Books, April, New, Code, NASA

☕ Good Morning!

The long lockdown weekend in the UK is the perfect time to catch up on some reading and if you're at a loss what to consume, check out Tomas Vysny’s post below. He took the time to comb through the long list of responses to Shaan Puri recent Twitter Thread on the question “what book changed the way you saw the world?” and lists the top nine mentioned books. Read the post here.

Tomas Vysny @tomas_vysny

@ShaanVP hey Shaan I deep dived in your recent 'book-to-change-your-life' thread to find which books were the most mentioned. I hope you don't mind me putting this together and it would be awesome if you could share!

bit.ly9 Books to Change Your Life Forever — Tomas VysnyWhat are the best 9 book to change the way you look at the world?

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🚀 Maker Stories

Interesting analysis by Pete from No CS Degree on how 12 open startups performed during the lockdown month of April. Some have fared less well due to the travel restrictions such as Nomad List, others such as Ness Labs have experienced strong growth as a result of the lockdown. Read the full post here.

Pete @petecodes

I looked at how 12 open startups performed in April including @NomadList , @SimpleAnalytic , @GoodMarketingHQ This took way too long to produce so please give it a read 😂 petecodes.io/12-open-startu…

petecodes.ioHow these 12 open startups performed in April 2020I thought it would be fun to see how some people did with their businesses over the last month. I’ve added profit where it’s available.

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🏗️ Build + Launch

Eunice Chen shares a great newsletter by Brianne Kimmel, founder of worklifevc. In her eyes, there will be no return to the old normal after this crisis. “Instead, we will need to create a new reality that’s resilient, anti-fragile, and grounded in flexible, empathetic values”. As is already happening, there will be growth in open source, NoCode and creator tools and the builders who will flourish will not only “think different” but also “build different”. Read about the six types of builders who will flourish in the future here.

Eunice Chen @eunicechen

In this uncertainty, find hope that your passion & skills will pave your way, even if it’s undefined right now Which builder are you? I like the mix of Industry Academic, Community Builder, Ambitious Advisor Described by @briannekimmel (Creative Hacker)

wfh.substack.comThe 6 builders who will thrive in the new worldDesigners who code, Career jumpers, Ambitious advisors

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🖥️ NoCode

Good article by Geoff Roberts, co-founder of Outseta from early March on the code vs NoCode debate. In his opinion, the good approach in most cases should be to build products as “low code” as possible. Usually, there will be some kind of functionality your product needs, that might require coding. But ideally, this should come after a successful MVP NoCode build and launch. Read the full post here.

Geoff Roberts @GeoffTRoberts

Weighing in on the #code vs. #NoCode conversation... How should you build your #SaaS start-up?

outseta.comOur Take On Code vs. No-Code And Fears of Vendor Lock-in — OutsetaBy Geoff Roberts 10 min read Recently the “no-code” movement has taken off, as a growing number of software products have made it easier than ever before to build and launch businesses without knowing how to write code. In my opinion this is without question a good thing, but the code vs. no

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💭 Afterthought

In case you missed it, NASA announced that it is working with Tom Cruise to film the first action movie aboard the International Space Station. Wonder whether this will be part of the Mission Impossible series 😉 Read the BBC report here. Have a great evening!

Jim Bridenstine @JimBridenstine

NASA is excited to work with @TomCruise on a film aboard the @Space_Station! We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists to make @NASA’s ambitious plans a reality.