hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #601 (2025-01-30): Toss-Up Thursday

    Today’s Drop contains (heh) a section on alternatives to Docker, discusses JSON-e for embedding context in JSON objects and features Mercator Extreme, a unique map projection for visualizing geography.

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  • Drop #600 (2025-01-28): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop takes a gander at the music of type scales, hellboxes in traditional typesetting, and features the free font, Bricolage Grotesque.

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  • Drop #599 (2025-01-27): Contain Your Enthusiasm

    Today’s Drop starts a theme for the week — containers — starting with Linux namespaces. We break things up with a look at Apple’s design philosophy for rounded corners, and upcoming improvements in the Go programming language.

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  • Bonus Drop #73 (2025-01-25): Crawl • Slice • Learn

    The Weekend Bonus Drop introduces three innovative resources: Lightpanda, a fast, efficient browser automation tool; Yek, a Rust-based solution for processing codebases for LLMs; and ManKier, which transforms Unix man pages into interactive HTML5 documentation. Each tool enhances efficiency and accessibility in their respective domains.

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  • Drop #598 (2025-01-24): Development Distractions

    Today’s Drop features Fixi.js—a compact hypermedia control framework beneficial for inline editing, search interfaces, and lazy loading with modern JavaScript features. There’s a new CSS attr() function in town, and we peek at how use it to work with all CSS properties for dynamic styles. And, the CSS Flexbox Playground let us to experiment with…

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  • Drop #597 (2025-01-23): Toss-Up Thursday

    Today’s diverse Drop showcases a proposed DNS-based authentication system allowing universal identities for digital logins, Tarjetas Rojas as tools to protect immigrants’ rights during encounters with authorities, and Sprinter, a distraction-free writing platform that integrates with Postbox.

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  • Drop #595 (2025-01-21): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric version fo the Drop explores the term “Book” weight in typography, rooted in German nomenclature, but has led to confusion in its application, especially during the ITC era. Ohno Type Co. has developed Degular and Degular Mono typefaces for versatile design use, while Berkeley Mono 2.0 continues to evolve, providing options for modern…

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  • Drop #594 (2025-01-20): Tidying Up

    Today’s Drop discusses various technology topics, including misconceptions about Xiaohongshu’s “backdoor” , the dangers of malicious Google Ads mimicking legitimate software, enhancements for accessing Cooked.Wiki, and urgent Vite development server upgrades to address critical security vulnerabilities affecting older versions.

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  • Bonus Drop #72 (2025-01-10): What Comes Next

    The weekend Bonus Drop discusses various resources and thoughts to navigate challenges in democracy and engagement over the next few years. Andrea Pitzer’s podcast “Next Comes What” explores historical contexts of democracy, while the “If You Can Keep It” newsletter emphasizes local involvement in democratic processes. Additionally, Barbara Kruger’s digital work inspires creativity amidst these…

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  • Drop #593 (2025-01-16): WASSSSMM UP?!

    Today’s Drop focuses on WebAssembly (WASM) resources: “Water,” a web-based fluid simulation using SIMD support; wasmCloud, enabling portable application modules for distributed systems; and TinyWeb, a minimal Rust framework for client-side web apps that directly integrates with JavaScript.

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