Initiator Creator - Issue #83

​By Saurabh Y. // 21 November 2021

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Developer

​The Invisible JavaScript Backdoor - Certitude

A post on the r/programminghorror subreddit: A developer describes the struggle of identifying a syntax error resulting from an invisible Unicode character hidden in JavaScript source code. This post inspired an idea: What if a backdoor literally cannot be seen and thus evades detection even from thorough code reviews?

​Quick and Dirty Bootstrap Overrides at Runtime - CSS-Tricks

Bootstrap is opinionated. It wants you to construct your HTML a certain way, it wants you to override styles a certain way, it wants to be built from core files a certain way, and it wants to be included in websites a certain way. Most of the time, unless you have a coworker who writes Bootstrap badly, this is fine, but it doesn’t cover all use cases.

​Build what’s next with the new Twitter Developer Platform - Twitter

Twitter developer community has unique skills, experiences, and perspectives that can fill gaps, solve problems, and seed new innovation on Twitter well beyond what Twitter can do on their own.

​First steps with GPT-3 for frontend developers - Maxime Heckel

In this article, we'll take a look together at the fundamentals of GPT-3 illustrated through some interactive widgets.

​Powerful Terminal And Command-Line (CLI) Tools For Modern Web Development - Smashing Magazine

What’s your favorite command-line tool? Louis Lazaris shared a collection of relevant command-line apps and utilities that he has personally come across in the past few years.

Designer

​7 neurodivergent disorders to consider when writing and designing your UX - Medium

Neurodiversity is a term that is used to describe people who exhibit behaviors and characteristics of neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, ASD (autistic spectrum disorder), or Tourette’s syndrome.

​The 10 most iconic user interfaces in movie history - Creative Bloq

Films made us fall in love with them, and some are now becoming a reality – check out these movie UIs.

​How Designers Can Prevent User Errors - UX Tools

The solution to user errors is not to blame the user or try to train the mistakes out of them. The solution is to redesign the product in such a way that it prevents errors from occurring in the first place.

​Adapting a design system to work for the Metaverse - StackOverflow

Design systems enable developers and designers to rapidly develop products that are consistent across all platforms. Existing design standards could be directly applied in the Metaverse. But many other concepts, unique to 3D environments, required a lot of definition.

​Layout patterns - Web dev

A collection of layout patterns built using modern CSS APIs that will help you build common interfaces such as cards, dynamic grid areas, and full-page layouts.

Entrepreneur

​A Deep Dive on Equity - TMV

An equity grant can represent tremendous financial opportunity; it’s also a complicated, confusing, even intimidating world to navigate. But, knowledge is power — for all of us. It’s critical that founders, as well as new hires, enter an offer negotiation with a crystal clear understanding of all the nuances.

​Time management for makers - Github

As makers, software engineers should adopt these seven essential habits.

​The Framework Handbook - Substack

20 useful frameworks on startups, investing, writing, & life.

​How to evaluate the effectiveness of product leaders - Twitter

High velocity and high quality decision making define the effectiveness of product leaders and their teams.

​Great writing is an extension of the product - UX Collective

Invest as much time, care, and capital into writing and editing as you would in other components of your product.

Marketer

​SaaS Sales Resources Guide - OpenView

A curated collection of articles on all things sales, from innovative twists on hiring sales talent to expert advice on how to build the best in-house sales teams and technology stack.

​Content marketing for founding teams - Notion

This is for founding teams that don't have enough resources for someone to focus on content marketing full-time.

​Competitive Content Marketing Analysis Methods - Content marketing institute

Completing a competitive content analysis helps you stay one step ahead in your content marketing strategy and use your competitors’ efforts to your advantage.

Interesting Read

​The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 - Time

100 innovations changing how we live

​How to be a man - Psyche

Old ideas of manliness make us miserable. Being labelled ‘toxic’ doesn’t help. A reimagined masculinity is the way forward.

​Decision anxiety: how to make decisions when feeling anxious - Ness Labs

Decision anxiety causes a fear of making the wrong choice and later suffering the consequences. This may cause you to hesitate, ruminate, or fail to make any decision at all.

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