Neque porro quisquam

The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested.

The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested.

Why do we use it?

It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using 'Content here, content here', making it look like readable English.

The “backend” space is vast: search, analytics, data science, and more – so I'll niche down here. The primary criteria of this overview is:

1. Services that work exceptionally well when paired with serverless and edge compute
2. Services that work with JavaScript and TypeScript codebases
3. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old.

Where does it come from?

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source.

Next.js Responsive Image

import Image, { ImageProps } from 'next/image'

function NextImage(props: ImageProps) {
  return (
    <div
      style={{
        display: 'block',
        position: 'relative',
        width: '768px',
        height: '514px',
        margin: '1rem 0',
      }}
    >
      <Image
        style={{
          borderRadius: '0.5rem',
          maxInlineSize: '100%',
          blockSize: 'auto',
          objectFit: 'contain',
        }}
        fill
        sizes="100vw"
        {...props}
      />
    </div>
  )
}

What is Community-Messaging Fit?

Marketing to developers should be clear and relatable.

Disclaimer: I work at Vercel, which partners with companies in this post. I also have personally used many of these tools for my own personal projects. My site currently uses PlanetScale and I'm also an angel investor in Supabase (mentioned below).

Blinking Switchboard

The light glow is a CSS shadow. However, the only properties being animated are opacity and transform. Animating box-shadow would not be ideal since it would trigger a browser re-paint on every frame of the animation. Likely not to be a problem on modern computers, but older, less powerful devices, like smartphones, may drop frames and make the motion look sluggish.

Instead, we toggle the opacity of pseudo elements with a shadow:

Two good indicators for community-messaging fit are virality and sharability.

• Clear—not simple. The product often isn't simple, but the impact can be clear. If your explanation isn't clear yet, iterate and try again.
• Relatable—not obscure. Use language or analogies the community is familiar with. Connect new concepts with existing technologies or mental models.

Your community members have unique backgrounds. They've learned to code from university, bootcamps, or are self-taught. They started with C, or PHP, or Python, or JavaScript. Different descriptions of your product will connect with groups of the community.