hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #462 (2024-05-09): Happy ThursdAI

    Today’s Drop reveals details of AI spending and its impact on various sectors; an open-source alternative to Perplexity offers local language models and different search modes; and a resource for Apple Silicon Mac users wanting to do (mostly) frustration-free “AI” on Apple Silicon

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  • Drop #455 (2024-04-22): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop discusses three spiffy tools: Duckling, neko, and tv. Duckling is a data management app for viewing and querying multiple data sources. Neko is a remote desktop tool for private web browsing and collaborative projects, while tv is a command-line tool for pretty-printing CSV files. Each tool offers unique features for data enthusiasts and…

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  • Bonus Drop #44 (2024-04-07): Combined Make-Up Bonus + WPE Drop

    Today’s Bonus + WPE Drop is cull of ctags crunchy goodness. Universal ctags is a tool that generates an index file for programming languages to enable easy navigation within text editors. Geany, an IDE with extensive functionality, showcases the usage of ctags. Quickwit, an alternative tool, allows users to retrieve code-level information from projects using…

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  • Bonus Drop #36 (2023-12-16): Knowl-Edge Drop

    The content discusses setting up self-hosted “edge” functions using Deno and Supabase FOSS. It explains the concept of “Serverless Edge” and provides examples of creating random data and placeholder images as edge services. The goal is to inspire and simplify the process of setting up edge microservices.

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  • Bonus Drop #43 (2024-03-05): Adding A Bit More Structure To [Self-Hosted] Framework

    The weekend’s Bonus Drop was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, and plans to move paid subscriptions to WordPress were disrupted by WordPress turning AI-evil. The post also discusses a new project example involving the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog and the use of components, data loaders, and Markdown pages to structure the project. The…

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  • Drop #419 (2024-02-12): Runnin’ down the Avenue

    Bluesky, an exclusive social platform, lifted its invite barrier, resulting in a surge of 856,000 new users in one day, bringing the total to 4 million in three months. The platform has made efforts to support actual federation and foster a community feel. Additionally, it offers revamped documentation and tools for interaction. Feed management options…

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  • Drop #410 (2024-01-29): Your Real-time App Stack

    Fir; Alpine.js; Gofir Along with making some special dinners and desserts for $SPOUSE this weekend, I finally managed to hack on a project that’s been on the TODO for quite some time. Today’s Drop covers that, but it first introduces the components it was built with. No “TL;DR” as it doesn’t really make sense for…

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  • Drop #397 (2024-01-03): Start The Year Self-Hosting

    “Kickstart 2024 by embracing self-hosting with three innovative services: Feedi, MicroBin, and skeetgen. Discover the joy of software development with Feedi, a self-hosted feed reader that offers a personalized approach to information consumption. Explore MicroBin, a self-hosted pastebin with features like encryption and file uploads. Finally, generate a publicly viewable archive of your Bluesky posts…

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