hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #554 (2024-11-14): What The Shell?

    Today’s Drop discusses 3 shell-related resources: ‘up,’ a utility for efficient directory navigation in Bash/Zsh; ‘BATS,’ a Bash testing framework that isolates test execution; and ‘cmdx,’ a Golang module for streamlined command-line operations with error handling.

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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 #552 (2024-11-08): One. Step. Forward.

    Today’s unexpected Drop emphasizes online safety, privacy, and resilience amidst growing threats from tech companies and governments. It starts a conversation about secure communication tools like Signal and offers resources for reducing online privacy exposures.

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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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  • Bonus Drop #66 (2024-11-03): Eye Sea Ewe

    Today’s Drop talks about ICU (International Components for Unicode), whic is essential for Unicode support in software. The recent ICU 76 release improves character handling and formatting capabilities. Tools like opstr and go-icu-regex enhance string operations and regex handling, while Intl.NumberFormat in JavaScript simplifies numeric formatting across various styles and currencies, ensuring robust functionality.

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  • Drop #548 (2024-11-01): Featured Friday

    Today’s Drop highlights three useful resources: Secure ShellFish, a native SSH/SFTP client for macOS/iOS emphasizing performance and accessibility; Get Out Of My , which guides on browser meta tags and link previews; and Tini, a minimal init system for containerized environments ensuring effective process management and stability.

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  • Drop #547 (2024-10-31): Toss-Up Thursday

    Today’s Drop highlights Bluesky’s CLI tool, goat, enabling robust interaction with ATproto networks, and Sampler, which visualizes shell command outputs effectively. The 2024 CSS Survey shows a critical shift to “New CSS,” emphasizing container queries, the :has() selector, and subgrids, streamlining web development and enhancing layout capabilities.

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  • Drop #544 (2024-10-21): If It Walks Like A 🦆

    Today’s Drop covers the DuckDB HTTP Server Extension, a project that transforms DuckDB instances into HTTP OLAP API servers. Additionally, it covers “DuckDB in Action,” a practical DuckDB guide, and introduces “masto.sh,” a tool for backing up Mastodon posts in #DuckDB.

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  • Drop #543 (2024-10-20): Dev-Mode Engage

    Today’s Drop discusses the introduction of JavaScript Import Maps, allowing cleaner alias management for module imports even in vanilla JS + CDN projects, thus enhancing code cleanliness and dependency management. It also covers a microservice built with Deno to convert PDFs to text, and highlights the “pancake SQL pattern” for optimizing SQL queries using window…

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  • Drop #537 (2024-09-30): It’s About Time

    Today’s Drop covers three resources centered on time: “Time as a Grid,” a visual representation of time using grids; Greptime, a database for managing time series data; and Primitive, an image processing tool that uses geometric shapes.

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