Initiator Creator - Initiator Creator - Issue 35

Initiator Creator - Issue #35

​By Saurabh Y. // 17 October 2020

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Developer

​​​AWS forked my project and launched it as its own service - Twitter

"Oh AWS I really do you! But next time you fork my OS project and present it as your new service, give the maintainers a short "nice job, kids" or something." - Tim Nolet

​​​Waypoint: Build, deploy, and release applications across any platform - HashiCorp

A new open source project that provides developers a consistent workflow to build, deploy, and release applications across any platform.

​​​Why the Serverless Revolution Has Stalled - Infoq

From limited programming language support to performance issues, there are four reasons the serverless revolution has stalled.

​​​Introducing Cloudflare One - Cloudflare

Cloudflare One is a comprehensive, cloud-based network-as-a-service solution that is designed to be secure, fast, reliable and define the future of the corporate network. It replaces a patchwork of appliances and WAN technologies with a single network that provides cloud-based security, performance, and control through one user interface.

​​​:focus-visible Is Here - Mattias Ott

The :focus-visible pseudo-class lets you show focus styles only when they are needed, using the same heuristic that the browser uses to decide whether to show the default focus indicator. A good thing for accessibility.

Designer

​​​How to create a UX writing portfolio​​ - Desk Magazine

It may seem like UX writing is in a perpetual grey area. Like a lot of design disciplines, the field is having an identity crisis.

​​​Naming Tokens in Design Systems - Medium

Design tokens have provided a visual foundation of many design systems since Salesforce pioneered the concept in 2014. As systems of visual style spread across a widening landscape of components, platforms and outputs, design tokens — and their names — are increasingly important.

​​​Superscene v3.0 - 3D constructor updated with a lot of cute objects - Superscene

Big library of 3D illustrations updated with 90 colorful objects. Smooth and mellow shapes prepared to enrich any design project. Perfect icon replacement.

Entrepreneur

​​​Bulletproof system for getting new customers - Baremetrics

We’ve got a system we use to brainstorm new ideas, figure out what to focus on next, test that growth idea and then repeat until you’ve found a number of solid sources for new customers.

​​​How does Linus make money? - Youtube

Ever wondered how YouTube stars make money? Linus Tech Tips, one of the largest and most successful tech channels on YouTube recently posted a video illustrating their revenue sources. It's a really good example of how modern-day publishers are diversifying revenue streams.

​​​"Indie" doesn't mean "bootstrapped" anymore - Indiehackers

It's possible to remain indie despite raising funds, the calculus changes, and attitudes will shift accordingly.

Marketer

​​​Writing for global audiences - Medium

The writing guidance you see here includes principles and recommendations for both new and experienced internet users that were formulated after doing user testing around the world.

​​​SaaS Marketing Pages Checklist - SaasFrame

The ultimate checklist to build an awesome SaaS marketing website.

​​​17 Advanced SEO Techniques for 2020 - Backlinko

"This is a list of 17 advanced SEO strategies, techniques and tactics. In fact, these strategies have helped my site bring in 350,973 visitors per month from Google."- Brian Dean

Interesting Read

​​​The Idea Farm: How to Sow, Grow, and Harvest Great Blog Post Ideas - Animalz

An idea farm—or idea garden, or idea file, or story pot—is a single document that serves as the collection point for every nascent thought, opinion, or idea you have during the course of the day (or, let’s be honest, night).

​​​Time is not a measure of productivity​​ - Ness Labs

As remote work is becoming increasingly common, management will need to adapt. Abandoning time as a measure of productivity will not necessarily result in less hard work. However, it will result in more impactful work and happier work conditions.

Community Submissions

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Outro

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