hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #502 (2024-07-19): Fun? Friday

    Today’s (late) Drop includes discussions on terminal colors, Google’s URL shortener discontinuation, authenticity in AI-driven content, and a new heat stress measurement called ‘stickiness’.

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  • Drop #501 (2024-07-18): Toss-Up Thursday

    Today’s Drop discusses the limitations of bar charts, introduces “tbsp,” a domain-specific language for working with syntax trees, and “shfmt”/”sh”, a shell parser with Bash/POSIX shell support.

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  • Bonus Drop #53 (2024-07-14): You’ve Been Frame[worked]!

    Today’s drop is all about Observable Framework version 1.9.0! This June update introduces new features, including support for React & JSX and improved inline javascript expressions. The Observable HQ team replaced tags marking inline code blocks with comments, allowing much easier and far more powerful dynamic content creation. Dive into a larger example to explore…

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  • Drop #499 (2024-07-12): Hulk BASH!

    Today’s Drop highlights some Bash tricks, including process substitution, indented heredocs, and the use of readarray and jq for efficient data operations. It emphasizes the benefits and usage of these methods (with examples), and encourages readers to explore Bash builtins and source code for deeper understanding.

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  • Drop #495 (2024-07-08): Monday Afternoon Grab Bag

    Today’s potpourri Drop includes the evolution of text abbreviations (that ends in a weather surprise!), a new-ish color palette for accessible UI design, and the benefits of using low-tech developer tools.

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  • Drop #493 (2024-07-05): Fresh Friday

    Today’s Drop takes a quick look at the recent POSIX.1-2024 Standard, showcases the new digs for Mozilla’s HTTP Observatory, and covers Portier — a self-hostable, password-less login service that intermediates between websites and authentication providers.

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  • Drop #492 (2024-07-03): It’s Always DNS

    Today’s Drop takes a look at — RFC 9606 which introduces the RESINFO DNS resource record type, — doggo – a modern command-line DNS client written in Go, and — Microsoft’s Zero Trust DNS (ZTDNS) Framework.

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  • Bonus Drop #51 (2024-06-30): Knowledge Drop

    Thanks to Dr. Ross, the weekend Bonus/Knowledge Drop discusses the migration from cronjobs to systemd timers for scheduled tasks on Linux systems. It highlights the flexibility and features of systemd timers, including calendar-based scheduling, dependencies, and a Terminal User Interface tool for managing services and logs. The post also provides practical examples and commands for…

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  • Drop #487 (2024-06-25): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of “The Drop” features a full inference engine in a font, some longform blathering on fonts and road signs, and a featured set of fun pixel fonts.

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  • Bonus Drop #50 (2024-06-23): Something For Everyone

    The weekend Bonus Drop offers something for everyone, including Reasonable Colors for accessible, high-contrast color combinations, RoosterJS for rich text editing, and insight into extreme UV index conditions. Learn about the UV Index’s origins and global standardization, and the availability of mobile apps to track UV radiation levels for public health safety.

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