropped their latest feature: an AI assistant built directly into your workspace. Notion AI is currently in Alpha, but it can handle quite a lot already. It’s kind of like a new co-worker that lives in Notion and saves you a ton of time or helps you spend it more wisely.

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Outro

🙏Thank you for reading Initiator Creator issue #109

I never like to share my personal life with anyone but as you're a subscriber I feel I owe you an small explanation, at least. I'm sending this issue after 5 months because I was on a break due to some health conditions. Now everything is all good and back on track. And I hope I'll continue this without any further pauses.

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