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The Little Schemer [0] doesn't assume any prior knowledge of programming yet teaches programming and thinking in Lisp. Also, it has a lot of cartoons and jokes to keep young folks interested.

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/0...

Thanks for sharing. This is the first time I have come across this recommendation. It looks interesting.

Everything by Patio11 [0]. Traction by Gabriel Weinberg [1]. Also, see IndieHackers community [2] if you are interested bootstrapping.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=patio11

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Startup-Achieve-Explosive-Cu...

[2] https://www.indiehackers.com/

Yes, I agree as well from firsthand experience although I would love to see a counter example.

Using screens in grayscale helps to take control of your usage.

If you are looking for something that helps you keep your OSS packages secure, then Snyk[0] is doing an excellent job at it.

[0] https://snyk.io

Good advice. Also, if you have job offerers and you are not letting them know, but your colleagues are effectively communicating job offers they have, then they will be prioritised for a raise over you.

I am currently working on it. Cutting caffeine didn't have much impact on my sleep. Meditating and taking a long walk kept anxiety levels in check that helped me sleep better. Further reflections here: http://avichalp.me/2019/04/06/debugging-sleep.html

It depends on your product, the market you are in etc. There is no silver bullet. A very generic answer would be: prices are relative. Start by finding things on the market that are similar to your solution. Analyse their value proposition and price. Compare their solution with what you offer.

This book is about UX. That is not how "it looks" but how "it feels". I think for UI, as mentioned in other comments you might want to check out https://refactoringui.com/

Many consider Don Norman, the author of The Design of Everyday Things, father of modern UX design. If you want to absorb the basic principles of usability, you should read it.

At my previous job we started out with Angular in 2017. After some time passed benefits of using React was clear to everyone in the team. We wrote new features in React. The old Angular code worked as expected. It made little sense to spend time porting that to React.

I find the concept of calm technology [0] interesting. There has been some research in this space. Calm tech provides UX guidelines to build products that are not sticky but still has great utility.

[0] https://calmtech.com/

A middle ground between paper and computer will be perfect for me. I would like to take notes and sketch diagrams on paper. But I want to sync them to Notion for accessing later. Remarkable [0] looks like an interesting project. Keeping an eye on it its development.

[0] https://remarkable.com/

Start with Brave Clojure [0]. Then continue your journey with Joy of Clojure [1]. Keep on going with Elements of Clojure [2].

[0] https://www.braveclojure.com/

[1] http://www.joyofclojure.com/

[2] https://elementsofclojure.com/

I have started to treat my blog as a journal. So now I don't need to make sure if the topic is worth.

Thanks! That will be a good start.

Thanks for answering.

This tool is likely to create confusion and yield poor results in the hands of someone who isn’t already an expert (either through studying human vision or long practice as a visual artist)

Where can I study human vision. Could you point me to some books/ resources ?

I am not a designer but can this thing help you pick colours for your UI if you give it start and end colours and number of steps (ie how many colours you want) ?

Talk to maintainers. Approach them on email/twitter/project specific communities. Tell them you want to contribute and how you can be helpful. Most maintainers are looking for help. They will be happy to mentor you.

Pomodoro technique has been really effective. Lifting is next on my list.

When doing a SaaS chose something that will let you iterate faster. If you are solo and already experienced with C#/>NET stack, going with it makes a lot of sense.

Save yourself some grief and route your mail through the likes of sendgrid if you expect high volumes or Gmail for low volume

What are the pain points?

It doesn't matter.

- For most new businesses the main challenge is finding a product market fit. So you should use something that will let iterate faster.

- If you aim to build a great team. Attract talent. Go for quality over quantity. Most programming languages have a community around them. Find a community that shares your values. Going for non-mainstream languages often attracts some high caliber people.

I believe OP is talking about relying on ad for monetizing your content.

If you aiming for community discussions and link sharing, first things that come to mind is https://www.discourse.org/

How much time it took you to get there once you consciously started working towards it? And what path you took? If you don't mind me asking :)

May be add to that list writing blog posts? About usage of the project, detailed description of internals etc.

You might want to checkout IndieHackers: https://indiehackers.com. It is full of such stories.

Do you suggest asking people directly what are there most pressing problems helps? Or do you think it is better to observe people struggling with something and then propose a solution and have them evaluate it.