freeCodeCamp·4yBuild a Low-Code Dashboard for Your Startup
We just published a course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will teach you how to create a dashboard to help manage your site or startup. In this course you will learn how to use low code tools and APIs to build a customer support dashboard. You will learn to create the dashboard using the Appsmith platform, MongoDB, the SMTP API, and the Discord web hook.
Pointer·4yLessons learned from becoming CTO of a small startup
A year and a half after joining a startup to lead their development. Here are some of the habits that I needed to let go. Learn to delegate and learn not to look over the shoulder of the person you’re delegating to. Find problem areas, add structure, and delegate. Don’t be a bottleneck. Force responsibility down and out.
Better Programming·4yPlease, No More Todo Apps — 5 Alternatives for Side Projects and Learning a New Language
Todo apps are a simple, but an uncreative choice for a side project or as a tool to learn a new language. Here are some alternative ideas you can consider working on for your next side project. These projects are similar-ish enough to TODO apps that they are not meaningfully more difficult to build.
Hacker News·3yI am done. I give up
After three failed attempts at building a successful startup, I'm giving up on my entrepreneurship dreams. It's not just the lack of success that's getting me down, it's also the constant stream of digital nomad influencers on Twitter who sell extremely distorted, rosy, and often times false dreams to indie entrepreneurs like myself.
Medium·3yJavascript Interface(JSI): Overview and the need for re-architecture of react native
React Native is bundled with cross platform support, OTA updates, live reload, cost efficiency and cost efficiency. The biggest bottleneck in scaling react native applications has been the performance as you add more modules. But how the current architecture works? React Native architecture depends on three threads: a) UI thread.
Product Hunt·3yDevport - A stunning portfolio maker
A stunning portfolio maker was hunted by Utsav Bhattarai in Developer Tools. Devport is an MIT-licensed open-source project that helps you make stunning dev portfolios with top-notch customization and good-looking UI. This is Devport's first launch.
Better Programming·4yThe Best Software Engineering Career Paths
You can be successful in many of them, but you can make many mistakes and surpass all your goals. If you succeed, you will get a lot of respect and credit for your team’s success. It is much easier to get promoted, jump into management, or transition to a PM role in a growing startup.
SwiftLee·4ySide Projects: 10 Tips for being successful
The value of being in the proper context is priceless when time is limited, as it will bring you up to You. It’s much more fun to get back to a project state where you’re almost finishing up a new design. I learned to stop whenever I needed to go when my son is crying and my fiancé is busy, it could mean I have to drop work immediately.
Python in Plain English·4yImprove Your Code with Decorators
A decorator is a function that takes another function and extends the behavior of the latter function without explicitly modifying it. Decorators can be used to define some general behavior that is common to many methods in a separate function. In this article, we will see how powerful decorators are.
gitconnected·4yStop Creating UI Components From Scratch
When to Go From Scratch: How to roll out your own UI components from scratch. We built our world atop the knowledge of those who came before us. Here are some scenarios where it makes sense to build your own. There is no silver bullet for software development; there are always exceptions.
Community Picks·4yHow to develop MVP 10 times faster
Templates and no-code is the most common issue among MVP builders and young tech founders. Hiring a designer may be a good idea, but the problem you gonna face is the inability to explain your thoughts. DALLE and Midjourney are the most powerful AI trained to convert text into images.
Hacker News·4yI wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea
In the year of our lord 2017 I had a Brilliant Startup Idea: use a structured database of clinical trials to provide simple, practical answers to common medical questions. I made a spreadsheet with every OTC painkiller trial I could find and used R to run a network meta-analysis, the gold standard of evidence-based medicine. After a few hours searching domains I came up with a name for my project: GlacierMD. I would spend $40K of my own savings buying clinical trials and paying contractors to enter said trials into the GlacierMD database. Two weeks later GlacierMD was dead.
TechCrunch·4ySigmaOS raises $4 million to build a browser for productivity nerds
London-based startup SigmaOS is building a Mac browser for productivity nerds. The company has raised $4 million in seed funding led by LocalGlobe and participation from Y Combinator, 7percent Ventures, Moonfire Ventures, Shine VC, TrueSight Ventures, Pioneer Fund, and Venture Together.
Developer.com·4yProjectManager Review
ProjectManager was designed for hybrid teams that use multiple work styles or methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Scrum) The software has a cloud-based Gantt chart maker that rivals MS Project (read our Review of Microsoft Project) ProjectManager lets you generate team discussions, share files and project plans with unlimited storage.
freeCodeCamp·4yLow-Code for Freelance Developers & Startups
This course will teach you how to use the Appsmith Low-Code platform. You will learn how to quickly build tools that many startups use by using the low-code approach. Watch the full course below or on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel (2-hour watch).
Hacker News·4yHow Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of Scrum
Project management is a topic most people have strong opinions on, and I’m no exception. To answer the question of how different companies run engineering projects, I pulled in help from across the industry. In this issue we’ll cover:Project management approaches across the Industry. Project management at Big Tech. How are these done? How does the organizational setup of Big Tech influence how projects are executed?
