
Hey there,

I hope you had a great week. I [spoke at a conference](https://twitter.com/fintechdevcon/status/1562477596343816193) called Fintech Devcon last week in Denver, Colorado, about how we use Friction Logs to make our products better at Stripe.

It was the first time I had traveled for work in a while, and I found it extremely refreshing. The recording for my talk should be available soon - I'll be sure to share it once it is live.

I was also able to explore Denver a bit while I was there. The River North Arts District (or Rino) was great fun - I can see why people are moving there in droves.

<Image
  publicId="newsletters/balance-for-remote-workers/cover"
  alt="Photo of a sunset over a hiking trail, with mountains in the background"
  caption="I took this photo while on a sunset hike during my visit to Denver"
/>

## Learn with me

📝 Finding balance as a remote worker - I wrote an article on the Third Space and why it is important for remote workers finding balance. It was a super fun project to work on and I'm excited to share it with you. It's called "[The third place - the secret to a happy life for remote workers](https://mikebifulco.com/posts/remote-work-and-the-third-place)".

📹 Supercharge your video call setup - This [twitter thread by @theKevinShen](https://twitter.com/theKevinShen/status/1565791729906745348) shares some helpful tips for improving your video setup for calls. This one is really useful if you're doing a lot of calls with other people for work. Your presentation on video can have a real psychological effect on the people you're meeting with!

🧘‍♂️ Write more, write better - I've been working on developing a daily writing habit. This has helped me become more aware of how I use language which is making me more effective at writing great content for my job, and for Tiny Improvements!

Thanks for reading Tiny Improvements. If you found this helpful, I'd love it if you shared it with a friend. It helps me out a great deal!

Until next time - be excellent to each other!

-Mike


Balance for remote workers


Join me for an exciting live stream where we dive into the world of design and development at Craftwork! 🎨💻

🔧 In this session, we'll explore how we use a variety of image templates to elevate our software's appearance. From stylized portraits of our talented team members to vibrant paint swatches and eye-catching Open Graph (OG) preview images for our website, we'll unveil the secrets behind our visual magic.

🖌️ We'll kick things off by using the power of Figma, our design tool of choice, to craft stunning templates. Then, we'll dive deep into the development side, where we'll transform these designs into dynamically generated images. How? With the incredible Satori library and the magic of Edge Functions on Next.js, brought to you by the team at @VercelHQ .

I'll be building with:

- Satori & Next.js from @VercelHQ
- Figma
- Visual Studio Code
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS @TailwindLabs

📅 Mark your calendars and join us on Jan 27th at noon EST for an insightful journey through the intersection of design and development. Whether you're a React developer, JavaScript enthusiast, TypeScript pro, designer, or simply curious about UX and tech, this livestream is for you!

Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn, create, and connect. Be sure to subscribe and click the notification bell to stay updated on this and more exciting content from Craftwork.

See you there! 🚀🎉


Using Satori and Next.js to generate dynamic images


## Notes about today's Livecoding stream
This is a YouTube Livestream, where I'll be working on integrating Resend Broadcasts into my next.js site to use for sending newsletters. Resend released a new set of features this week that makes it easier to send mail to large audiences.

I'll be building with:

- Resend
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Vercel
- Tailwind CSS

With Substack recently catching headlines for their boneheaded content moderation policies, lots of creators and developers have been looking at other tools for managing their mailing lists. Between Beehiiv, ConvertKit, Ghost, Mailchimp, and some of the other usual suspects, there are many options to choose from.

Let's take a look at Resend's new API to see how it works, and if it's a good fit for my workflow!

## Don't forget to subscribe

If you're interested in more content like this, please subscribe to my **[YouTube channel - @mikebifulco](https://www.youtube.com/@mikebifulco?sub_confirmation=1)!**


Configuring Resend Broadcasts for newsletters on my Next.js website


Building a website using the Remix.run web app framework? This tutorial will teach you how to add privacy-first analytics to your Remix site with Fathom.

## How to set up Fathom on your Remix site

1. Sign into your account with [Fathom](https://usefathom.com/login), and create a new site.
2. Open the settings for that site, and look for _Script settings_. Hit the clipboard icon to copy the Script tag for your site.

   <Image
     publicId="posts/add-fathom-analytics-to-remix/script-settings"
     alt="Script settings for one of my sites on Fathom's dashboard"
     caption="You site's embed code will be on the script settings page. Hit the clipboard button to copy the code"
   />

3. Open up your Remix site in your IDE of choice. open `root.tsx` (or `root.jsx` if you're using JavaScript instead of TypeScript), and paste your embed code right before the `<Script />` tag:

```jsx
return (
  <html lang="en">
    <head>
      <Meta />
      <Links />
    </head>
    <body>
      <Layout>
        <Outlet />
      </Layout>
      <ScrollRestoration />

      <script
        src="https://cdn.usefathom.com/script.js"
        data-site="TRSSCIOR"
        defer
      />
      <Scripts />
      <LiveReload />
    </body>
  </html>
);
```

<small>
  
  _Note: ☝🏽 I've edited the `<script>` tag here to be self closing, rather than having `<script></script>`. It should work either way._

</small>

4. Start your site with `npm run dev` or `yarn dev` and visit any page (you may have to hit reload if you had the page open already). You should see this reflected in your fathom dashboard in real time!
   <Image
     publicId="posts/add-fathom-analytics-to-remix/tracking-results"
     alt="You'll know it's working when you see a live visitor on your fathom dashboard"
     caption="You'll know it's working when you see a live visitor on your fathom dashboard"
   />

## Try out Fathom - it's great!

I've been using Fathom for years, and am a happy paying customer. If you'd like to give it a shot, you can get $10 off of Fathom when you **use my referral link [https://usefathom.com/ref/DPSSYB](https://usefathom.com/ref/DPSSYB)** to get started.

## If you enjoyed this video

- I wrote a post when I initially adopted fathom, called [Why I switched to Fathom for analytics](https://mikebifulco.com/posts/why-fathom-analytics)
- Make sure to [subscribe to my YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/mikebifulco)


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Using Satori and Next.js to generate dynamic images

Configuring Resend Broadcasts for newsletters on my Next.js website

Balance for remote workers

How to add Fathom Analytics to your Remix.run app