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  • Drop #431 (2024-03-22): hrbrtips & hrbrtricks

    Today’s Drop shows how to convert data from Postgres to Parquet safely & painlessly, shows how to hack x-callback-urls @ the CLI for inter-app communication on macOS, and enhancing Bash scripts with LLM/GPTs. It emphasizes technical details and tools for each topic, providing insights and tips for data professionals and developers.

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  • Drop #427 (2024-03-15): Beware The IDEs Of March

    Today, we have a (somewhat) light and (hopefully) informative overview of modern and past integrated development environments (IDEs). It introduces Theia IDE, an open-source environment for building custom IDEs, and Replit Desktop, a standalone application offering a distraction-free coding environment. It also reflects on the evolution of IDEs over the past 30 years and the…

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  • Drop #426 (2024-03-14): Design Time

    This issue is all about “design,” featuring unDraw’s open-source illustrations, Design Spells’ micro-interactions and animations, and Design System Surf’s comprehensive catalog of design systems. unDraw, created by Katerina Limpitsouni, provides a vast collection of customizable illustrations. Design Spells showcases design details to create moments of joy and wonder, while Design System Surf catalogs and organizes…

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  • Drop #424 (2024-03-11): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop features three resources: Reqable, a closed-source freemium app for API development; The Minimum Vi(m) You Need To Know, a guide for Vi(m) users; and Ahab’s Leg Dilemma, an intriguing exploration. Reqable acts as a GUI on top of MITMproxy, offering various features. The Minimum Vi(m) provides essential idioms and a helpful cheat sheet,…

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  • Bonus Drop #44 (2024-03-09): WebR + Observable Framework

    The post highlights Framework’s new features like raw SQL cell support, Node.js v18.x compatibility, and Apache ECharts integration. It also introduces modern WebR integration for enhanced plotting and data manipulation. For detailed examples and source code, visit https://hrbrmstr.app/webr-framework/. Follow @dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev on Mastodon for more content.

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  • Drop #431 (2024-03-04): Mini-Monday

    The post introduces three diverse resources: Daft Social – a minimalist, email-based social platform; modd – a tool for managing daemons in response to file changes; and PROMPT_COMMAND/precmd in Bash and Zsh, with an innovative concept called Eternal Shell History. Each resource offers unique features catering to different user needs and preferences.

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  • Drop #429 (2024-02-29): Multi-Threaded Edition v2024.02

    The Missing Semester of Your CS Education by MIT offers practical coursework covering essential tools for computer science students and professionals. Positive feedback highlights immediate applicability in internships and jobs. WARC-GPT is an AI tool for exploring web archives, enabling accurate and contextually relevant responses. Web-Check analyzes and secures websites, providing valuable on-demand intelligence.

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  • Drop #428 (2024-02-27): Typography Tuesday

    This post covers three main topics: the typographic heresy of using the terms “typeface” and “font” interchangeably, an AIGA typography crash course, and the Figma design tool community. The typographic discussion elaborates on the differences between typeface and font, the AIGA curriculum offers typography guides, and Figma is highlighted as a valuable resource for designers.

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  • Bonus Drop #42 (2024-02-24): OrbStack: That’s Where It’s At

    OrbStack is a macOS-focused VM/container manager providing a local Kubernetes cluster, cloud-init support, and quick VM setup. It offers various integrations, native Swift app support, and eBPF, enabling seamless macOS and Linux operation. Orb simplifies Docker setups, while Orbstack linux distros provide easy access to macOS and Linux file systems.

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  • Drop #424 (2024-02-20): Typography Tuesday

    Andy Kirk’s Visualizing Data newsletter is recommended for its quality. Max Esnée’s web app, Stack & Justify, automates the creation of type specimens, saving time and inspiring creativity in typeface design. BlockFace, a modular typography printing kit by Will Mower, bridges digital and physical creative processes. Glyph of the Day, a blog by Kate Sherwood,…

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