hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • 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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  • 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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