2024.04.01 - The Product Model at Amazon

Title: 2024.04.01 – The Product Model at Amazon

Design Engineering & Sora & 自由爱 & 庄子 & 和平

This Week’s Highlights

The Product Model at Amazon https://www.svpg.com/product-model-at-amazon/
In this article we aim to do the same by describing how the product model manifests at Amazon. My co‑author is European‑based transformation coach Richard Russell. Richard spent a long career leading product and engineering—first at Google, then at Amazon—and now helps other companies transition to the product model.

Node.js: The Documentary | An origin story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB8KwiiUGy0
Ryan Dahl connected non‑blocking servers, V8, and JavaScript. By combining these key pieces he created the now wildly popular Node.js. What young Ryan probably didn’t anticipate was how much forking drama would follow.

Design Engineering at Vercel https://vercel.com/blog/design-engineering-at-vercel
Learn what Design Engineers are and what they do at Vercel.

How Is Flocking Like Computing? https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-is-flocking-like-computing-20240328/
Birds flock. Locusts swarm. Fish school. From chaotic assemblies of life, order somehow emerges. In this episode, co‑host Steven Strogatz interviews evolutionary ecologist Iain Couzin about how and why collective behaviors arise.

Human Curiosity in the Age of AI https://nesslabs.com/human-curiosity-in-the-age-of-ai
In truth, AI may not need human curiosity at all. But there are compelling reasons why human curiosity is needed more than ever in the AI era, stemming from the fundamental differences between human and AI curiosity. Related:

• Sora: first impressions
• Large language models use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge
• Airtable: Launching a faster, simpler, more secure way to unlock AI and transform business growth
• How Generative AI Fits into Knowledge Work

In‑Depth Reading

Diving into the Node.js Website Redesign https://nodejs.org/en/blog/announcements/diving-into-the-nodejs-website-redesign
We approached this redesign with respect for the past and an eye toward the future. The site serves many converging use cases, thousands of pages, and is a daily resource for many. The story had dead ends and detours, but ultimately it was a collective effort, coming to life thanks to over three dozen contributors and fantastic teamwork with select partners.

Two open‑source projects with great documentation https://johnjago.com/great-docs/
esbuild and Redis¹ are two codebases with exceptional documentation. Their READMEs, changelogs, architecture docs, and code comments explain the design so that newcomers can see where things are, how they work, and why they were built that way. If you’re a developer looking to improve your own documentation, these are excellent case studies.

The Future Of User Research: Expert Insights And Key Trends https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2024/03/the-future-of-user-research/
Based on responses from over 1,200 product professionals, Maze’s Future of User Research Report reveals how product teams conduct research to inform decisions and build successful products. Learn the top three trends shaping the user‑research industry in 2024 and beyond.

A Roadmap to Modernization https://www.simplethread.com/a-roadmap-to-modernization/
Migrating from Flask to Django

How To Write Better – A Guide For Developers https://emnudge.dev/blog/write-better/
It takes something to be great and yet another thing to distill that knowledge into transferable lessons. My prose may not be what you’re aiming for, but if you’re where I was, my advice will probably still be useful.

Fresh Finds

Deno 1.42: Better dependency management with JSR What You Need to Know about Modern CSS (Spring 2024 Edition) React Server Components now in RedwoodJS Trix v2.1.0: A rich text editor for everyday writing.

Dioxus: a Rust library for building apps that run on desktop, web, mobile, and more Writing GNOME Apps with Swift Notepad Next: A cross‑platform reimplementation of Notepad++

Products & Others

习近平总书记这样谈中华文明的和平性 https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1794479454048018393
Facing common challenges, humanity has only one path: unity and harmonious coexistence. Promoting the peaceful nature of Chinese civilization, in step with the times, can resonate with peoples worldwide, win moral support, and contribute Chinese wisdom to global peace and stability.

让生命开始觉醒，做一个有思想的人 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/60vgUOPBp2alqRMy6cW6lA
What does “自由爱” (free love) from “胖东来” mean? It’s an abbreviation of equality, freedom, and universal love. For thousands of years Chinese technology has often been kept secret; many techniques have been lost because they weren’t shared—this reflects a cultural trait.

5只鸡过河 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xUeF3Pm-8fbILstFAAdk-Q
A few chickens need to cross a “river,” which is actually a pond with a narrow mud path. The five chickens walk along the path, but it ends abruptly. They must cross the water to reach the shore. Netizens find it funny and wonder what solution the chickens will devise. After watching, one reader laughed and thought, “It’s like a lesson for me after decades of life: a few chickens taught me something.”

怎样让一个活得没劲的人，活过来？他需要的也许就是这一本书 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OCOfOv7Ev6Hyxly-X6ALXQ
Being Chinese is truly a blessing because we have a deep cultural foundation that lets us look back to tradition for spiritual support. The most iconic example is Zhuangzi. Why do I say Zhuangzi can help modern people spiritually? Because the conditions he faced—emptiness and uncertainty—mirror our own today.

《春暖花开的中国》以花为媒，绘就美丽中国！ https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OQmEOX5wn7jwvEdaTeVqgQ
“Wind carries the news of blossoms; rain washes the spring dust.” From south to north, flowers bloom in succession.

至阴至寒之物 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MXRRL1PqxcpZWq_go7-7Dw
Drink hot tea, hot water, hot soup, hot porridge… In short, anything you ingest should be warmer than your mouth temperature. This protects the oral cavity, teeth, and gums; safeguards the cardiovascular system; and shields the gastrointestinal organs.

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Originally written by Ping Xia (平侠) and published in Chinese on Web技术周刊 (Web Tech Weekly). Translated and adapted for DriftSeas with permission.