hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #547 (2024-10-31): Toss-Up Thursday

    Today’s Drop highlights Bluesky’s CLI tool, goat, enabling robust interaction with ATproto networks, and Sampler, which visualizes shell command outputs effectively. The 2024 CSS Survey shows a critical shift to “New CSS,” emphasizing container queries, the :has() selector, and subgrids, streamlining web development and enhancing layout capabilities.

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  • Drop #546 (2024-10-29): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of The Drop examines typography’s evolution, highlighting AI-generated drop caps by Gwern Branwen, Figma’s creation of their signature Figma Sans typeface, and the versatile display font LK BULLTOZ.

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  • Drop #536 (2024-09-26): Serendipitous Three-fer

    This edition of the Drop explores efficient GitHub asset downloaders, a versatile xargs alternative, and free icon resources.

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  • Drop #535 (2024-09-24): Typography Tuesday

    Discover TODS for optimized web typography, explore vintage font collections in the Internet Archive, and learn about Unicode 16.0’s new characters in this Typography Tuesday edition of the Drop.

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  • Drop #532 (2024-09-19): Divide and Conquer

    Today’s Drop discusses the importance of simplicity in web design, highlighting three aspects: Lorem Picsum, a flexible image placeholder service; CSS unit division for responsive designs using the calc() function; and the effectiveness of simple HTML in ensuring accessibility, particularly for public services.

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  • Drop #531 (2024-09-17): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop takes another peek into the world of font creation, explores the historical intersection of typography and automation, and showcases a unique (free) display font that challenges our visual perception.

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  • Drop #530 (2024-09-16): The Incredible Shrinking Web

    Size matters in today’s Drop! The internet’s bandwidth and reliability in remote areas will always be a concern, prompting the need for size and loading optimizations. Techniques like ThumbHash, BlurHash, and “Potato WebP” efficiently handle images for quick loading and limited bandwidth. cssnano optimizes CSS files for production, and Squoosh offers on-device image optimization without…

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  • Drop #527 (2024-09-10): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s (well, *yesterday’s*) typography-centric edition of the Drop features accessibility, font evaluation, and San Francisco’s font evolution (and it’s 10th birthday!).

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  • Drop #525 (2024-09-03): Typography Tuesday

    In today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop, get ready to upgrade your terminal and editor game with two free monospace fonts: Departure Mono, inspired by early CLIs & GUIs, and Karsa Mono, designed with a retro digital feel. Plus, dive into the quirky world of font sizes and line heights with “Font Size Is Useless”.…

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  • Drop #515 (2024-08-12): Starting The Week In Style[s]

    Today’s Drop gets back to basics and introduces 3 CSS resources: new.css, Almond.CSS, and Effective CSS One-Liners. Each is great for simple and efficient HTML styling.

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