hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Bonus Drop #68 (2024-12-08): All Strings ATTACHed (CLI Version)

    Today’s Bonus Drop discusses GoReleaser, an open-source tool designed to simplify cross-platform releases of Go projects, supporting various formats and integrations. It also introduces a project for a CLI version of the DuckDB Drop viewer.

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  • Drop #567 (2024-12-06): In Defense Of…

    Today’s Drop explores three distinct topics centered around safety. We take a deep look into DuckDB’s sophisticated query optimization capabilities, examine a new security tool for GitHub Actions workflows, and review the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s comprehensive guide to surveillance self-defense. Each section provides practical insights and actionable guidance for their respective domains.

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  • Drop #566 (2024-12-05): Prompts, Two Ways

    Today’s Drop discusses three tools: Plop, Lit Starter Kit, and Elia. Plop is a micro-generator framework for creating boilerplate code efficiently. The Lit Starter Kit simplifies web component development with the Lit framework, while Elia is a terminal app for interacting with large language models, ensuring a user-friendly experience.

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  • Bonus Drop #67 (2024-12-01): How Is It December Already?

    Today’s Drop presents three useful tools: Qlty, a Rust-based multi-language code quality tool that simplifies static analysis and formatting; untls, a Golang CLI tool enabling seamless TCP and TLS connections; and Censeye, developed by Censys Research to help identify and analyze hosts with similar characteristics to specified targets.

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  • Drop #561 (2024-11-25): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop sports a Bluesky follower export tool for CSV files, the Shebanger CLI tool that reconfigures shell scripts into multiple shebang files, and Onefetch, a Rust-based CLI for offline Git analytics.

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  • Drop #560 (2024-11-22): Quack • Post • Code

    Today’s Drop features DuckDB’s API integration with Hono.js for SQL queries, turning RSS feeds into automated Bluesky posts, and resources for learning Deno 2.x.

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  • Drop #559 (2024-11-21): CLI Time

    Today’s Drop features three tools: Ripunzip, a Rust-based parallel unzipper that starts decompression during downloads; Pipe Viewer (pv), a terminal utility for monitoring Unix pipeline data flow with real-time stats; and Joker, a minimalist daemon management tool providing basic process control without complex configurations, ideal for minimal environments.

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  • Drop #558 (2024-11-20): Pipes • PDS Files • Proxy

    Today’s Drop discusses three data-centric tools: Vector, a high-performance observability data pipeline enhancing data collection and routing; ATFile, a shell script for storing and retrieving blobs in ATproto/PDS infrastructure; and Betwixt, a web debugging proxy for effective traffic analysis outside browsers using a familiar interface.

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  • Drop #554 (2024-11-14): What The Shell?

    Today’s Drop discusses 3 shell-related resources: ‘up,’ a utility for efficient directory navigation in Bash/Zsh; ‘BATS,’ a Bash testing framework that isolates test execution; and ‘cmdx,’ a Golang module for streamlined command-line operations with error handling.

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  • Drop #552 (2024-11-08): One. Step. Forward.

    Today’s unexpected Drop emphasizes online safety, privacy, and resilience amidst growing threats from tech companies and governments. It starts a conversation about secure communication tools like Signal and offers resources for reducing online privacy exposures.

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