186. Lime Drink
The cover photo shows my morning drink—delicious! Three ice cubes, three small cut limes, half a cup of soda water, and half a cup of pure coconut water. Try it—it looks and tastes great.
Record the down-to-earth trending technologies seen every week, and publish them here after screening. If you find it good, you can follow this weekly to get update notifications.
Trending Tools
React Flow: Most suitable library for AI workflows
https://reactflow.dev/
React Flow is currently the most suitable base library for building AI workflows. For front-end developers with an eye for design, it can create refined and easy-to-use node editors. If you’ve used it or know of a better alternative, feel free to share your results with me.
SocialScreenshots: Easy social media screenshot tool
https://socialscreenshots.com/editor
A very easy-to-use tool for creating social media screenshots, similar to effects I’ve recommended historically. Just copy the URL, select the required social platform size, and it looks beautiful.
WebVM: Virtual Linux environment running entirely in the browser
https://webvm.io/
Found an interesting virtual Linux environment running purely in the browser using WebAssembly. It executes x86 binaries in a sandbox and is great as a teaching tool or for trying out Python, Vim, GCC, etc.
Apple CarPlay Design System
https://figma.com/community/file/1384385816001053279
This community version of the Apple CarPlay design system is very pleasing to the eye. Perfect for navigation or EV interface design.
Technical Learning
89 things I know about Git commits
https://jvt.me/posts/2024/07/12/things-know-commits/
An excellent consolidation of 89 tips from 12 years of experience with Git commits. A great read for anyone wanting to master Git.
Basics | Multi-threading and Synchronization
https://tech.meituan.com/2024/07/19/multi-threading-and-multi-thread-synchronization.html
An article from Meituan Tech exploring the core concepts of multi-threading: atomic operations, CAS, Lock-free, memory barriers, false sharing, out-of-order execution, and more. It includes specific code examples to help developers mast these technologies for better performance and stability.
Random Notes
Haha, the difference is that big?
https://www.douban.com/people/156787146/status/4654100941/
Saw this on Douban—light and bitter, like a Chinese medicine that tastes bad but doesn’t actually work. Hahaha.
Random Talk: YC’s Pocket Guide for Founders
YC has a “pocket guide” for founders that is definitely worth revisiting from time to time to correct your course.
- Launch now
- Build something people want
- Do things that don’t scale
- Find the 90/10 solution (90% problem, 10% solution)
- Find 10-100 customers who love your product
- All startups are badly broken at some point
- Write code - talk to users
- “It’s not your money”
- Growth is the result of a great product, not the precursor
- Don’t scale your team/product until you have built something people want
- Valuation is not equal to success, or even probability of success
- Avoid long negotiated deals with big customers if you can
- Avoid big company corporate development queries - they will only waste time
- Avoid conferences unless they are the best way to get customers
- Pre-product market fit - do things that don’t scale: remain small/nimble
- Startups can only solve one problem well at any given time
- Founder relationships matter more than you think
- Sometimes you need to fire your customers (they might be killing you)
- Ignore your competitors; you will more likely die of suicide than murder
- Most companies don’t die because they run out of money
- Be nice! Or at least don’t be a jerk
- Get sleep and exercise - take care of yourself