hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #585 (2025-01-03): Cruftless

    Today’s crufty/cruftless Drop: shows how to simplify recipes from blogs/videos and access to daily top news items; and also offers a detailed analysis of the state of USB-C[ruft].

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  • Drop #584 (2025-01-02): Looking Back To Move Forward

    Today’s Drop discusses the 2024 digital landscape which shows that global internet access is unequal, with only two-thirds online and substantial disparities between income levels; IPv6 adoption surpassed 30%, and decentralized networks like Threads and Bluesky gained millions of users. 👀 to see where we’ve been and where we might be headed in these areas.

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  • Drop #583 (2025-01-01): Wrapping Day

    The inaugural Drop of 2025 takes a look back at the Drops of 2024, my 2025+ daily drivers, and covers a new-to-me tool: Mise.

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  • Drop #580 (2024-12-20): Safety First

    Today’s Drop puts us back into the safety zone, starting with “The 2025 Digital Security Checklist” which highlights strong passwords, encryption, and multi-factor authentication as essential for protecting digital assets. We then get introduced to systemd’s Credentials system to avoid keeping seekrits in the clear. Finally — just in time for the holiday season —…

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  • Drop #578 (2024-12-18): Wonkish Wednesday

    Today’s very wonky Drop showcases 3 RFCs: HTTP Message Signatures enhance message integrity beyond TLS; RFC 9620 emphasizes designing protocols considering human rights; and RFC 9557 improves timestamp formats, allowing for rich metadata.

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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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  • Bonus Drop #70 (2024-12-14): Knowledge Drop

    Today’s Bonus [Knowledge] Drop takes you on my journey to add CIDR handling to DuckDB’s INET extension, which stores IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. It outlines the process of developing a function to expand CIDR notation into a list of IP addresses, detailing technical steps and functions involved.

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  • Drop #571 (2024-12-13): Frantic Friday

    Today’s Drop discusses the BlogFlock platform, which enhances RSS feeds through communal curation; the impact of generative AI on hiring practices, making resumes less reliable; and Matt Might’s shell scripts that improve clarity in writing by detecting passive voice and weasel words.

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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 #564 (2024-12-03): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop highlights the evolution of typography in adapting to digital environments, thereby enhancing readability and design versatility. Key resources and innovations in modern typography are also mentioned, including a free, modern monospaced font!

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