Initiator Creator - Issue #115

​By Saurabh Y. // 21 January 2023

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Developer

​What if writing tests was a joyful experience? - Jane Street

Jane Street use a pattern/library called “expect tests” that makes test-writing feel like a REPL session, or like exploratory programming in a Jupyter notebook—with feedback cycles so fast and joyful that it feels almost tactile.

​For your next side project, make a browser extension - Geoffrey Litt

making an extension is a fun and efficient way to create useful software, especially when you can only invest limited time and effort.

​Lazy Brush: Smooth drawing with mouse, finger or other pointing device - Github

"This library provides the math required to implement a ""lazy brush"". It takes a radius and the {x,y} coordinates of a mouse/pointer and calculates the position of the brush. The brush will only move when the pointer is outside the ""lazy area"" of the brush."

​How to debounce and throttle in React without losing your mind - DeveloperWay

What is debounce and throttle, how to use them in React properly, how to avoid breaking them when state and re-renders are involved.

​The Best Podcasts For Hackers And Cyber Security Experts - ShotsinShorts

A list of podcasts covering topics from hackers, malware, cyber crime, cyber security, espionage, botnets, internet privacy, and more from hackers as well as cyber experts.

Designer

​All these images were generated by Google’s latest text-to-image AI - The Verge

In each case, the text at the bottom of the image was the prompt fed into the program, and the picture above, the output. Just to stress: that’s all it takes. You type what you want to see and the program generates it.

​12 creative website header design examples - Webflow

Your website header is your first chance to capture a user's attention. Here are 12 creative website header design examples to inspire your work.

​Groupthink in UX Work - NN/g

Groupthink is the human tendency to follow the opinion of the majority. This instinct can save time but can also lead us on the wrong path.

​2023 Email Design Trends - Iterable

With this fresh start we expect some new trends to emerge in the world of graphic design—particularly in emails.

​Top Front-End Tools Of 2022 - Smashing Magazine

Who doesn’t love a good front-end tool? In this roundup, you’ll find useful front-end tools that were popular last year and will help you speed up your development workflow.

Entrepreneur

​Product Launches - A Visual Guide - Product Marketing Alliance

A collaborative exercise, product launches require input from different people within an organization to ensure the process is successful. These include sales, customer success, product, and product marketing.

​What's Really In An Acquisition Offer - Medium

When is a $10M acquisition offer not really a $10M acquisition offer? All the time. Almost never does a $10M acquisition mean you are going home with your pro rata share of $10M.

​What Big Tech layoffs suggest for the industry - Pragmatic Engineer

Microsoft, Amazon and Salesforce have announced large layoffs in January. What will these events mean for the rest of the industry?

​For Startup Growth, TikTok is the GOAT - Medium

One tactic that seems consistent across virtually every growth strategy I’ve come across is startups’ heavy reliance on TikTok as a (or the) key driver of user acquisition.

Marketer

​How To Attract More Traffic To Your Website Pages - SERPStat

When you're trying to decide which type of content works best, you have to consider your strengths, resources, and target audience. Also, don’t forget to appraise the content gaps in your market—the strategy helps in understanding the informational needs of your audience.

​The Word of Mouth Coefficient - Reforge

Marketing channels are tools and platforms that brands use to communicate with their audience.

​Four PLG Tactics to Grow Faster - OpenView

There are so many stories and growth tactics that are worth learning about—but sometimes we just need the why and the how.

Interesting Read

​Via Negativa: The Power of Knowing What Not to Do - The Mind Collection

Via negativa is a little-known approach to improving our decision-making. Let’s take a look at what it is, how we can apply it in our everyday lives and what our exploding whale has in common with Michelangelo’s and Socrates’ way of thinking.

​4 Mental Traps That Kill a Productivity Mindset - Nir and Far

Mental traps are habitual modes of thinking that disturb our ease, take up enormous amounts of our time, and deplete our energy without accomplishing anything of value

​People Make Time for What They Want—Rightfully So - Nir and Far

Time is precious. We only have so much of it. We must be careful about who and what we give it to. Still, that can be a challenge. Every day, we face people and activities that try to steal our time.

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Outro

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