Initiator Creator - Initiator Creator - Issue 12

Initiator Creator - Issue #12

​By Saurabh Y. // 25 April 2020

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Developer

​Custom Game Engines: A Small Study​

"I was really captivated by the game, not only by the beautiful graphics but also by the story and the locations in the game. I decided to investigate a bit about the game tech and I was surprised to see it was developed with a custom engine by a relatively small studio. I know there are some companies using custom engines but it's very difficult to find a detailed market study with that kind of information curated and updated. So this article." - Ray

​Crank.js - Write JSX-driven components with functions, promises and generators​

Crank uses the same JSX syntax and diffing algorithm popularized by React, allowing you to write HTML-like code directly in your JavaScript. All components in Crank are just functions or generator functions. No classes, hooks, proxies or template languages are needed.

​Front-End Challenges​

Here’s some resources that encourage you to level up by building things for the sake of leveling up, if you’re up to it.

​Things I Wished More Developers Knew About Databases​

"In data-heavy systems, databases are at the core of system design goals and tradeoffs. Even though it is impossible to ignore how databases work, the problems that application developers foresee and experience will often be just the tip of the iceberg. In this series, I’m sharing a few insights I specifically found useful for developers who are not specialized in this domain." - Jaana Dogan

​Inside a dev's mind - How do you plan a UI feature?​

When developing a new feature many of us developers tend to jump into it via programming instead of planning the architecture out first. It may seem easier to start programming. But this often ruins us. So planning upfront it is! But how does that look like?

Designer

​Why cross cultural design really matters​

Between awesome features, branding colours and business goals, users, who should be the main prioriy, are often forgotten during the process. This is even more highlighted when designing for international target groups, where users’ cultural background may be neglected.

​404 Illustrations - Open-source catchy illustrations for perfect error pages​

A growing collection of open-source illustrations for your page-not-found message. Choose a scene to inform the user of the error occurred with futuristic elements and cute characters. All scenes are compatible with Sketch and Figma.

​What Every UX Writer Needs to Know About Passive Voice​

Sometimes I’ll hear or read something like this: “Well, passive voice uses the object of the verb as the subject of the sentence” followed by a smug grin. And it’s true — that is how the passive construction works. Yet I’ve never gotten a clear answer as to how that particular construction somehow makes language “weak.” This is probably because, well, it doesn’t!

​Top 19 books anyone in UX must read in 2020​

UX researchers learn about people’s behavior and collect relevant data, UX writers use that data to create content for digital products and interfaces, and designers visualize the content and data in a user-friendly and intuitive way. Alongside the rise of UX there has been a steady rise of books on the subject.

​Listboxes vs. Dropdown Lists​

Listboxes expose options right away and support multi-selection while dropdowns require a click to see options and support only single-selection.

Entrepreneur

​How to sell a B2B product​

Sales advises for early-stage startup by the Segment. In this post, they relay all of those learning's as concrete advice for early-stage founders. By reading it, you should be armed with the framework you need to sell a SaaS product to other businesses

​Reddit's Origin Story and Persistent Path to Product Market Fit​

This product story starts with a “rejection”. Reddit was officially started when Paul Graham (co-founder of Y Combinator) rejected  Alexis and  Steve’s idea for investment as part of Y Combinator’s first batch. Instead, he showed them Slashdot (a social news website then) and asked them to build something similar and he would give them $10k for the summer to work on it.

​Zoom's Nine Year Path to Overnight Success​

Zoom has been in news a lot lately. It has gone from being an enterprise solution to a household name pretty fast. Its daily users have risen from 10mn to 300mn in the last 4 months.

Marketer

​How Do Spam Filters Work?​

There are a lot of complexities related to spam filters, and in this article, we’ll try to guide you through the basics that will help you plan your outreach without compromising your email deliverability.

​Amazing SaaS growth case studies to be inspired by​

40+ Incredible Growth Case Studies to be inspired by and learn from to help you with your growth.

​SEO competitor research: Why are your competitors ranking so well?​

SEO competition research is when you monitor the best working SEO practices used by websites in your niche. Called by a mix of names including competitor analysis, competition research, and competitive research, SEO competitive research helps you stay on top of whose ranking and why.

Interesting Read

​GoodBooks - Books recommended by successful people​

Good Books is a curated collection of book recommendations from the world's most successful, influential and interesting people. We've spent 6 months analysing 15,000+ book recommendations and have handpicked the best to add to your reading list.

Outro

🙏 Thank you for reading Initiator Creator issue #12

If you like to contribute in the curation process or would like to suggest an article then kindly drop me a message at saurabh@initiatorcreator.com

Thank You!

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