hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Bonus Drop #93 (2025-08-03): Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad?

    The weekend Bonus Drop discusses the tension between technological advancement and accessibility, highlighting how specialized knowledge and costs limit benefits. It covers Shift browser’s workspace management features and critiques self-hosting AI models for their impractical costs. Additionally, it describes ADS-B WX’s innovative use of aircraft data to generate detailed wind maps.

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  • Drop #687 (2025-07-31): A Trio Of Timely Topics

    Today’s Drop features three significant resources: Observable Desktop & Notebook Kit 2.0 enhances local notebook functionality for easier deployment, while Jono Alderson’s piece critiques the shifting focus of SEO from URLs to assertions for digital authority. Additionally, a guide on integrating Bitwarden with direnv improves secure credential management in coding.

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  • Bonus Drop #92 (2025-07-27): What The Shell?

    The Weekend Bonus Drop highlights three command-line tools: “Fortune Favors The Forgetful,” which creates custom reminders for command usage; “prettyping,” a colorful ping wrapper for better network diagnostics; and “zx,” a JavaScript/TypeScript library for easier shell scripting. Each tool enhances terminal productivity and usability in unique ways.

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  • Drop #684 (2025-07-24): Fixing A Hole

    Today’s Drop discusses the importance of moving away from centralized platforms due to security and privacy concerns. It also highlights the need for better approaches in web accessibility, specifically through the introduction of “color comfort scores.” Additionally, a tool is showcased for transforming long YouTube videos into web pages for easier consumption.

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  • Bonus Drop #91 (2025-07-20): Back To Basics

    The weekend Bonus Drop highlights foundational tech topics: Shell, Grid/Flex, and Regex. It emphasizes the importance of revisiting these fundamentals, providing resources for enhanced command-line skills, modern CSS layouts, and mastering regular expressions.

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  • Bonus Drop #90 (2025-07-13): A Very Utilitarian Drop

    The weekend Bonus Drop features three useful resources: urltomarkdown, which converts web pages to Markdown; utiluti, providing command-line control for app associations; and Small Utilities, offering various helpful scripts for tasks like media conversion and file management.

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  • Drop #679 (2025-07-10): No, Thanks. I’m Just Browsing.

    Today’s Drop discusses 2 new “AI”-driven browsers: Dia & Comet, + introduces Kite. Dia offers an “AI”-laden browsing experience but lacks functionality and has privacy issues. Comet provides better integration and automation but is/will be costly. Kagi’s Kite focuses on delivering concise news summaries while ensuring user privacy.

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  • Drop #677 (2025-07-07): Just Another Manic Monday

    Today’s Drop ntroduces three useful tools: systemd-lsp, a Rust-based LSP for systemd unit files that provides syntax analysis and autocompletion; oh-my-logo, a Node.js CLI for creating ASCII art logos with customizable colors; and Mercure, an open protocol for real-time data updates via HTTP and Server-Sent Events.

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  • Bonus Drop #89 (2025-06-28): Shop^wInfer Local

    The Weekend Bonus Drop highlights 2 projects using local inference models for generating alt text and enhancing OCR, encouraging experimentation with these tools as a safeguard against the impending instability of mainstream AI services.

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  • Drop #675 (2025-07-03): drop –upgrade

    Today’s Drop features three kind-of-major updates to some froody FOSS. Deno 2.4 enhances developer experience with features like raw imports, OpenTelemetry integration, and improved Node.js compatibility; SQLite marks its 25th anniversary with performance upgrades like the sqlite3_rsync feature for faster sync; and, Ligolo-ng v0.8 introduces a web interface for collaborative tunneling, supporting multiple users effectively.

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