[BAWD #77] Black Founders Fund and ALX Nanodegree Scholarship

May 29, 2022

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Featured Technical Articles ✍🏾👩🏽‍💻

4 things nobody tells you about preselling your product by Alex Hillman.
The Surprising Truth About Pixels and Accessibility by Josh Comeau.
What Does A Technical Writer At Google Do + Interview Process by Linda Ikechukwu.
React Video Player Component Using Hooks, TypeScript, and xState by Joel Hooks.
Business and Engineering alignment by Kent C. Dodds.
How to Integrate QR Code for Authentication Across Web & Mobile Applications in Nodejs by Olubisi Idris.
From Figma to Next.js App in Minutes by Christian Nwamba.
My Cloud Native Developer Diary: KubeCon EU by Edidiong Asikpo.
The CEO of Twitch Learned This Key Leadership Skill From Y-Combinator's Paul Graham by Nick Hawkins.
DocumentFragment and The DOM by Dillion Megida.
A Perfect Table of Contents With HTML + CSS by Nicholas C. Zakas.
Implementing a secure password reset function with Flutter and Firebase by Yusuf Ahmed.
Everything I Know About Style Guides, Design Systems, and Component Libraries by Lee Robinson.

Featured Productivity Articles ✍🏾🦅

Warren Buffett’s “2 List” Strategy: How to Maximize Your Focus and Master Your Priorities by James Clear.
How To Embrace Vulnerability, Imposter Syndrome and Self-Doubt by Ali Abdaal.
How to Grow Up: A Guide to Humans by Mike Manson.
The Simple Secret To Being In A “FLOW” State… At All Times by Benjamin Hardy.

Product of the Week ✨

Remix is a full-stack web framework that lets you focus on the user interface and work back through web standards to deliver a fast, slick, and resilient user experience.

Good Tidings 🔊

Google is running the Black Founders Fund initiative to give Black-founded startups in Africa access to funding. In 2021 alone, the initiative invested $3M into 50 startups. You can learn more and apply before applications close on 31st May 2022.
The ALX Transforms Tech Programme is offering 5000+ Africans a Nanodegree scholarship opportunity to acquire Full Stack, Cloud, Cloud DevOps, and Data Analytics engineering skills. You can learn more and apply via Udacity.
Looking to learn more about how to sustain your open-source project or community? You should read this report from Sustain Africa 2022 to learn from the output and summary of the interactive case studies.
You should check out this curated list of free, high-quality, and on-demand resources for learning web3 and blockchain development. The list also includes a collection of DAOs, grant programs, networks, tools, and protocols.
The official Jamstack Discord community is looking for communities and events to partner with to elevate events happening in the Jamstack ecosystem. You can learn more or join the ride on this website.
Here’s a valuable GitHub discussion with a collection of Next.js resources, including books, courses, articles, and videos.
Learn how to build on Ethereum with these free challenges.
If you’re a student (at any level), you can apply to get the GitHub Student Developer Pack and access the best developer tools and courses for FREE.
Here’s a curated list of project-based programming tutorials you can use to learn how to build applications from scratch.
Are you looking for open-source projects to contribute to? There are a couple of Java/Type Script projects you can contribute to on GitHub.
You should check out this tutorial or join this Slack community to learn how to build global ecommerce experiences with composable commerce APIs.
Here's a recommendation of the top five websites to find remote jobs for different fields in tech.
Joe's Jobs curates the best product, engineering, design, devrel, open-source, etc., roles at exciting startups.

Dev Term of the Week 💾

Functional Specification Document (FSD) is a document designed to give a detailed overview of the functionalities of a software system before development. Learn more here (text) or here (video).

Book Recommendations 📚

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey.
All of Grace by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
Building an Effective Dev Portfolio by Josh Comeau.
The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin.

Featured Tweets and Videos 😍

Here are some tweets I think are cool and some of my favorite videos from YouTube this week.

Anjana in Berlin 🐻🇩🇪 @AnjanaVakil

Making some mid-year's resolutions: S̶e̶t̶ ̶g̶o̶a̶l̶s̶ ̶&̶ ̶m̶e̶e̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶m̶ Set boundaries & keep them K̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶p̶e̶a̶c̶e̶ Seek *my* peace I̶m̶p̶r̶e̶s̶s̶ De-stress G̶e̶t̶ ̶s̶h̶i̶t̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶e̶ Have some fun

John Collison @collision

As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.

Commerce Layer @commercelayer

Hope you enjoyed your lunch break. 🥙🥪 While waiting for the afternoon sessions to start, stop by our booth and grab some #merch! 👕 #HCS22

⬇️: Introduction to AI in Yoruba (Part 1)

⬇️: The Man Who Revolutionized Computer Science With Math

⬇️: 100 Days Building A Modern Underground Hut With A Grass Roof And A Swimming Pool

Quote of the Week 💙

“Self-control is a short-term strategy. You may be able to resist temptation once or twice, but it's unlikely you can muster the willpower to override your desires every time. Instead of summoning a new dose of willpower whenever you want to do the right thing, your energy would be better spent optimizing your environment.” –James Clear

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