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  • Drop #784 (2026-09-07): What The Shell?

    Today’s Drop discusses useful tools for Bash scripting and terminal operations. It goes deep on the ‘declare’ command in Bash, explaining its various attributes for variable assignment. Additionally, it presents ‘rura,’ an interactive Rust terminal UI for building shell pipelines, and ‘mdfried,’ a terminal pager for viewing markdown files that supports enhanced formatting and image…

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  • Drop #783 (2026-08-27): Back In The Highlight Again

    The is-there-really-another-in-week-Drop?! showcases MicroLighter, an innovative syntax highlighter that enhances code editing while preserving the DOM; HTML advancements including new attributes that reduce JavaScript reliance; and Manuel Matuzović’s updated HTML Boilerplate for 2026, which offers comprehensive templates with modern features for web development.

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  • Drop #782 (2026-08-26): Catechize, Complete, & Count

    Today’s Drop discusses three neat CLI tools to enhance shell skills, tame code, and manage system processes. Witr identifies the lineage of running processes; zcomplete corrects shell commands based on typed command history; and, scc provides efficient line counting for codebases while offering analytical features like complexity assessments.

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  • Drop #781 (2026-08-25): Tuesday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop highlights a few recent discoveries: Deepfield IP Checker, HTML-XML-utils, and MapTheNet. It describes how Deepfield’s IP Checker reveals if an IP has participated in DDoS attacks, while HTML-XML-utils provides utilities to manipulate HTML/XML files. MapTheNet explores web traffic through a unique classification approach.

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  • Bonus Drop #128 (2026-08-23): It’s Always DNS

    The weekend Bonus Drop discusses several advanced DNS resources, focusing on ptrclassify, which categorizes IP addresses efficiently using structured tagging for traffic analysis. It introduces the new HTTPS DNS record type that enhances HTTP/3 connectivity and touches on dnstt, a tool for DNS tunneling.

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  • Bonus Drop #127 (2026-08-16): Weekend Grab Bag

    The almost-too-late Bonus Drop discusses the benefits of creating bare repositories for independence from GitHub, introduces F2 as a powerful tool for file [re]organization, and highlights Organic Maps as a tracking-free alternative for navigation, emphasizing privacy concerns.

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  • Bonus Drop #125 (2026-08-02): The Dog Days Of Dotfiles

    The Weekend Bonus Drop covers the repository “awesome-bash-alias”, which features an extensive README w/over 2,100 lines outlining advanced shell aliases & functions. It emphasizes safe, cross-platform usage, w/modules covering various tasks like file management and container commands. Notably, it includes confirmation mechanisms for destructive actions, promoting careful command usage throughout.

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  • Bonus Drop #124 (2026-07-26): Don’t Outsource Your Agency

    This week’s anti-clanker Bonus Drop explores tools for enhancing understanding and efficiency. It highlights Daniil Baturin’s iproute2 guide, stinkpot’s simpler shell-history tool, and Filip Roséen’s article on using the POSIX shell null-command effectively. It also quick links to ~1,800 “today I learned” entries across 75 categories.

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  • Bonus Drop #122 (2026-07-12): Web Of Wonders

    Today’s (barely in-time) Drop discusses web resources like Vilistextum, an enduring HTML-to-ASCII converter, and Freedium Mirror, which circumvents Medium’s paywall. The “Milliseconds That Matter” section showcases a project that visualizes the web page loading process in detail.

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  • Bonus Drop #116 (2026-05-17): Grammar of Graphics, Native in Typst

    The weekend Bonus Drop covers Gribouille, a Typst package developed by the legendary Mickaël Canouil. It’s a comprehensive Grammar of Graphics implementation for Typst, rivaling ggplot2 with features like geom layering and aesthetic mapping. It enables seamless data visualization in Typst, supporting native CSV data loads and providing publication-quality charts without external dependencies.

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