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Roasting time?

Hey all,
Working on a newsletter + website to curate & give library recommendations to React Developers.

For example:
(a) Easiest way to add audio to your buttons
(b) Simple way to create the "Typewriter effect" on your H1s

Any thoughts on the positioning?

https://decomponent.com/

PS: Please and thank you

on June 26, 2023
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    Hey Fu,

    Thanks for sharing! I may not be the target audience for this newsletter but I am a developer who uses react so I thought I'd share my honest first impressions

    • I understand this is a weekly letter that showcases a specific npm package
    • I just can't imagine myself ever looking for new packages in this way. Typically I've got a problem I'm trying to solve and I'll then search for github awesome lists, blog posts, stackoverflow questions or hackernews threads with relevant keywords like react typewriter effect animation
    • Packages are generally tools to solve very specific problems which leads me to assume that most weeks the package won't be useful or relevant to me
    • I don't wait for a package to be presented to me I actively go out and look for it when and only when I need it
    • Looking for answers is arguably the core skill any developer has so I'm quite confident others would feel the same way.
    • Would your local hardware store start a newsletter for builders telling them about 1 new screw, how to use it and why they should or shouldn't use it? That's what this feels like

    There are also some framing / copy things that felt off to me:

    Are you a React junkie looking for your next fix?

    I don't see myself as a "junkie" in any way, we're professionals who are interested in a technology.

    No more installing & uninstalling npm packages for your next project.

    I just read the readme

    Perhaps there are some junior developers who are very early in their career and would find this interesting. Overall I can't imagine myself or any of my colleagues using this.

    Keep trying new ideas though! This might not be the idea that takes off but you've got to start somewhere :)

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      Thanks for sharing. This is super detailed.
      Will try to tweak it.