Initiator Creator - Issue #129

​By Saurabh Y. // 01 July 2023

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Developer

​Architecture of an early stage SAAS - Feelback

Design principles, tradeoffs and tricks used to build, deploy and run Feelback, an API-centric SAAS

​To improve as an engineer, get better at requesting (and receiving) feedback - StackOverflow

It’s easy to ask for, and even want, feedback in a sort of theoretical sense. But soliciting and responding to feedback are, themselves skills.

​Kysely: A type-safe typescript SQL query builder - Github

A type-safe and autocompletion-friendly typescript SQL query builder. Inspired by knex. Mainly developed for node.js

​Building a Frontend Framework - Alan's space

Reactivity and Composability With Zero Dependencies

​Typist: Tiptap-based rich-text editor React component - Github

Typist is the mighty Tiptap-based rich-text editor React component that power Doist products, which can also be used for displaying content in a read-only fashion.

Designer

​Designing for visionOS - Apple

When people wear Apple Vision Pro, they enter an infinite 3D space where they can engage with your app or game while staying connected to their surroundings.

​How to Build Your Startup Brand - Substack

How Red Antler designed brands like Chime, Ramp, and Allbirds

​How (and should?) we stop the infinite scroll - UX Collective

Is endless scrolling evil? How can we balance ease-of-use with what’s best for humanity?

​How to Conduct a Heuristic Evaluations - NN/g

Step-by-step instructions to systematically review your product to find potential usability and experience problems.

​Nike Digital Design System - Instrument

The Nike Design System was the culmination of years of partnership and close collaboration with Nike to unify its sprawling and disparate digital ecosystem into a single visual language.

Entrepreneur

​9 Of The Most Popular Project Management Methodologies Made Simple - The Digital Product Manager

In this article, you’ll learn to identify methodologies and particular aspects of methodologies that you can bring to your digital project delivery practice.

​The Founder's Guide to Developer-led Growth - WorkOS

Developers act, think, and behave differently than your average customer. So selling, marketing, and supporting them should be different too.

​Ambitious People Need Each Other - Perell

Without like-minded peers, ambitious people become suffocated by life — chained by tall poppy syndrome and the dogmas of complacency.

​Creating a product vision - Substack

A clear product vision can inspire everyone on the team (from the most tenured to the brand new) and help every person understand how their work fits into the broader direction.

Marketer

​How to harness the power of multichannel marketing - Drip

Multichannel marketing is kind of a no brainer — multiple channels will always be more effective than just one.

​Discovering Your Ideal Users: How Visily Scaled to 100K Signups - OpenView

Visily is an AI-powered wire-framing and design tool that helps non-designers rapidly create designs.

​Marketing Attribution: A Data-Driven Guide - CXL

In this article, you’ll learn how marketing attribution works, how it can be measured with six different models, and how to make data-driven decisions that improve your marketing budget.

​Your guide to B2B referrals - Substack

Cello’s Stefan Bader on how to make user referrals a cost-efficient B2B growth engine

​50+ Expert Email Conversion Tactics to Exponentially Crush Your ROI - SaaSWrites

Read a curated list of email conversion tactics with a case study for your SaaS from email marketing experts and SaaS Founders.

Interesting Read

​The Time Traveling Mistake We Make When We Procrastinate - Behavioural Scientist

In putting something off until a later point in time, we’re failing to consider how much our future self will want to avoid the same negative emotions that we’re trying to avoid right now.

​What Conversation Can Do for Us - The New Yorker

Our culture is dominated by efforts to score points and win arguments. But do we really talk anymore?

​The Problem with Being Too Patient - Scott H Young

In Butch Harmon’s (Tiger Wood's coach) view, patience was often wishful thinking: the hope of future proficiency preventing you from really working today at what you want to improve.

Community Submissions

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​Eyecandy - A visual technique library - Eyecandy Eyecandy is a database of over 5,000 GIFs representing the very best visual techniques in the world of filmmaking.

Outro

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