Let's get to the stories and links that I thought were worth sharing this week. As always, enjoy the newsletter. If this was forwarded to you, you can go ahead and subscribe at conordewey.com.
What I read —
"We don’t even notice it anymore. Its presence is so subtle, and so pervasive, that we barely even noticed it was an attempt to kill the web." Link in Bio Is a Slow Knife.
I enjoyed Justin Gage's walkthrough building out a data pipeline from scratch to track his sneaker collection over time. Lots of good stuff here. Building a Data Pipeline For Sneakers.
While this blog post from Dropbox is targeted at Designers, a lot of the problem-solving tools laid out here are widely applicable and well worth your time. Mental Models for Designers.
Those who are interested in what they're building have a natural advantage. The phrase "product intuition" gets thrown around a lot and rightfully gets some eye rolls, but there is a clear advantage to working others who get it. The Product-Minded Software Engineer.
What I found interesting —
There's a ton of potential here. I've been imagining something like this for a while, and I'm really excited someone built it. RSS for People.
There's more than enough content on React in the world, but this list of the best talks on the framework seems pretty well done. Best React Talks 2019.
Quote I'm pondering —
“We shall find the truth when we examine the problem. The problem is never apart from the answer, the problem is the answer - the understanding of the problem is the dissolution of the problem.” — Bruce Lee