hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #603 (2025-02-12): Suggest • Static • Search

    The Drop has returned after a hiatus, and we focus, today, on some tech that was partly responsible for said hiatus. Zed’s new beta Edit Predictions kicks coding efficiency up a few notches; Eleventy (11ty) facilitates data-driven site generation, and Pagefind offers robust static site search capabilities.

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  • Drop #601 (2025-01-30): Toss-Up Thursday

    Today’s Drop contains (heh) a section on alternatives to Docker, discusses JSON-e for embedding context in JSON objects and features Mercator Extreme, a unique map projection for visualizing geography.

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  • Drop #594 (2025-01-20): Tidying Up

    Today’s Drop discusses various technology topics, including misconceptions about Xiaohongshu’s “backdoor” , the dangers of malicious Google Ads mimicking legitimate software, enhancements for accessing Cooked.Wiki, and urgent Vite development server upgrades to address critical security vulnerabilities affecting older versions.

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  • Drop #593 (2025-01-16): WASSSSMM UP?!

    Today’s Drop focuses on WebAssembly (WASM) resources: “Water,” a web-based fluid simulation using SIMD support; wasmCloud, enabling portable application modules for distributed systems; and TinyWeb, a minimal Rust framework for client-side web apps that directly integrates with JavaScript.

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  • Drop #590 (2025-01-13): A SQL Trio

    Today’s Drop looks at three database tools: libSQL, Beekeeper Studio, and Outerbase Studio. libSQL is an SQLite fork enabling network operations. Beekeeper is a freemium SQL editor w/multiple db support. Outerbase is a browser-based management tool w/user-friendly features for various SQL databases, enhancing database interaction and management.

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  • Bonus Drop #71 (2025-01-12): Need For Speed

    The weekend Bonus Drop discusses three tools for performance: MySpeed is a self-hosted internet connection monitor, DuckDB’s CSV processing was compared to coreutils, showing mixed results, and wrk is a Lua-scriptable HTTP benchmarking tool that efficiently simulates concurrent users and provides detailed metrics. Each tool offers distinct functionalities.

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  • Drop #589 (2025-01-10): In The Zone

    Today’s Drop features three resources from HTML.ZONE: WASM’d and webbed MarkItDown; Awesome Homelab, a curated directory for open-source applications in personal server experimentation; and Beauty.Codes, which allows customizable code screenshots and snippet management.

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  • Bonus Drop #71 (2025-01-05): A ‘Flare’ For The Dramatic

    The 2025 inaugural Bonus Drop discusses Cap’n Proto—a high-performance data interchange format—and Cloudflare’s workerd, which enables running serverless functions using Cap’n Proto files. It also gives the lo-down on Cloudflare Workers AI, which offers free access to AI models via REST APIs, providing a foundation for deploying AI-powered applications easily.

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  • Drop #584 (2025-01-02): Looking Back To Move Forward

    Today’s Drop discusses the 2024 digital landscape which shows that global internet access is unequal, with only two-thirds online and substantial disparities between income levels; IPv6 adoption surpassed 30%, and decentralized networks like Threads and Bluesky gained millions of users. 👀 to see where we’ve been and where we might be headed in these areas.

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  • Drop #583 (2025-01-01): Wrapping Day

    The inaugural Drop of 2025 takes a look back at the Drops of 2024, my 2025+ daily drivers, and covers a new-to-me tool: Mise.

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