hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #714 (2025-10-06): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop reflects on the “vibe coding revolution,” questioning its impact on resource creation for coders. It also introduces three projects: The Garage, an efficient object storage system; wxpull, a minimalist weather tool using open data; and faup-rs, a fast URL parser in Rust.

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  • Drop #711 (2025-09-16): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop explores the significance of typography in video games, illustrating its evolution from functional necessity to a vital artistic element. It highlights how different games utilize fonts to enhance player immersion and identity, facing unique technical challenges and licensing issues. Meanwhile, the Go programming language has its own clear and…

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  • Bonus Drop #98 (2025-09-14): Observable Notebooks Data Loaders Example

    This week, the Bonus Drop features a practical example of using Python data loaders in Observable Notebooks 2.0. Data loaders enhance notebook performance by executing code in advance, facilitating access to diverse data formats. Observable currently supports Node.js and Python for data loaders, requiring Python 3.12+ and self-managed dependencies.

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  • Drop #708 (2025-09-11): Toss-Up Thursday

    More is less, in today’s Drop since it’s most-ly featuring pagers, SQL tutorials, and a bonkers number of drop-in CSS themes to make you looks like a CSS, SQL, and terminal genius.

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  • Drop #707 (2025-09-09): Typography Tuesday

    In today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop we have a typewriter-inspired mono font, a “back-to-school” font, and a nigh-forgotten line wrapping technique that (IMO) needs to have its own dedicated CSS attribute.

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  • Drop #706 (2025-09-08): Idle

    Today’s Drop sits idly by while you learn about various “idle” items. (You’ll have to click into this one for the deets.)

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  • Drop #703 (2025-09-02): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s Drop discusses some spiffy syntax highlighting hacks using OpenType features, shows how to de-Google your fonts, and intros the unexpected journey of “@” into our everyday lives.

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  • Bonus Drop #96 (2025-09-01): Labor-free Edition

    Today’s Bonus Drop looks at resources aimed at reducing labor: Lorem++ API for text and object generation, Zola for fast static site creation using TOML and Tera templates, and Symbols for quick symbol lookup.

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  • Drop #701 (2025-08-28): Thursday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop discusses advancements in CSS, highlighted by the calc() function, and its surprising applications, particularly regarding infinity in calculations. It also examines vulnerabilities in AI image scaling as reported by Trail of Bits. Lastly, it mentions Yamanotes, a music box featuring JR Yamanote Line melodies.

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  • Drop #700 (2025-08-26): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop showcases 3 notable typefaces: Areal, a modernized version of Arial optimized for the web; Another Man’s Treasure, a TrueType font honoring the TRS-80’s character sets; and Myra 4F, a decorative Ukrainian display font. Each highlights unique design goals and cultural significance.

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