hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #423 (2024-02-19): If It Walks Like A…

    In this content, the author discusses three main topics: SQL Workbench with DuckDB-WASM, the Tabulator JavaScript library, and DuckDB Remote Parquet. The SQL Workbench section focuses on building a SQL workbench with DuckDB-WASM, while the Tabulator section introduces the features and versatility of the Tabulator library. The content ends with a link to explore further…

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  • Bonus Drop #39 (2024-02-05): Perplexing Throughline Arcs

    Rabbit R1 (Privacy); Stract (Search); Arc’s Dystopian? (Future) Today’s Bonus Drop is also Monday’s regular Drop as one of the clan had a bit of a serious health scare at the start of the weekend, and it drained all mental compute resources. (In other news, I’m still fighting with Substack + Stripe + WordPress…the non-technical…

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  • Drop #414 (2024-02-02): Weekend Project Edition

    The post discusses the performance inequality gap in web development, emphasizing the impact on user experience and the need for more inclusive approaches. It proposes analyzing content size and composition, considering device and network conditions, and establishing formal performance budgets. Browser developer tools can help simulate different devices and network conditions for optimization.

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  • Drop #411 (2024-01-30): Typography Tuesday

    This post delves into the technical aspects of fonts, featuring Ange Albertini’s font dissection work, the birth of font file formats, and the innovative typefaces from Swiss Typefaces. It highlights the meticulous process of creating a new font format, involving collaboration and promotion for widespread adoption. Swiss Typefaces offers trial versions of their fonts in…

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  • Drop #407 (2024-01-24): Talk About The Weather

    Discover the latest weather-related news and utilities in this engaging blog post. Explore the AEM 2023 United States Lightning Report, which reveals an increase in lightning activity across the U.S. and rare lightning activity in Alaska. Learn about the rare phenomenon of thundersnow in California and its impact on snowfall. Finally, get introduced to two…

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  • Drop #404 (2024-01-12): Weekend Project Edition

    Topiary is a Rust-based universal source formatter part of the Tree-sitter ecosystem. It leverages syntax tree understanding to reshape code for readability. Tweag revamped its CLI, addressing simplicity, memorability, discoverability, familiarity, and clarity. Following their principles, you can level up your own CLI tool. Check out the article for detailed insights.

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  • Drop #403 (2024-01-11): Join The Cheat [Sheet] Commandos

    The post reflects on adapting to new normals, encouraging positive framing of situations, and the use of cheat sheets to manage tech tasks. It provides links to interactive cheat sheets for HTML/CSS/JS and promotes SheCodes’ free coding resources. It also suggests a Go cheat sheet for those new to Golang.

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  • Drop #400 (2024-01-08): Fist Multi-Threaded Edition of 2024!

    Rio; You Don’t Know JS; Writing A Container In Rust It never fails. When I declare “X is my new daily driver” one or more super cool new shiny objects enters the field of view and threatens to upend stability. Such is the case with the first and last sections of today’s Drop. Sammich’d betwixt…

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  • Drop #399 (2024-01-05): Weekend Project Edition

    Explore the world of Wails, a project that enables you to write desktop applications using Go and web technologies. This post provides a step-by-step guide to getting started with Wails, using the Lit template, and creating a real app that fetches OpenGraph tags from a website.

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  • Drop #398 (2024-01-04): 2024 Skills Kickstart

    Explore the importance of SQL, JavaScript, and embeddings in tech with resources like Select Star SQL and JavaScript 30. Predictions for 2024 indicate a rise in the use of embeddings in tech, making it a crucial area to understand and master.

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