Initiator Creator - Initiator Creator - Issue 126

Initiator Creator - Issue #126

By Saurabh Y. // 13 May 2023

Developer

AI isn't the app, it's the UI - StackOverflow

A realistic understanding of generative AI can guide us to its ideal use case: not a decision-maker or unsupervised agent tucked away from the end user, but an interface between humans and machines.

React Canaries: Enabling Incremental Feature Rollout Outside Meta - React

It lets curated setups like frameworks decouple adoption of individual React features from the React release schedule.

What is a Vector Database? - Pinecone

Efficient data processing has become more crucial than ever for applications that involve large language models, generative AI, and semantic search. All of these new applications rely on vector embeddings, a type of data representation that carries within it semantic information

Netflix Migrating Critical Traffic At Scale with No Downtime - Netflix

When undertaking system migrations, one of the main challenges is establishing confidence and seamlessly transitioning the traffic to the upgraded architecture without adversely impacting the customer experience.

Livefir - Reactive html apps in Go & alpine.js - Livefir

The Fir toolkit is designed for Go developers with moderate html/css & js skills who want to progressively build reactive web apps without mastering complex web frameworks.


Designer

ISO A paper size guide - Figma

Templates and size guide for working with and printing "A" standard paper sizes in Figma

UI Design For Android - Android

Design beautiful and modern Android apps that meet your user where they are, whether browsing their phone, reading on their tablet, glancing at their wrist, or watching TV.

How I used Midjourney to design a brand identity - UX Collective

Learn one of the ways in which AI has elevated my design work.

The problem with sticky menus and what to do instead - Adam Silver

Designers use sticky menus (menus that stick to the edge of the viewport) to make them easy to access on long pages. But this fancy pattern hurts UX far more than it improves it.

Artists must be allowed to make bad work - Austin Kleon

Artists must be allowed to go through bad periods! They must be allowed to do bad work! They must be allowed to get in a mess! They must be allowed to have dud experiments!


Entrepreneur

Want to Raise Money from VCs? De-risk Things - Saastr

The pace of VC investing today has dramatically slowed down, especially post seed stage.

The most successful startup pivots of all time - Twitter

Here are 16 unicorns that started out building something totally different.

How Miro builds product - Lenny's Newsletter

Varun Parmar, Chief Product Officer at Miro, shares what they've learned about OKRs, planning, design reviews, prioritization, rituals—plus tons of plug-and-play templates you can start using today

You don't need Scrum. You just need to do Kanban right - Lucas F. Costa

Why did you choose Scrum instead of Kanban? If you can’t answer that question, you didn’t choose Scrum. Someone else chose it for you.

A New Product Development Process For Entrepreneurs And Startups - The Product Manager

The new product development process, as the name suggests, simply refers to a couple of stages that the team undertakes to bring a new product idea to market.


Marketer

Non-Coercive Marketing: A Primer - Ungated

A new philosophy of marketing, rooted in letting go of control, and trusting people to be their own authority.

Adobe's SEO Strategy - Twitter

Adobe's monthly organic traffic was flat for 9 years. Then, it tripled to 30.2 million in just 23 months. The SEO strategy that unlocked that growth.

How to tell if your landing page copy is not working - Indiehackers

Defaulting to generic copy or copy that makes sense to them, but doesn’t necessarily explain why their prospects should care or sign up.

How to Make High-Impact Email Headers for Digital Marketing - Shutterstock

Email headers are a fruitful, low-cost way to draw in readers and convert them to customers, so it’s essential to learn how to make your email header stand out.


Interesting Read

Why You Should Give Up On Your Dreams - Every

How dream bankruptcy can help you move forward in life and work

How to overcome social anxiety - Psyche

When even everyday social situations make you feel self-conscious and afraid, it’s time to try these well-tested techniques.

SMART goals are not so smart: make a PACT instead - Ness Labs

Instead of SMART goals, which don’t encourage ambitious, long-term endeavours, I prefer to make a PACT with myself.


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