😶🌫️November tech frontiers: exploring AI, SaaS, and web dev innovations
Strategies for scaling SaaS revenue, optimizing SEO and domain strategies, leveraging AI tools, balancing performance marketing with content strategy, and latest in web dev.
A couple of great AI use cases explain this, and they are just in time (if I may add) for most companies to start 2025 strategy planning.
Marketers, learn how to scale SaaS with cold emails, master CSS tricks, and balance performance marketing with content strategy.
As for devs, the evolution of Next.js, tools like Docker and Payload CMS, insights into JavaScript and CSS learning paths, headless WordPress setups, and new features in Tailwind CSS and React Router v7.
Happy reading.
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🤖AI / ChatGPT stuff
😎The $3 Trillion AI Opportunity Everyone’s Missing - A breakdown of the massive untapped opportunities in AI and how businesses can capitalize on them. By
on Substack.Of Silicon Valley, AI, and the Laws of Physics - Examining the physical limitations and real-world challenges of scaling AI technologies. By
for on Substack.👉A Theory of the AI Market - A deep dive into the economics of the AI market and its potential impact on industries. By Vikram Sreekanti and Joseph E. Gonzalez for
Is AI Progress Hitting a Wall? - Investigating whether AI innovation is slowing down or just evolving differently.
OpenAI, Google, Scaling Laws, and the Future of AI - Insights into the scaling laws driving competition among major AI players.
Explaining Prompt Engineering - An introduction to prompt engineering and its importance in building effective AI models.
ChatGPT Can Now Read Code Directly From Your Computer - How ChatGPT’s new coding capabilities are reshaping developer workflows.
GPT Wrappers: A Look at Emerging AI Interfaces - Exploring new ways developers and businesses are packaging GPT models into unique products. By
at Substack.⛔️New Rules Will Block AI Training Bots - How new regulations affect AI training and data scraping practices.
OpenAI Email Archives: From Musk to Altman - A glimpse into the early communications shaping OpenAI’s direction.
AI Makes Tech Debt More Expensive - Analyzing how AI complicates managing and reducing technical debt in software projects.
How to Become a Supermanager with AI - Leveraging AI tools to elevate your managerial skills and team performance.
Is AI Progress Slowing? The Debate OpenAI Doesn’t Want to Have - Addressing concerns about whether AI research is reaching its limits.
✅AI SEO Tools: The Good, the Bad, and the Transformative - A review of the latest AI-powered tools for SEO and their effectiveness.
The problem with AI detection tools - Are they accurate? (with tests)
Using AI to Write the Right Way - Tips on optimizing AI-generated content for better readability and SEO.
🤔Is AI Stealing My Clicks? - Examining how AI impacts organic traffic and content discoverability.
Botnet: The AI Tools Revolutionizing Growth - Exploring how AI-driven automation reshapes growth strategies. By
at Substack.2024: The State of Generative AI in the Enterprise - Insights into how enterprises adopt generative AI tools and strategies.
The 10x Founder - How AI is helping founding teams scale without growth.
IDEs with GenAI features that Software Engineers love - AI-first IDEs like Cursor, WindSurf, Zed, and others, are challenging Visual Studio Code’s dominance. What’s making the devs switch over? By
for on Substack.📊Marketing stuff
The Rise of the GTM Engineer - Explores the growing role of the Go-to-Market (GTM) Engineer in accelerating company growth and innovation - By
on Substack.How to Track Your Black Friday Sales in GA4 - A Beginner’s Guide.
Just Evil Enough with Alistair Croll - A conversation on creative marketing and leveraging clever strategies to grow a business - By
for on Substack.📈Social Media Trends - Insights into the latest trends shaping social media strategies and engagement in 2024.
Google SEO Advice on Version History Pages - Discusses best practices for optimizing version history pages for SEO.
💰How Much Do Influencer Marketing Campaigns Cost? - A detailed breakdown of pricing structures for influencer marketing campaigns.
Influencer Marketing Statistics You Need to Know - Comprehensive statistics and insights into influencer marketing trends.
$0-$2M ARR in 6 Months via Cold Email - This article reveals strategies for scaling SaaS revenue quickly using cold email techniques - By
for on Substack.eCommerce SEO Tips - Practical advice on optimizing SEO specifically for eCommerce businesses.
Don't Let Performance Marketing Ruin Your Content Strategy - Examine the balance between performance marketing and sustainable content strategies.
5 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Founding a SaaS - Lessons and advice from SaaS founders on what to prioritize when building a company.
🤘How Substack’s Writers Are Using AI and ChatGPT - Analyzes how Substack creators adopt AI tools to enhance their writing processes.
What Is the Ideal Pricing for a SaaS? - Offers strategies for finding the right pricing model for SaaS products.
SEO Domain Strategy: Country-Specific or Global? - Weigh the pros and cons of using country-specific domains versus global SEO - By
on Substack.SEO Ideas - A newsletter delivering actionable SEO insights and creative strategies - By
on Substack.CTR on Google: 2024 Q3 Insights - Updated click-through rate (CTR) trends for Google search results in 2024 Q3.
AI Overview & Optimization: Insights from Google’s Patent - Examines a Google patent to uncover future directions in AI optimization.
Setting Your Influencer Budget — Here’s Everything I Learned About Working With Influencers.
For those in the know-how, Google Ads API 2025 release and sunset schedule.
Google Analytics launches Customer Match beta, enabling advertisers to enhance remarketing using first-party data instead of third-party cookies.
If your audience’s sources of influence and your marketing budget don’t align, you’re gonna have a bad time.
⚙️Dev stuff
Why AI Can't Replace Developers - The Real Limits of AI in Coding.
Cutting Through the Noise: Three Things We’ve Learned About Generative AI and Developer Productivity - Insights from eBay on how generative AI can improve developer workflows and productivity.
5 Awesome Docker Tools to Make Your Life Easier - A roundup of tools to simplify Docker usage for developers.
What I Wish Someone Told Me About Postgres - A developer's practical advice on using Postgres effectively.
🤔Should Web Designers Learn JavaScript or CSS? - Weighs the benefits of focusing on JavaScript or CSS for modern web designers.
Life of a Vercel Request: What Happens When a User Presses Enter - A detailed breakdown of how Vercel handles incoming web requests.
How to Set Up Next.js 15 for Production - Step-by-step guide to deploying Next.js 15 applications for production.
🔎Subscriptions (API) Overview - Explore the Subscription API… how it works, and its benefits and differences from some competitors.
How to build a dynamic website 👉with Next.js 15 App Router, React 19, Storyblok, and Bun (+ Typescript).
A Real-World Next.js to HTMX Port - A case study on porting a project from Next.js to HTMX for improved performance.
New CSS That Can Actually Be Used in 2024 - An overview of upcoming CSS features ready for production in 2024.
How to Write Clean Code: Refactoring and Best Practices - Refactoring tips and coding best practices to maintain clean codebases.
Introducing Headless WordPress Without WordPress - A look at Gato GraphQL’s approach to building headless WordPress experiences.
🤼Self-Hosting vs. Vercel and Netlify: Which Solution Is Right? - A guide to choosing between self-hosting and popular deployment platforms.
10 CSS Tricks for UI Developers - Useful CSS tips and techniques for enhancing UI design.
Payload 3.0: The First CMS That Installs Directly Into Any Next.js App - Details on the latest Payload CMS update, designed for seamless Next.js integration.
Tailwind CSS v4 Beta - Overview of new features and updates in the Tailwind CSS v4 beta release.
⁉️How Decentralized Is Bluesky? - A critical analysis of Bluesky's promises of decentralization.
React Router v7 - Key features and improvements in React Router version 7.
Nue joins the web development warfront with a Markdown framework optimized for progressive enhancement. We test it out for frontend devs.
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