What developers need to know about generative AI
Generative AI, Product Systems, regular expressions, Apple Vision Pro x Decathlon, The Cacatoès Theory, DesignSystems.surf, accessibility audits with ARA (RGAA), Freebox Ultra, Rabbit R1...
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Hello everyone ! 👋
What a joy to see you again for this 6th edition of Webpreneurs full of new features!
Happy reading 📚
📰 Fresh insights
Here we go for my latest insights!
📝 Articles
What developers need to know about generative AI
A complete article written by the GitHub teams on the subject of Generative Artificial Intelligence. In it, Damian Brady shows you what Generative AI is and how it works, and how you can take advantage of it as a developer. Here it is 📖.
An introduction to Product Systems
In this article, Romain Kuzniak (OpenClassrooms) tells us about the growing challenges in terms of Product Management, linked to the complexity and size of products.
To resolve this, he proposes using a systemic approach, considering products as dynamic interconnected networks. This article is really rich, I recommend that you read it carefully if the subject speaks to you! Here it is 📖.
🎬 Videos
Understanding regular expressions by Grafikart
Ah… Regular expressions, a nightmare! 🤯
Well, once again, Grafikart has hit hard with a very well-popularized video to allow us to easily understand this essential pattern in programming, with concrete examples:
Apple Vision Pro review by Marques Brownlee (alias MKBHD)
That's it, the Apple Vision Pro is now available in the United States from today, I was also able to bring you my point of view on it in the previous edition of Webpreneurs.
Well, since then, we have been lucky enough to benefit from lots of reviews by influencers in the US who were lucky enough to receive a preview of it. My favorite, that of Marques Brownlee (aka MKBHD), which lasts more than 35 minutes but which is super rich and covers most of the features offered by the Vision Pro:
The Decathlon app adapted for Apple Vision Pro
I also couldn't tell you about the Apple Vision Pro without telling you how proud I am to see that the company in which I work full time, Decathlon, has worked to ensure that it releases a version adapted to the Vision Pro containing immersive experiences, 3D models and a spatial shopping experience.
Here is the LinkedIn message from Barbara Martin Coppola (CEO of Decathlon) on this subject:
Another video from the Decathlon media kit shows you the experience in more detail:
For more information, see the press kit on this subject.
Shout out to Baptiste, Jeffrey, Simon & Alan who were able to help make this possible in such a short time! Well done 👏
So excited to see this product arrive in real life in the United States starting today and most likely in many countries thereafter during the year 2024!
🎧 Podcasts
“Chercheurs de valeur”, it’s over ! 😭
[French] A podcast that I loved and that I followed every week, which stops, it's always sad... Chercheurs de valeur by Victor Ferry & Xavier Delmas was a podcast which was a huge source of inspiration for me. In this episode, Victor & Xavier explain why they are stopping this adventure in favor of many other exciting projects.
Thank you to them and don’t hesitate to listen to the old episodes which are for the most part timeless:
🛠️ Tools
DesignSystems.surf
This website is a gold mine if, like me, you work in the world of Design Systems. On this platform, around fifty components are referenced with useful links to their equivalents in more than forty popular design systems.
ara.numerique.gouv.fr - Outil pour vos audits d’accessibilité (RGAA)
[French] ARA is a tool created by the French government's Design & Accessibility teams based on the latest version of the general accessibility improvement framework (RGAA 4.1) allowing you to: - -
Start with a quick audit (25 criteria)
Continue with a complementary audit (50 criteria)
Carry out a complete audit, known as compliance audit (106 criteria)
Generate your audit report and accessibility statement
Une superbe ressource à utiliser au plus vite pour améliorer l’accessibilité de vos applications !
Figbruary
A full month of challenges to allow you to experiment with the Figma tool! It is accessible at www.figbruary.com.
🔍 Spotlight on… The Cacatoès Theory
[French] In this edition, I wanted to highlight a French-speaking creator, passionate about design and tech, Romain Dao. And more particularly The Cacatoès Theory, a design studio specializing in Design System & Figma of which he is the founder.
Romain regularly produces content to help the French-speaking design community grow in these product design skills, particularly with the Figma tool. Here is an example of one of his videos explaining in detail how to master Auto-Layout on Figma:
If you want to know more, I invite you to check out his YouTube channel:
And his Figma training that he released not long ago!
📱 Tech news that caught my attention
Here are the latest digital news that have caught my attention lately:
The Freebox Ultra and the interview with Xavier Niel about it!
The Rabbit R1, curious object boosted by AI
💌 Thank you
A big thank you to each of you for being there until the end of this edition!
Your feedback is important to me so don't hesitate to give it to me, any criticism is welcome! Stay tuned for more content to come in future editions.
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