Initiator Creator - Initiator Creator - Issue 23

Initiator Creator - Issue #23

​By Saurabh Y. // 25 July 2020

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Developer

​Twitter introduces a new, fully rebuilt developer API​

The company is announcing its new Twitter API v2, rebuilt from the ground up. The new foundation, which has been rebuilt for the first time since 2012, includes features that were missing from the earlier API, like conversation threading, poll results in tweets, pinned tweets, spam filtering and more powerful stream filtering and search query language.

​Reploy - Instant fullstack staging environments for web apps​

A platform that allows teams to easily configure full-stack staging environments or "previews" of their web app which are created on every open PR.

​Differences Between Static Generated Sites And Server-Side Rendered Apps​

JavaScript currently has three types of applications that you can build with: Single Page Applications (SPAs), pre-rendering/static generated sites and server-side rendered applications. SPAs come with many challenges, one of which is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Possible solutions are to make use of Static Site Generators or Server-Side Rendering (SSR).

​The Data Visualisation Catalogue​

The Data Visualisation Catalogue is a project developed by Severino Ribecca to create a library of different information visualisation types.

​GPT-3 and the future of human productivity ​

As often, there is a fine line between caution and fear, so let’s have a look at some of the potential benefits technology such as GPT-3 could have on the way we work, and in particular its future impact on human productivity.

Designer

​React Spectrum Libraries​

A collection of libraries and tools that help you build adaptive, accessible, and robust user experiences.

​Design Docs at Google​

One of the key elements of Google's software engineering culture is the use of defining software designs through design docs.

​6 (more) tips to quickly improve your UIs​

More small and easy to put into practice tips to improve your designs.

Entrepreneur

​Why Most Founders Don’t Take Good Advice​

There are many high-quality people who do give great advice. Credible people giving credible advice. Yet most founders still tend not to follow good advice given by credible people. People who usually only want the best for their mentees.

​From $1m to $2m ARR in 6 months with no fundings — Growing in a time of crisis​

"I will detail exactly what are the things we implemented in order to keep an exponential growth and go from $1m to $2m ARR in 5 months in a time of global crisis and without spending any money on paid channels" - Guillaume Moubeche

​A Few Management Principles​

"The following are a collection of principles I have leaned on and continue to lean on, refine, and adapt to the changing environment. Some of them may be bullshit, others may be timeless. That’s beside the point." - Abhi

Marketer

​How to Succeed as a Content Team of One​

I chatted to a handful of the best solo marketers and content marketers I know—Maria Barrera (head of marketing at ChartHop), Emily Byford (content marketing manager at SaaStock), and Ash Read (editorial director at Buffer)—to get their advice for succeeding as a content team of one.

​Sitechecker - Toolkit to measure and track website SEO performance​

Sitechecker gives detailed tips how to improve the search visibility of your websites and helps to track your overall SEO progress.

​ViralStat - A cross-platform social video analytics tool​

ViralStat tracks, analyzes, and compares the ongoing progress of all monitored social videos + channels across Facebook, YouTube, TikTok + Instagram.

Interesting Read

​Designing Data Transparency for All Lens​

If digital services are going to be used by people around the world, then they'll need to be understood by people around the world, too. Data transparency must be designed to reflect an ever-expanding range of needs.

​Essays on programming I think about a lot​

Every so often I read an essay that I end up thinking about, and citing in conversation, over and over again. Here’s my index of all the ones of those I can remember! I’ll try to keep it up to date as I think of more.

Community Submissions

If you like to share your project or article with the rest of the readers then please DM me @savydv

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​Discover new and emerging creations​

​The Slice is a weekly email that keeps founders up to date with emerging SaaS, hot podcasts, and actionable resources from the internet.

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Outro

🙏 Thank you for reading Initiator Creator issue #23

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 or DM me at @savydv​

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