Conor's Newsletter: Issue 33
Tech stacks for startups, early user growth, and understanding microservices
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 —
This article made its rounds on Hacker News this week. Really cool look behind the scenes of a one-person operation's tech stack. Boring Technology.
If you've got the time, then dive into this long-form post on Solomonoff Induction. It's philosophy and logic and tech all wrapped into one. Intuitive Explanation of Solomonoff Induction.
I've been slowly but surely rounding out my knowledge of the world outside of data science and this post on microservices was a great one. Finally saw a lot of this stuff click for me here. Microservices.
Old but still good. Analytics looks different for different stages of company growth. Tristan Handy lays out the key points here. Startup Founder's Guide to Analytics.
What I found interesting —
Cool collection of stories about how companies like Apple, Stripe, and Twitch got their first users from scratch. Early User Growth.
I'm starting to get into React development. This thread summarizing how things come together was helpful. React in 10 Tweets.
More great links on growth from Lenny Rachitsky formerly at Airbnb. Growth Recommendations.
Quote I'm pondering —
“It isn't so much that geniuses make it look easy; it's that they make it look it fast.” — Sarah Manguso