Friday 17th January’s issue is presented by WorkOS |
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Does your app get fake signups, throwaway emails, or users abusing your free tier? Or worse, bots attacks and and brute force attempts? |
WorkOS Radar can block all this and more. A simple API gives you advanced device fingerprinting that can detect bad actors, bots, and suspicious behavior. |
Your users trust you. Let’s keep it that way. |
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— Wes Kao |
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tl;dr: (1) Give feedback on one thing that will make the biggest difference. (2) Don’t jump straight into line edits. (3) You don’t need to write out all your feedback. (4) Balance what’s easy for you (feedback giver) and easy for them (feedback receiver). |
Leadership Management |
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— Sean Goedecke |
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tl;dr: “Pushing back against leadership has high stakes. Doing it well can actually build your leadership team’s trust in you, even though you’re telling them something they don’t want to hear. Doing it very badly can have serious repercussions for the success of the project or your own career.” |
CareerAdvice |
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tl;dr: Detect, verify, and block harmful behavior in real time. Radar protects your app against AI bots, account abuse, credential theft, and more. |
Promoted by WorkOS |
UsefulTool |
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— Ed Batista |
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tl;dr: Broken down into the following different categories: (1) Responding to the crisis. (2) Supporting others. (3) Managing yourself (4) On coping. (5) Learning from a crisis. (6) Other resources that Ed recommends. |
Leadership Management Books |
"Leadership is the capacity to translate a vision into reality." — | | | | – Warren Bennis |
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— David Crawshaw |
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tl;dr: “This document is a summary of my personal experiences using generative models while programming over the past year. It has not been a passive process. I have intentionally sought ways to use LLMs while programming to learn about them. The result has been that I now regularly use LLMs while working and I consider their benefits net-positive on my productivity.” |
LLM |
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— Jeff Everhart |
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tl;dr: In this report, we'll look at how product and engineering teams at companies like Vercel, Webflow and Zapier have built their product notification infrastructure in 2024 and outline predictions for 2025. |
Promoted by Knock |
Infrastructure |
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— Mihika Kapoor |
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tl;dr: “In this deep dive, Kapoor reveals the five strategies she used to create the “viral moments” that turned even the biggest internal pessimists into advocates. With incisive storytelling and a little bit of internet humor, Kapoor’s tactics drive home why it’s so important for product leaders to get extra crisp around their product vision.” |
Product |
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— David Teller |
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tl;dr: “Ranking by order in which I discovered these languages. In most cases, I’m going to attach features to languages that were not the first language to have such features. It’s not meant to be a misattribution, just to showcase how I was exposed to such features.” |
LanguageDesign |
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tl;dr: “To manage the health and efficiency of the mobility marketplace, Uber has several levers it can adjust, such as offering incentives for drivers to complete a certain number of trips per week or promotions that provide riders with discounts on their trips. Figuring out how to set these levers to efficiently achieve various targets and maximize outcomes is both a technically challenging task and a high-value opportunity for the company.” |
Architecture |
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Notable Reading |
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Most Popular From Last Issue |
27 Fundamental Techniques For Software Architects — Patrick Roos |
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Notable Links |
Cobalt: Best way to save what you love. |
Khoj: Your AI second brain. |
Moondream: Tiny vision language model. |
Stagehand: AI web browsing framework |
Tiny Languages: Real languages in 50 lines of code. |
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