Initiator Creator - Issue #59

​By Saurabh Y. // 16 May 2021

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Developer

​Exploring the software that flies SpaceX rockets and Starships - StackOverflow

Spaceflight, from the beginning, has depended on computers – both on the ground and in the spacecraft. SpaceX has carried it to a new level. We recently spoke with Steven Gerding, Dragon’s software development lead, about the special challenges software development has for SpaceX's many missions.

​A ranked list of awesome machine learning Python libraries - Github

This curated list contains 840 awesome open-source projects with a total of 2.8M stars grouped into 32 categories.

​Vercel vs. Netlify: Jamstack Deployment Comparison - Snipcart

Like with anything in tech, smaller players entered the battlefield by shaving off verticals from the market and spinning off open-source alternatives. One of these verticals, which also happened to be gigantic with hindsight, is the deployment pipeline for static websites.

​Mantine - An open-source react components library - Mantine

Mantine is a MIT licensed open source react components and hooks library with focus on usability, accessibility and developer experience.

​Notion API - Notion

Connect Notion pages and databases to the tools you use every day, creating powerful workflows.

Designer

​Customization vs. Configuration in Evolving Design Systems - Spotify R&D

As the product grows — and so does the team — it can sometimes seem like the team is outgrowing the current set of components and styles. Your once-perfect button doesn’t quite cover the new specs needed for a new feature. Some restrictions in the way a component is coded means it would be quicker and easier to spin up something new, rather than pull from the component library.

​Tridimensionality: skeuomorphism, flat design, and neumorphism - UX Collective

Without being an article that pretends to describe in detail these styles, this text explores the characteristics, rationale, and representation resources of three of the most relevant recent UI styles

​UX Lexicon - An evolving, interactive glossary of UX research terms - CuriosityTank

It's ironic. Those of us who work in UX, user researchers included, aspire to create terrific user experiences. But what we have done with our own terminology is to create a mess. Eighty UXers from around the globe began to address that problem in September 2019.

​Ideas I copied to help steal more ideas - UX Collective

Stealing ideas doesn’t have to result in imposter syndrome. If anything, copying helps reveal our most authentic selves.

​The designer’s burnout first-aid kit - UX Collective

Treating the symptoms, and not just the causes of burnout.

Entrepreneur

​Everything you need to know about mind mapping creation - Invision

A mind map graphically represents how our minds process information. It’s a visual tool for analyzing, comprehending, synthesizing, and creating new ideas. (Cool, right?)

​The 9 Habits of Ultra-Fast Iterations - Nfx

Uncovering the 9 habits of ultra-fast iterations from games Founder, Gabi Shalel.

​Setting career goals and working towards them - UX Collective

Interview with Fabio Sasso about the balancing act of leading and managing, side projects, and setting goals for yourself.

​Makers vs Managers: The Battle Over Remote Work - Doist

Both makers and managers, or roughly equivalent employees and executives, have important roles in the workplace and both schedules serve a different purpose. But as Graham observes, when they collide, managers generally win at the cost of makers’ ability to get things done.

Marketer

​Sales Is About Buying, Not Selling - Entrepreneur's handbook

If you’re in sales and try to pull your buyer towards you, chances are they’ll pull back. But, on the other hand, if you align yourself with your buyer or even slightly behind where they are in their decision-making process, you allow them to buy.

​15 Engaging Ways to End Your Next Blog Post - Content Marketing Institute

Your readers who arrive at them have cared enough about the topic to consume it all. Focus on the wrong aspects or omit them, and you risk people leaving your site forever.

​Customer Segmentation: A Step by Step Guide for Growth - OpenView

To scale efficiently and effectively, expansion-stage companies need to focus their efforts on a specific subset of customers who are most similar to their best current customers, not a broad universe of potential customers. Customer segmentation is the way.

​The Complete Guide to Lifecycle Marketing - Hubspot

All businesses create their own unique lifecycle marketing strategy, but the purpose is the same: to engage customers, increase revenue, and grow a brand. Different from the buyer's journey or conversion funnel, lifecycle marketing considers a customer long after they make a purchase. The focus is to bring in buyers and turn them into loyal brand advocates.

Interesting Read

​The Two-Minute Rule: Stop Procrastinating With This Simple Trick - Doist

A simple technique to ensure your small tasks don’t become big headaches

​The Seven Sins of Memory - Ness Labs

There are seven major categories of memory quirks being investigated by psychologists. Daniel Schacter categorizes the first three as “sins of omission” that involve forgetting, and the last four as “sins of commission” that involve distorted recollection.

​The One Where Writing Books is Not Really a Good Idea - The Novelleist

As an author, this is distressing. If I can spend two to three years writing a novel and my best case scenario is having it sell a couple hundred copies on Amazon, perhaps it’s time to face the music and realize that writing books—like knitting or playing the harp—is nothing more than a hobby.

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