# DeveloPassion's Newsletter - Midweek Links 13 Hello everyone! I'm [Sébastien Dubois](https://www.dsebastien.net/about/), your host. You're receiving this email because you signed up for [DeveloPassion's Newsletter](https://dsebastien.net). Thank you for being here with me ✨ The best way to support my work is to [become a supporter](https://www.dsebastien.net/#/portal/signup). You can also [buy one of my products on Gumroad](https://www.store.dsebastien.net//). Time for a new Midweek Links edition! Alright, let's gooooo 🚀 ## Personal development, PKM & learning [ How I Read a Book: Active Reading for Improved Learning I always thought I was a fantastic reader… MediumMartine Ellis  ](https://martineellis.medium.com/how-i-read-a-book-active-reading-for-improved-learning-f3b1358d9b68)[ Stop Thinking With Your Fingers The Website of Scott P. Scheper of San Diego, California.   ](http://www.scottscheper.com/letter/41/)[ Lucas Kostka - Foundational knowledge is worth a hundred tools Foundational knowledge is worth a hundred tools ](https://lucaskostka.com/posts/foundational_knowledge)[ How sugar and fat affect your brain Much of our food is increasingly manufactured to be irresistible to us. Experts say this trend has long-term health consequences. National GeographicAllie Yang  ](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/how-sugar-and-fat-affect-your-brain)[ Digital Gardening in Obsidian Observing growth in my notes without being overwhelmed. bytes.zone ](https://bytes.zone/posts/digital-gardening-in-obsidian/)[ PKM Weekly Jan 15 2023 – Issue 052 – Curtis McHale Curtis McHaleCurtis McHale  ](https://curtismchale.ca/2023/01/15/pkm-weekly-jan-15-2023-issue-052)[ Need to find your focus? Take some time to lose it. We can’t be focused all day. To have focus when we need it, we must tap into our internal attention rhythms and lose our focus on occasion. Big ThinkGloria Mark  ](https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/need-to-find-your-focus-take-some-time-to-lose-it/) ## Indie Hacking and bootstrapping [ Your tech stack is not the product Early stage technology decisions must be, uncomfortably, a means to an end. hoho.com  ](https://hoho.com/posts/your-stack-is-not-the-product/)[ Write Admin Tools From Day One The Problem Writing useful features for your users is key to a successful product. It makes sense then that you should maximize your time w... BloggerAndy Glassman .png) ](https://milwaukeemaven.blogspot.com/2022/08/write-admin-tools-from-day-one.html)[ ‘I work just 4 hours a day’: This 29-year-old’s side hustle brings in $2 million a year—a look at her typical day Miss Excel founder Kat Norton shares how turned her side hustle into a lucrative career, and how she organizes her time. CNBCKat Norton, Contributor  ](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/26/this-29-year-olds-side-hustle-brings-in-2-million-a-year-i-work-4-hours-a-week.html)[ 5 ways to set yourself up for success Any success formula must start with your values and life goals. Here are five ways to find those and set yourself up for success. Big ThinkKevin Dickinson  ](https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/5-ways-to-set-yourself-up-for-success/) ## Tech [ Corporate Legibility for Software Engineers Understand corporate legibility through the lens of a software engineer. Matt Blewitt  ](https://matt.blwt.io/post/corporate-legibility-for-engineers/)[ Why we should verify HTTP response bodies, and why we should use zod for this Let’s explore zod together and see it can be useful to create a safer enviroment by parsing HTTP response bodies. The Angular logoTim Deschryver  ](https://timdeschryver.dev/blog/why-we-should-verify-http-response-bodies-and-why-we-should-use-zod-for-this)[ Patterns.dev - Modern Web App Design Patterns Improve how you architect webapps Patterns.dev is a free book on design patterns and component patterns for building powerful web apps with... Modern Web App Design Patterns  ](https://www.patterns.dev/)[ The Coding Career Handbook 450+ pages of the best advice I have ever written, with Career Guides, Principles, Strategies, and Tactics for the Junior-to-Senior developer. Learn in Public  ](https://learninpublic.org/toc)[ Repo Trends Analyze issue trends in GitHub repositories  ](https://www.repotrends.com/)[ Google UX Design Offered by Google. This is your path to a career in UX design. In this program, you’ll learn in-demand skills that will have you job-ready ... Enroll for free. Coursera  ](https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-ux-design)