Hello, I'm Jesse, a product designer and front-end software engineer with experience designing and building web and mobile apps for early-stage startups in social networking, healthcare, internet of things, EV analytics, and SaaS.
Grid Systems by Josef Müller-Brockmann (https://amzn.to/3Mzt5AB) is my favorite design book, but I just use an 8x8 grid since it became the standard on iOS.
Cool idea! I would use something like this to discover AI-related Python starter apps and guides to integrate AI into my projects.
I built a free Django and React starter repo for https://learndjangoreact.com, and can share some feedback from that perspective:
1) I’m hesitant to post it because I don’t want to create a new account or connect my GitHub to promote a free repo.
2) I think Google is good enough for anyone looking for a Django and React starter app, especially since I already have a site for it. GitHub search is pretty good too.
3) I built my starter app mostly for myself to build new ideas faster, and I already moved on to a new idea (https://mailgrid.app) — so any effort spent on this feels like energy taken from that, etc.
4) I think new developers should pick whatever stack that inspires them, and I don’t expect my starter app to appeal to a wide audience.
I love Django. I was inspired this summer to start an open source project for gaps in their docs like setting up a local development environment, using React for the frontend, deploying to Heroku/AWS, adding Google Analytics, etc.
Readability has improved with the latest typography updates. App looks nice. I mostly read emails but find some newsletters get annoying with too many low-quality updates. I wonder if you could test throttling email notifications for newsletters with low open rates, etc.
I've been using DGG and find myself switching to Google for maps, images, news, and sports scores and schedules—Google has really built out over the years.
I think one way to look at it is that minimum viable products can easily be “viable“ in the short run and still fail in the long run due to lack of vision and willpower, grit, or conviction.
HR professionals will tell you that many people lie about their compensation. This is probably not worth talking about without sharing your pay stubs or tax returns.
Building a personal site is initially a design and time management exercise.
Set aside a few hours a night, and before getting into Vue.js, CSS, etc., jot down a list of pages, sketch out a layout, and gather inspiration for the visual style and any creative ideas you want to add.
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