Hackers Write About Truth (& Cats)

NOW HIRING: Complete This MVP to Help Writers Get Sponsored (Rails App) The top story of last month was: “ by , Senior Interaction Designer at Google. Pictured above is his cat Linus, who defied dress code norms by wearing skull and cross bone bling-bling. Look deep into those green eyes. These objective guidelines will ensure that your cat is managed with the rigid optimization techniques of a top tech professional. A guide to giving your cats their annual performance review ” Thryn The 2nd best performing story followed our tone of practical humor: “ by . If you haven’t read this yet, just know that THE called it, “ .” 10 things I learned making the fastest site in the world ” David Gilbertson Jean Vincent the funniest and informative performance article ever written Overall, December was another solid month for Hacker Noon . Our subscribers grew to 53,000+ (a 29% increase month over month increase), and our climb up the Alexa rankings continued . Remember, hacking is not only funny but also serious, and however you slice it, people are searching for the best hackers to share their stories . Here are December’s top stories #3–14: by . This one may sound like a continuation of the humor section, but no! This is a real problem, followed by true look inside the thought process of an engineer, data plotting, and then, a couple of $36 plane tickets purchased. “The Programmer’s Guide to Booking a Plane ” Zeke Gabrielse by . This is where software met hardware to make a college student see a smarter and more well informed self when he looked in the mirror. In related news, my wife bought me an electric toothbrush. “I Made Myself a Smart Mirror ” Brian Singh by . This opportunistic approach to market opportunity should be learned from. Alex’s site inadvertently began ranking for some keywords, so he built a SaaS product to monetize the traffic. Tip of the hat. Related read: “ ” by . “How I made a SaaS webservice earning $1000 monthly profit ” Alex Moskovski It took me 116 days to go from 0 to 1 customers Declan Wilson by Android Craftsman . A great reminder of why and how to build great app experiences for people who don’t have the privilege of fast internet. Props to , , for inspiration. “Offline App Architecture: how to build for the next billion ” Arun Sasidharan Yigit Boyar Paresh Mayani Joanna Smith also by . This man is a genius! “How I converted my React app to VanillaJS (and whether or not it was a terrible idea) ” David Gilbertson This value proposition by developer gives examples of how/why/& the implications of big brands shifting toward and similar technologies. “The Cost of Native Mobile App Development is Too Damn High! ” Nader Dabit React Native by . These are some popular new repositories that can be interesting for web developers. All of them earned their first 1500 stars in 2016. “27 popular new github repositories for web developers in 2016 ” Navi Henry github by . Seriously, this is the tl;dr of . “Deep Learning Cheat Sheet ” Camron Godbout deep learning by . This guy is on a roll! Read whatever he is putting out to understand the balancing, difficulties and humor that surround product management. Related reading: , , & . “50 Things I’ve Learned About Product Management ” John Cutler Dear Product Managers… Place Your Bets 12 Signs You’re Working in a Feature Factory A 12-Step Program for Recovering Product Managers by . This is my personal favorite story of the month. It’s just that coding — and the onslaught of language after language — are so new in a generational sense that there aren’t a ton of tales about how a father passes this skill onto his son. Related read: by . “How My 10-Year-Old Learned Javascript” Rich Klein “Who said Javascript was easy?” Aurélien Hervé by entrepreneur, inventor and creator . This 7,500 word talk is known to cause butt kicking mindsets. “⭐️ On the Exponential View ” azeem by , IA Ventures Managing Partner. To evaluate 1–2K is no easy task. Read the behind the scenes look into the interesting, exciting, frustrating and humbling work that is . My approach to venture investing Roger Ehrenberg startups venture capital Until we meet again, “Never take anything for granted.” Kind Regards, , David Smooke Hacker Noon P.S. NOW HIRING: Complete This MVP to Help Writers Get Sponsored (Rails App) Read (by tag) to learn what makes hackers tick: , , , , , , , , , . P.P.S. Hacker Noon Trending Programming Startup Entrepreneurship Web Development Software Development Venture Capital JavaScript Business CMS API