Initiator Creator - Initiator Creator - Issue 27

Initiator Creator - Issue #27

​By Saurabh Y. // 22 August 2020

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Developer

​How Shopify Reduced Storefront Response Times with a Rewrite - Shopify

The end result is a fast, resilient, single-purpose application that serves high-throughput online storefront traffic for merchants on the Shopify platform as quickly as possible.

​GitDuck - Zoom for developers with real-time code sharing - GitDuck

GitDuck is a video call tool built for developers that enables you to talk, share your code and do pair programming with ease.

​React/Vue Content Loader Creator - Skeleton React

SVG component and interactive editor to create placeholder loading, like Facebook cards loading or also known as skeleton UI. Exports to SVG, React, React Native, Vue.

​MicroPython - Python for microcontrollers - MicroPython

MicroPython is a lean and efficient implementation of the Python 3 programming language that includes a small subset of the Python standard library and is optimised to run on microcontrollers and in constrained environments.

​Umami - A simple, fast, website analytics alternative to Google Analytics - Github

Umami is a simple, easy to use, self-hosted web analytics solution. The goal is to provide you with a friendlier, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics and a free, open-sourced alternative to paid solutions.

Designer

​3D Rooms Project - Ampritpal Design

Series of iconic rooms illustrated in quarantine. These 3D illustrations are inspired by Arts, Literature, and Cinema. Available as free zoom backgrounds.

​ResearchOps 101 - NN/g

ResearchOps is a specialized area of DesignOps focused specifically on components concerning user-research practices. The practice of Research Operations (ResearchOps) focuses on processes and measures that support researchers in planning, conducting, and applying quality research at scale.

​The Animated Web - The Animated Web

Amazing animation resources and inspiration from around the web.

​Building a Design System Library - Medium

How we created the Lyft Product Language attributes and component libraries.

​The onion for Design Systems: atomic design and pace layering - UXDesign

The Onion can help design teams balance the consistency and simplicity of UI libraries and its limitation to creativity, accelerate the decision-making process of DS (Design System) components construction, and comprehensively monitor the iterative process of UI development.

Entrepreneur

​The planning fallacy: why we underestimate how long a task will take - Ness Labs

“I’ll be here in ten minutes,” you tell your friend on the phone while hurrying to put your shoes on. “We are aiming to launch at the end of year,” confidently tells the project manager to their boss. We have all been guilty of being over-optimistic when predicting how long a task will take. That’s the planning fallacy at play.

​The Hierarchy of User Friction - Sachin Rekhi

User friction is really anything that prevents a user from accomplishing a goal in your product. I categorize user friction into a hierarchy of three levels: interaction friction, cognitive friction, and emotional friction.

​Famm.io - Influencer marketing & Media monitoring platform - Famm

Fammio is a social media listening tool to monitor your brand. It will help you to stay updated when whoever talks about your company online.

Marketer

​Leaders from HubSpot, Privy, Flywire and More on the Future of Marketing - OpenView

One of the highlights of our discussion was around what these leaders have seen change in their time as marketers—and how it impacts their view of the marketing future. Grab a coffee—and maybe some avocado toast if you’re feeling extra millennial—and find out what they said.

​ImpactHero - Content Analytics Tool by SEMrush - SEMrush

ImpactHero is an AI tool that breaks down your content by buyer journey stages, detects the most impactful copies and gives tips on improving your content strategy.

​10 Examples of Innovative Marketing Strategies for Startups - OpenView

we’re taking a look at 10 innovative marketing strategies for your startup, from acquisition tactics that will help you get new customers and fans, to retention and nurturing strategies that will keep them loyal for years to come.

Interesting Read

​6 inspiring teamwork rituals from around the globe - Atlassian

While international travel this summer is almost entirely on hold, you can still grab some fresh new ideas from these teams.

​How to choose the right note-taking app: the ultimate guide - Ness Labs

The note-taking tools market is projected to reach $1.35B by 2026. The good thing is: there is a note-taking app for everyone. The not-so-great thing: with a new note-taking app popping up every single week, it can be hard to decide which one is the best for your use case.

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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Your Project or article

This new section is dedicated to projects and interesting articles written by Initiator Creator Community members.

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Outro

🙏 Thank you for reading Initiator Creator issue #27

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​