hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #423 (2024-03-07): Happy ThursdAI

    Today’s Drop has 3 main topics: the introduction of the CLI tool Dripgrep, a debate on AI understanding, and the impact of generative AI on creative industries. Dripgrep combines ripgrep with ChatGPT for experimental use. Robert Wright challenges skepticism about AI understanding, noting that large language models exhibit elements of understanding. And, Ethan Marcotte examines…

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  • Drop #430 (2024-03-01): Just Another Drop

    The latest Drop features Zed, a Rust-based editor aiming to redefine developer expectations. Deno introduces JSR, a modern package registry supporting ESM and TypeScript, potentially unifying the JavaScript community. Bunscape challenges traditional web infrastructure by using DNS records, offering enhanced privacy and decentralization. Each project presents innovative approaches to development and web browsing.

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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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  • 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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  • Bonus Drop #38 (2024-01-29): Think Different

    BrowserEngineKit; Perplexity Everywhere All At Once Twas $SPOUSE’s 🎂 weekend, hence the tardiness of this Drop (and, it’s going to all readers, as I’m still fighting with Substack over how to actually get refunds into paid subscriber’s hands…it’s been a bear). Today’s Bonus Drop is all about some major, new “alternate choices” that have the…

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