Initiator Creator - Issue #97

​By Saurabh Y. // 20 March 2022

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Developer

​Delightful React File/Directory Structure - Josh W Comeau

React is famously unopinionated when it comes to file/directory structure. How should you structure the files and directories in your applications?

​Update Node Dependencies Automatically, Selectively, or Incrementally - Elijah Manor

As you are probably well aware, node dependencies can and do change very quickly. Updating these dependencies can become tricky and cumbersome. Thankfully there is a node package called npm-check-updates that can help the update process become slightly less painful.

​The selectmenu HTML Tag, a Fully Style-able select Element - CSS-Tricks

<selectmenu> is a new built-in control that provides an option selection user experience, just like <select>, with a button showing the selected value label, a popup that appears when that button is clicked, and a list of options that get displayed.

Designer

​Winter & Company launch more than 1,300 paper and packaging materials as downloadable 3D textures - The Brand Identity

These textures can be utilized alongside Chaos’ existing collection as assets for 3D rendering and artwork, and function within software such as Cinema 4D, SketchUp, Houdini and Modo.

​Best Examples Of Email Footers and Tips On Crafting Your Own - Ecomz

Best email footer examples and figure out how to make appealing and legally correct footers.

​Is less innovation actually better in product design? - UX Collective

“Redesign the wheel” only when it’s truly essential to your business, and focus on finding your “Critical Behavior Change”.

​The Perfect Product Page Checklist - Merchant Mastery

There are a few things high-converting product pages have in common.

Entrepreneur

​Set “Non-Goals” and Build a Product Strategy Stack - First Round

Product strategy is the connective tissue between what a product team is doing day-to-day and the company's ambition.

​Things to know before starting your own business - Ross Hartshorn

The most important thing to know, is that being a business owner is NOT like being an employee, except without the boss. This is, I think, the number one misconception that most people have. In fact, not only do you still have a boss, but your boss gives you no paid vacation, sick leave and there are much more.

​The dangers of Product Longtermism - UX Collective

There are no guarantees the future will hold the same values as us, so what right do we have to encode ours upon them?

​The myth of exponential hypergrowth - A Smart Bear

This article suggests an alternate model for how fast-growing companies actually grow. Understanding the model is useful not only for predicting growth, but because understanding the foundational drivers of growth allows us to take smarter actions to create growth in our own companies.

​How to calculate your startup’s TAM, SAM and SOM - TechCrunch

At any stage of investment, be it seed or a Series B, it’s necessary to include a slide in your pitch deck that explains the size of your market from three perspectives — TAM, SAM and SOM.

Marketer

​How to Run a Growth Experiment - Howie Mann

Product, marketing and sales teams can learn to run growth experiments to validate new strategies in the real world before incurring significant resource investment.

​How Many Email Marketing Fields Should You Collect? Experts Weigh In - Digital Ink

Marketers are faced with the challenge of finding the balance between asking for information or creating a more streamlined user-experience. That’s why we asked six experts to weigh in with their perspective on what factors they keep in mind when creating a new opt-in or email subscription form.

Interesting Read

​Bar chart races: short on analysis, but fun to watch - BigThink

Any dataset that can be quantified over time can be turned into a contest that is both exciting and (a little bit) enlightening.

​How to become a brain myth buster - Ness Labs

As we will see, while the sources of neuromyths can sometimes be innocent, their effects can be harmful, especially in a learning environment.

​What Occupies Your Mind? - Psychology Today

Are you holding onto at least one thing that’s way past its expiration date?

Community Submissions

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​Fluent icons - Open source icons by Microsoft​

Fluenticons is an icon viewer for Microsoft's fluent icons, with over 4000 pixel perfect icons in outlined and solid styles.

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Outro

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