hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • 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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  • Drop #438 (2024-04-04): Snow Day Shellmageddon

    Today’s blizzard-proof Drop explores the ‘has’ utility for checking installed command line tools; introduces the ‘w3m’ text-only web browser; and, discusses the use of ‘tmpmail’ for generating temporary email addresses. Stay safe out there New Englanders!

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  • Drop #436 (2024-04-01): TUI Trek

    Today’s Drop features three TUI tools aiming to simplify command-oriented operations. “Who Let The Pods Out?” introduced k9s, enhancing productivity in managing Kubernetes clusters. “Lollygagging Pods” highlighted lazydocker for Docker container management. “Git Outta Here” focused on tig for efficient Git repository management, emphasizing its simplicity and effectiveness in handling Git workflows.

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  • Drop #435 (2024-03-29): Everything Is Broken

    Today’s (late) Drop (lightly) covers the xz debacle, an event which has caused a major setback in open-source software, raising concerns about security. “likes” provides a decentralized, privacy-focused alternative to traditional social media platforms. Serviceman simplifies running programs as system or user services, while pathman manages the system PATH environment variable across different operating systems…

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  • Drop #432 (2024-03-25): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    In today’s Daily Drop, we have the regular Monday grab bag of resources. We highlight Fedica, a platform for posting to Mastodon and Bluesky, the Navy’s Solar Eclipse Computer, and Vanilla Breeze, a tool for converting Tailwind-classed HTML tags to semantic CSS.

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  • Bonus Drop #46 (2024-03-24): Method To The Madness

    Today’s Drop discusses 3 resources, madonctl, csvlens, and DuckDB, and how they can be combined for data FUN. madonctl is a Mastodon client for the terminal, csvlens is a CLI tool for viewing CSV files, and DuckDB is a powerful database system that is quite magical.

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  • Drop #431 (2024-03-22): hrbrtips & hrbrtricks

    Today’s Drop shows how to convert data from Postgres to Parquet safely & painlessly, shows how to hack x-callback-urls @ the CLI for inter-app communication on macOS, and enhancing Bash scripts with LLM/GPTs. It emphasizes technical details and tools for each topic, providing insights and tips for data professionals and developers.

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  • Drop #428 (2024-03-18): Monday Morning Grab Bag

    In today’s Drop, we have a macOS-only app for managing the default handler for URL schemes is discussed, highlighting the importance of responsible package management and understanding the limitations of npm. Mihael Ankerst’s Observable Notebook showcases the versatility of Plot through various chart types, offering a comprehensive guide for creating high-quality visualizations. And, an experiment…

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  • Bonus Drop #45 (2024-03-17): Command & Conquer: JavaScript Edition

    Today’s Drop discusses the use of Thorium and mprocs for efficient web development, as well as the VS Code remote debugging experience. It emphasizes the importance of using the right tools for productivity and enjoyment. It also provides examples of configurations for different types of projects in VS Code. These tools and practices aim to…

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  • Drop #427 (2024-03-15): Beware The IDEs Of March

    Today, we have a (somewhat) light and (hopefully) informative overview of modern and past integrated development environments (IDEs). It introduces Theia IDE, an open-source environment for building custom IDEs, and Replit Desktop, a standalone application offering a distraction-free coding environment. It also reflects on the evolution of IDEs over the past 30 years and the…

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