hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Bonus Drop #108 (2026-01-25): Llamas; Maps; & Cats

    As promised, the weekend Bonus Drop covers Ollama’s launch of launch: a new feature enabling Claude Code to work with local models using a modified API. It also showcases Sightline which offers efficient searching for infrastructure assets within OpenStreetMap data. And it closes with “Kitty Cards”.

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  • Drop #762 (2026-01-23): If It Talks Like A…

    This second DuckDB-focused Drop of the week discusses three more/new DuckDB Community extensions: duck_tails, which enables version-controlled data workflows from git repositories; crawler, which provides web scraping tools compliant with robots.txt; and urlpattern, designed for parsing and matching URLs. Each extension enhances data handling capabilities within DuckDB.

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  • Drop #761 (2026-01-22): If It Walk Like A Duck…

    Today’s 🦆 Drop covers several notable enhancements in the #DuckDB ecosystem, including a new Go-based duckdb-mcp server for improved LLM interaction with databases, the Yardstick extension for reusable SQL calculations at varying aggregation levels, and the DataSketches extension facilitating efficient streaming algorithms for data analysis.

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  • Drop #757 (2026-01-12): Monday Afternoon Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop discusses three projects: a cybersecurity-focused AI project using Shannon entropy to filter content, Gitingest for converting Git repositories into digestible formats, and S3Shells, a tool that allows users to interact with S3-compatible storage as if navigating a local filesystem.

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  • Drop #755 (2026-01-08): Let’s Get Visual

    Today’s Drop discusses two projects enhancing data storytelling: Lumino, a high-performance JavaScript framework for building complex web applications, and HPCC Systems, an open-source platform offering a versatile visualization library built on D3.js. Additionally, the Pew Research Center highlights effective 2025 data visualizations, emphasizing appropriate chart types for various data narratives.

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  • Drop #754 (2026-01-06): Typography Tuesday

    The first Typography Tuesday Drop of 2026 covers two presentations. The first is from the 39th Chaos Communication Congress and explores the complexities of real-time text rendering while the second introduces a font that features built-in TeX syntax highlighting. Additionally, Google Sans Flex, a versatile open-license font, is highlighted for its adjustable design attributes.

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  • Drop #753 (2026-01-05): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop discusses advancements in scrollytelling using CSS rather than JavaScript, the CSVW/FDP standards for enhancing CSV files with structured metadata, and Craig Silverman’s new OSINT media venture, Indicator, aimed at teaching verification skills amid rising disinformation.

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  • Bonus Drop #106 (2026-01-04): K.I.S.S.

    The first Bonus Drop of 2026 presents three simplified tools: Mastoshare enhances Mastodon link sharing by routing users to their home instances without tracking; doxx allows terminal viewing of .docx files with formatting; nettool.sh is a Bash script that consolidates networking tasks for sysadmins. Each tool boosts efficiency in its respective domain.

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  • Drop #751 (2026-01-02): Fool Around And Find Out Friday

    The Friday Drop covers: lint-http, a Rust-based forward proxy tool for analyzing HTTP traffic; a Cooked.wiki FOSS alternative along with the challenges food blogs face due to AI and LLMs in recipe content; and Columnar’s predictions for data infrastructure in 2026, focusing on Apache Arrow’s growth and the need for improved interoperability and accessibility in…

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  • Drop #747 (2025-12-29): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s theme-less and abbreviated Drop looks at two topics: Out Of Band Security Testing (OAST) and the Gleam programming language. OAST enhances vulnerability detection by leveraging external servers to expose blind vulnerabilities, while Gleam combines the reliability of the BEAM virtual machine with type safety and modern syntax aimed at web developers.

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