Martin Shaw

Full-Stack Developer & Designer. Building popular open-source packages and sharing knowledge. ( Laravel, Vue, React, Go, Swift, DevOps, etc... )

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

Did you know that Picture-in-Picture isn't just for video?

With https://t.co/5big4dDBeE you can use Chrome's new Document PIP API to display any element as an "always on top" mini-window.

#javascript #react #opensource #future

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

@adrianmg Precisely the problem we are solving for software developers at https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB.

Knowledge is kept by a few, misremembered then lost. Unless you use tools to record that knowledge for new and old developers.

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

In 1998, Citibank and The Travelers Insurance Company merged.

They hired legendary designer Paula Scher to create a new logo.

In their first meeting, on a napkin, Scher drew what became the iconic Citi logo.

As Scher got up to leave the room, someone from the Citi team asked,

How can it be that it’s done in a second?

“It’s done in a second and 34 years," Scher replied. “It’s done in a second [and] every experience and everything that’s in my head.”

Takeaway 1:

As Scher has become a master of her craft, she's experienced an interesting problem.

"A lot of clients like to buy process," she explains. "they think they're not getting their money's worth [if] you solve the problem too fast."

This is known as the "Labor Perception Bias."

It's an interesting phenomenon: we are generally impatient, yet, we are skeptical if, for instance, we're at a fancy restaurant and the food comes out only minutes after we ordered.

One of famous examples of the Labor Perception Bias is the parable of the engineer and the hammer:

A factory owner hired an engineer to fix a broken-down engine. The engineer inspected the engine for one minute, took out his hammer, hammered the engine once, and then started the engine with no problem.

The engineer charged the factory owner $5000. The factory owner was shocked, protested that the engineer had worked for only one minute, and asked for an itemized bill. The engineer sent the factory owner an itemized bill:

Hammering the engine: $5
Knowing where to hammer the engine: $4,995

Takeaway 2:

On my desk, there is a notecard that says, “All success is a lagging indicator.”

The line comes from one of my favorite Ryan Holiday articles. “When a day’s writing goes well,” he writes, “it’s a lagging indicator of hours and hours spent researching and thinking… Receiving a promotion is a lagging indicator of a lot of quality work. Delivering a keynote with confidence is a lagging indicator of a lot of preparation.”

Knowing where to hammer the engine is a lagging indicator of the years and years working with hammers and on engines.

And Paula Scher’s ability to create an iconic logo in a second is a lagging indicator of 34 years spent honing her craft.

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“When you sit down to create something...what you create is a culmination of everything you’ve seen and done previous to that point.” — Tinker Hatfield

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[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

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[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

@phpstorm Versus GitHub Copilot in VS Code? #LateToTheFight #CodeAtlas.

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

@benjamincrozat Laravel Sail. Excellent for local development. 👍

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

@LibertyRPF Getting the job done > Temporary embarrassment. Done > Perfect. #doers #codeatlas.

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

Thank you to Evgeniy Kosjakov @elv1s42, for upvoting https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB on Product Hunt.

We look forward to helping all software developers by making your lives easier with our incredible knowledge base and tools.

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[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

Thank you to my friend Will Weekes, for upvoting https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB on Product Hunt.

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[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

Thank you to Agne at @oxylabs, for upvoting https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB on Product Hunt.

We look forward to helping all software developers by making your lives easier with our incredible knowledge base and tools.

#codeatlas #DocsDoneWell

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

Grazie mille a Gabriel Nori di Colibryx, per aver votato positivamente https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB su Product Hunt.

We look forward to helping all software developers by making your lives easier with our incredible knowledge base and tools.

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[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

Thank you to Halina Makeeva at @Parsers_vc, for upvoting https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB on Product Hunt.

We look forward to helping all software developers by making your lives easier with our incredible knowledge base and tools.

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

Thank you to @mrsarasrock, for upvoting https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB on Product Hunt.

We are looking forward to helping all software developers by making your lives easier with our incredible knowledge base and tools.

#codeatlas #DocsDoneWell

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

Thank you to Valentine Boyev at @halolabteam, for upvoting https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB on Product Hunt.

We look forward to helping all software developers by making your lives easier with our incredible knowledge base and tools.

#codeatlas #DocsDoneWell

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

Thank you to @ganttio, for upvoting https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB on Product Hunt.

We are looking forward to helping all software developers by making your lives easier with our incredible knowledge base and tools.

#codeatlas #DocsDoneWell

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

4 hours in on our Product Hunt launch. 15 upvotes!

We are looking forward helping all software developers by making their lives easier with our incredible knowledge base and tools.

Check it out for free! -> https://t.co/20jv8lMgJU

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[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB: The intelligent knowledge base for your codebase and team https://t.co/20jv8lMgJU by @CodeAtlasdotxyz

@ProductHunt

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

@xsgames_ The real question is, Would you code more if you had enough money to spend each day of your life how you want ?

#codeatlas #LaunchedOnProductHuntToday

[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

We're proud to build https://t.co/PDxBOyZSDB using @inertiajs, @reactjs & @laravelphp.

Launching our early access on Product Hunt tomorrow (Monday 8am BST). Click to be notified and check it out → https://t.co/C4g0faOxYK… https://t.co/5J8p9cFCsQ

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[Martin Shaw @CodeAtlasdotxyz]

@JacobMGEvans FYI, you will be able to press and hold the Digital Crown dial to re-centre the windows in your field of view.

#excited #VisionPro #CodeAtlas