🛠 Resources / Technical / Soft
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- free services for developers: https://free-for.dev/#/
- free tiers of tools/services/libraries/apis for devs: https://free-for.dev/#/
- quick/cheap tech stacks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22354060
- https://about.sourcegraph.com/blog/ex-googler-guide-dev-tools/
- tech stacks for indie developer: https://panelbear.com/blog/tech-stack/
- https://github.com/255kb/stack-on-a-budget
- https://alexkrupp.typepad.com/sensemaking/2021/06/django-for-startup-founders-a-better-software-architecture-for-saas-startups-and-consumer-apps.html
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28299053
- https://runninginproduction.com/
- tech stacks for a new startup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29530391
- website performance checker: https://pagespeed.web.dev/report?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoogle.com%2F
- SQL db visual browser: https://chartio.com/blog/why-we-made-sql-visual-and-how-we-finally-did-it/
- effective developers: https://martinfowler.com/articles/developer-effectiveness.html
- mastery in software engineering: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25643940
- being a CTO: https://github.com/kuchin/awesome-cto
- rethinkdb post-mortem (good lessons!): https://www.defmacro.org/2017/01/18/why-rethinkdb-failed.html?zarsrc=30&utm_source=zalo&utm_medium=zalo&utm_campaign=zalo
- mistakes of engineering managers: https://ochronus.online/the-5-common-mistakes-of-new-engineering-managers/
- dev environment/setup: https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/52801
- The architecture behind a one person tech start up: https://anthonynsimon.com/blog/one-man-saas-architecture/
- list of skills a senior engineer needs beyond coding: https://skamille.medium.com/an-incomplete-list-of-skills-senior-engineers-need-beyond-coding-8ed4a521b29f
- https://jmmv.dev/2021/04/always-be-quitting.html
- designing large-scale systems: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer
- Building in Public: https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/49718
- Software engineering advice: https://www.simplethread.com/20-things-ive-learned-in-my-20-years-as-a-software-engineer/
- From Delos Tech Lead: https://maheshba.bitbucket.io/blog/2021/10/19/42Things.html
- Veteran lessons: https://twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/1470613731071696896
- https://github.com/testthedocs/awesome-docs
- https://github.com/unicodeveloper/awesome-documentation-tools
- https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/58598
- examples of good documentation
- documentation tool and CMS: https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/58841
- doc tools: https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/58862
- How to get an expiring domain: https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/5842
- Get domain from big company: https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/8999
- Buy from big company: https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/11602?source=digest
- form builder: https://tally.so/pricing
- build reliable tech instructure/servers as solo founder: ttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21461617
- write backends: https://github.com/fpereiro/backendlore
- build internal tools fast: https://retool.com/
- https://userlist.com/ (Email marketing automation for SaaS)
- open source project marketing: https://skerritt.blog/make-popular-open-source-projects/
- https://skerritt.blog/make-popular-open-source-projects/
- https://medium.com/figma-design/an-alternative-approach-to-rate-limiting-f8a06cf7c94c
- https://konghq.com/blog/how-to-design-a-scalable-rate-limiting-algorithm/#.WjlcxXHbXuU.hackernews
- how to do SEO: https://github.com/joshbuchea/HEAD#meta-not-recommended
- Be sure to follow basic SEO techniques like on-page keyword optimization (but not keyword stuffing!), making use of your images’ alt text, and including social sharing buttons.
- https://blog.teamgate.com/400-free-resources-to-grow-your-business/
- check backlinks at majestic.com
- clickbait: https://digg.com/2017/most-popular-headline-formats
- http://katemats.com/what-every-programmer-should-know-about-seo/
- https://apollodigital.io/blog/seo-case-study
- good process: https://www.targetprocess.com/articles/speed-in-software-development/
- roadmaps: https://github.com/kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap
- front end checklist: https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist
- simple tech deployment: https://launchyourapp.meezeeworkouts.com/2021/03/why-we-dont-use-docker-we-dont-need-it.html?m=1
- do not sort by average rating: https://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html
- Best practice for early stage: design in Figma, build in Webflow
- https://bookface.ycombinator.com/posts/55125
- website go-live checklist: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14958394
- MVP: https://www.process.st/mvp-app/
- getting it to work in China: https://chanind.github.io/china/2019/01/19/launching-an-app-or-website-in-china.html
- https://sprune.com/blog/state-of-self-serve-website-building-in-2020/
- How to instrument a software service: https://honeycomb.io/blog/2017/01/instrumentation-the-first-four-things-you-measure/