Initiator Creator - Issue #92

​By Saurabh Y. // 07 February 2022

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Developer

​Move over JavaScript: Back-end languages are coming to the front-end - Github

The client-side made a come back over the past decade as developers built “single-page applications” (SPAs) with JavaScript. But a new crop of tools is sending the pendulum swinging back towards the server.

​A-Frame – A web framework for building 3D/AR/VR experiences - A-Frame

Make 3D worlds with HTML and Entity-Component for Quest, Rift, WMR, SteamVR, mobile, desktop

​Inside the JavaScript Engine - Dev Genius

A brief explanation of the JavaScript Engine

​Pintora - An extensible text-to-diagrams library that works in both browser and node.js - Github

Expressing your thoughts in a diagram is better than a thousand words. With the help of pintora.js, you can create diagrams with intuitive text.

​The complete beginners guide to dynamic programming - StackOverflow

Dynamic programming isn't about design patterns; it's a way of thinking that breaks down a problem into individual components.

Designer

​A comprehensive guide to creating intuitive context menus - Height

Context menus have existed for decades, from macOS to Windows, from Xerox Parc to the web. They’re a widely understood user interface concept, but many new apps still fail to deliver them at the standard users have come to expect.

​Good News - A community for designers - hifolks

A community for designers, by the original creators of Designer News.

​Whole lottie tools out there - UX Collective

From ugly-GPL-free to inspirational procedural animation, your alternatives to Adobe After Effects.

​Automator for Figma - Automator

Automate your Figma tasks in one click.

Entrepreneur

​How to roll out big ideas and avoid the Museum of Failure - Npr

"If an idea doesn't scale to change the world, then what is an idea really worth in the end?"

​What is good monthly churn - Lenny's Newsletter

Benchmarks for good and great monthly churn, broken down by segment and price point.

​How the Second Brain Meme is Going Mainstream - Fortelabs

This article is a case study for answering the question: How do gatekeepers, tastemakers, influencers, and public intellectuals frame new ideas and introduce them to their audiences in ways that are understandable and attractive?

​How to Run the Perfect One-On-One - Scalable

There are 3 roadblocks that will ALWAYS prevent your business from success. What’s worse is, these problems tend to rear their ugly head when life gets complicated—like, say, from a global pandemic…

​Psychological safety is critical for high-performing teams - StackOverflow

An introduction to psychological safety and ways to evaluate the level of safety in your organization.

Marketer

​How to Create a SaaS Content Strategy to Drive Product Signups - Grow and Convert

In our article on SaaS content marketing, we argued that this tendency is based on the typical marketing logic that you need to guide every potential customer through each stage of the customer journey: awareness, consideration, conversion.

​Do You Make These Common Headline Mistakes? 7 Awesome Fixes - The Writing Cooperative

Headlines aren’t an exact science. But when you write hundreds of pieces over more than a decade, you’ll figure out what grabs a reader’s attention.

​High Output Marketing - Positive human

High Output Marketing increases leverage and optimises your workflow so that you can have a more profound impact on the bottom line through marketing. Here's how to think about doing that.

Interesting Read

​Doubt For Good - Abstract Observations

Doubt is a way to challenge the pre-existing thoughts for better understanding or even create a new version of them.

​Are Screens Robbing Us of Our Capacity for Deep Reading? - Literary Hub

It’s a spiral—as we began to move from books to screens, we started to lose some of the capacity for the deeper reading that comes from books, and that, in turn, made us less likely to read books.

​The social model: do we disable people through our tech? - Stark

In this article, we honor Mike Oliver, discover the origins of the social model and dive deep into the role that we in tech play in perpetuating ableism.

Community Submissions

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​Design Memes​

Lets have a laugh at the ridiculousness of design culture—it's a little mental health, and a lot of dad jokes.

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