Initiator Creator - Issue #53

​By Saurabh Y. // 3 April 2021

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Developer

​Pytorch introduces PyTorch Profiler - a new and improved performance tool - Pytorch

The Profiler collects both GPU and framework related info, correlates them, performs automatic detection of bottlenecks in the model, generates recommendations on how to resolve these bottlenecks, and visualize.

​SvelteKit is in public beta - Svelte

Think of it as Next for Svelte. It's a framework for building apps with Svelte, complete with server-side rendering, routing, code-splitting for JS and CSS, adapters for different serverless platforms and so on.

​Tools for Auditing CSS - CSS-Tricks

What it means to ‘audit’ your CSS files, and what tools (both online and CLI) you should have handy for when it comes to do it.

​5 Signs of an Immature Software Developer - Pragmatic software engineering

It is important to stay grounded when developing software. In your career, your reputation is the most important asset you possess. Avoid communicating to others a lack of mindfulness and immature work habits.

Designer

​Font Brief - Font brief

Find the right font for your project intuitively, by searching for attributes of your brand personality.

​How to Design Better Icons - Prototypr

Your icons should always represent simple visual metaphors that users can understand and recognize instantly. Based on how you design and use icons in your product, you can bring the feel of uniqueness to the brand.

​Treehouse Email Style Guide - Github

Whether you're a marketer, designer, developer, salesperson, or agency, this guide is a resource for building emails at Treehouse. There are a few routes you can take, depending on your goals, needs, and tool requirements.

​Top vs side navigation: Which one is better for your product? - UX Collective

A research study “A comparison of three-level menu navigation structures for web design” by Jennifer Rose Kingsburg indicated many benefits for having primary navigation on the left side.

Entrepreneur

​Zapier: The $7B Netflix of Productivity - Sacra

This report contains company financials based on publicly available information and data acquired by Sacra during the preparation of the report.

​Reliability at scale - Increment

Leaders at Deliveroo, DigitalOcean, Fastly, and Headspace share how their organizations think about reliability and resiliency and their advice to engineering orgs embarking on reliability journeys.

​Does Amazon make more from ads than AWS? - Benedict Evans

Amazon started disclosing AWS numbers five years ago, but in the last couple of years another big and highly profitable business has quietly emerged in the footnotes at the back of the 10k. Amazon’s ‘Other’ revenue line, which is ‘primarily’ advertising, was over $20bn in 2020.

​How Primary Colors Help HubSpot Build a CRM That Customers Love - Medium

When two completely different systems are cobbled together after an acquisition, the burden of making them work together is foisted onto the customer. Each company probably took a completely different approach to product development, resulting in different underlying technology, different processes, and different user interfaces.

Marketer

​Experiment, Systematize, Differentiate: The Content Strategy Maturity Model - Animalz

The optimal types of content and the “best” content strategy for your business depend on your goals and audience, sure—but they also depend on the maturity of content marketing within your industry.

​How to Calculate the Potential Site Traffic - Serpstat

Evaluation of the traffic potential of the website will help avoid excessive expectations from optimization. This is especially important for customers who are waiting for fast and impressive results when contacting SEO-specialists.

Interesting Read

​The power of simplicity: how to manage our complexity bias - Ness Labs

Complexity can lend an aura of authority to products, which marketers are exploiting to project authority and expertise. Complex processes can also delay decision-making, giving us the illusion of productivity. Why is it that we struggle so much to embrace the power of simplicity? And how can we balance complexity and simplicity?

​The “thinking” benefits of doodling - Harvard Edu

It seems then that if you’re struggling to concentrate, find yourself stuck or feeling “incomplete,” a time-limited doodle expedition could be just the thing you are looking for. It will likely activate your brain’s “unfocus” circuits, give your “focus” circuits a break, and allow you to more creatively and tirelessly solve a problem at hand.

Community Submissions

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​Product Names - Available domains for product inspiration​

Product Names tweets out available domains you can use for inspiration or new projects

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Outro

🙏 Thank you for reading Initiator Creator issue #53

This issue is sponsored by Safetywing. Safetywing is global health insurance for remote workers and digital nomads.

If you value Initiator Creator, feel free to forward this copy to your friends. Suggestions or comments? Hit reply or DM me at @ICforpreneurs​

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