hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #573 (2024-12-17): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s Typography-centric edition of the Drop features Badkeming’s exploration of kerning failures, the unique Alpha Lyrae font with glitch effects, and the narrative importance of comic lettering.

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  • Drop #572 (2024-12-16): Mixed-up Monday

    Today’s Drop introduces three distinct resources: MarkItDown, a Markdown conversion tool by (ugh) Microsoft; the “4 Colors Formula” for effective design using four color roles; and Hyperfine, a Rust-based benchmarking tool for performance measurement.

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  • Drop #570 (2024-12-11): Miles & Miles Of The CSS Styles

    Today’s Drop reviews 2024’s latest CSS advancements, [re]visits a CSS lightweight framework designed for simplicity, and explores a quick trick for creating color palettes using CSS.

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  • Drop #569 (2024-12-10): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s Drop features Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps which showcase remarkable artistry with unique, hand-drawn letterforms that create a distinct typographic style for each location. Additionally, two free fonts, 3270font and Libre Caslon Condensed, offer modern adaptations of classic typography.

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  • Bonus Drop #68 (2024-12-08): All Strings ATTACHed (CLI Version)

    Today’s Bonus Drop discusses GoReleaser, an open-source tool designed to simplify cross-platform releases of Go projects, supporting various formats and integrations. It also introduces a project for a CLI version of the DuckDB Drop viewer.

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  • Bonus Drop #69 (2024-11-24): Blue Skies, Four Squares, And Federated Blogs

    Today’s Bonus Drop covers spatial data visualization using Foursquare’s open-source POI dataset and decentralized blogging via WhiteWind’s platform built on AT Protocol. It also covers setting up an ATproto Personal Data Server (PDS).

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  • Drop #556 (2024-11-18): The Long And Winding Web

    Today’s Drop explores browser rendering, Electron’s challenges, and the rise of the “small Internet.” The topics emphasize a detailed breakdown of browser operations, propose a new extension system for Electron applications, and highlight a movement prioritizing genuine online content over corporate interests, reflecting user autonomy and creativity.

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  • Drop #553 (2024-11-11): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s diverse Drop covers a tiny JavaScript library for webpage minimaps, Adobe’s Spectrum design system for accessible data visualizations, and “The Copilot Pause,” which addresses cognitive effects when AI code completion tools are disabled. The latter highlights concerns about skill erosion and emphasizes the importance of maintaining programming proficiency.

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  • Drop #551 (2024-11-06): Web Slinging Wednesday

    Today’s Drop discusses three main topics: Cash, a lightweight JavaScript library for DOM manipulation similar to jQuery; the CSS :has() selector, which enables quantity queries for adaptive layouts; and custom CSS cursors that display favicons on external links but present usability and security challenges. The author announces potential interruptions due to personal circumstances.

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  • Drop #550 (2024-11-05): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop discusses Google’s initiatives to enhance typography through projects like Oxidize and Fontations, focusing on migrating font manipulation to Rust for better performance and memory safety. It also covers type revival for film and TV, emphasizing the importance of recreating vintage typefaces to achieve historical accuracy while accommodating modern production…

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