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  • Drop #774 (2026-02-19): Secured, Saved, Savvied, and Sublimed

    Today’s theme-less Drop discusses 4 topics: dotenvx, an enhanced .env management tool that improves security and multi-environment support; factbook.json, a project preserving the CIA World Factbook as structured JSON; and alpinestuff, a resource for learning Alpine.JS. Kanso Ink is also mentioned, offering terminal theme configurations.

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  • Drop #773 (2026-02-17): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-focused drop features three highlights: M PLUS 1 Code, an open-source programming font from Japan known for its monospaced Latin and CJK support; FontPlop, apps for converting TTF/OTF fonts to web formats; and Font Gauntlet, a browser tool for proofing and animating variable fonts with local caching.

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  • Drop #772 (2026-02-16): Editorially Speaking

    Today’s Drop takes a big look at Vim 9.2’s release and finally pokes at Fresh, a new Rust-built terminal editor that offers an intuitive editing experience with tmux-like session persistence and robust features like LSP integration and lazy loading.

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  • Bonus Drop #110 (2026-02-14): Talk About The Weather

    Today’s Drop discusses three tools: Kaku, a macOS WezTerm fork enhancing ergonomics; Pake, a Tauri tool creating cross-platform desktop apps from URLs; and Fair Weather, a vanilla JS weather app scoring activities based on conditions.

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  • Drop #771 (2026-02-12): System Of a [Mark]Down

    Today’s Drop introduces md-browse, a markdown-first web browser that converts web pages to clean markdown for better readability. It utilizes electrobun (also covered today) for lightweight cross-platform app building and Turndown (also covered today!) for HTML to markdown conversion.

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  • Drop #770 (2026-02-10): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s Drop introduces FontBo, a browser-based font editor designed by Carl’s Type, providing a user-friendly alternative to complex professional tools. It offers a free tier with full features, and a paid Pro tier for additional privacy and support. The featured font, Geomini, is a compact geometric typeface optimized for UI design, showcasing clean lines and…

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  • Drop #768 (2026-02-05): Docs & Diagrams

    Today’s Drop covers the release of Pandoc 3.9, whcih features a WASM build for client-side document processing, enhanced PDF support and configuration flexibility with JSON. It also pokes at mermaid-rs-renderer, a Rust-based tool for rendering Mermaid diagrams in various formats, and introduces Pretty Mermaid Skills which allows LLMs to generate and render Mermaid syntax into…

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  • Drop #766 (2026-02-03): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s Drop features the 2025 Web Almanac’s font section which reveals that 88% of websites use web fonts, with self-hosting at 72% being the leading delivery method. Additionally, fontdata.com offers a practical tool for checking font name availability, while the featured POI Aeronaut font provides unique stylistic alternates.

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  • Drop #758 (2026-01-15): Typography T̶u̶e̶s̶Thursday

    The late-on-so-many-levels post covers Emily Sneddon’s essay on the Fran Sans typeface, which chronicles its origins from SFMTA’s destination displays; Oliver Schöndorfer’s talk on how typography affects usability in conversion rate optimization; and a feature on the Ductile Display font by Titus Homei.

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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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