hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

jsonformer; R.I.P. 🔒; Delta; Soupault Programming note: I’ve had some comms that email delivery is not working consistently. Tis one more reason for me to ditch this platform, but — rest assured — I’ve filed a bug report and will let folks know what my Substack overlords have to say about the matter. A fair…

degit / tigued; bash it all; Project Templating Resource Roundup How many times have you git cloned a repository just to use it as a template for another project? In doing so, all that came before it also comes along for the ride, slowing down the entire process, and leaving you with some messes to…

JSDOM; JSDOM + OJS Plot; webpalm Happy Weekend Project Edition recovery day for all who celebrate! In the wide world of web development, working with the Document Object Model (DOM) is a central aspect of creating dynamic and interactive web applications and data visualizations. Those who are able to bend any given DOM to their…

The Future Of Browser-Targeted Development Welcome to another Knowledge Drop! As longer-ish time readers know, I’ve been heralding the need to get up to speed with modern web development. I herald this since I’m fairly convinced much of what we expect to be done on traditional “servers” is quickly migrating to both “the edge” and…

Pseudonymous Git; Pro-choose; Time Lapsce Good day, Bonus Drop subscribers! Today, we cast aside the fancy charts, graphs, and bits of JavaScript from the previous week and get back to basics. That’s right, it’s CLI time,! We’ll cover a collection of aliases that will let you impress your friends with your newfound git prowess; give…

Obviously Observable Well, if you didn’t think today’s WPE would be about Observable Plot, then I have failed miserably as your humble content curator. We’ll keep today’s expository a bit short, since there’s not much for me to drone on about. Your mission: Make some Observable Plots! Let’s provide some more context, since you can’t…

Caddy (Revisited); [Observable] Plot (Redux); Neat (CSS) Another day, another planned Drop gets the kibosh thanks to froody intraweek tech developments. Observable gave one of my fav “new” datavis environments a new, gorgeous home, which means I have to talk about it. Said obligation required coming up with a new theme for the day. So,…

CodeSnap/vim-ray-so-beautiful; dom-to-svg/svg-screenshots; CodeToImg Whether it’s to humblebrag, help others learn, or adorn a tech-centric presentation, there is no doubt that we 💙 screenshots. I tend to default to carbon.now.sh since it allows for sharing the actual source code as well as the syntax-highlighted image. However, the service is getting a bit tired, doesn’t have the…

You Are (Going To Be?) Such a Dork; oxdork; DorkGenius / DorkSearch; “Dorking”, also known as “Google Dorking”, “Google Hacking” — or, more technically/boringly, as “advanced and focused search engine query operator use” — is a technique that utilizes search engines, like Google, to obtain information that may not be readily available through simple search…

ChartGPT App Deep Dive; Recharts; Ace, CodeMirror, and Monaco: A Comparison of the Code Editors You Use in the Browser I’ve had a few requests to dig into how to best make use of LLMs over the past 2-3 months. So, today we pick apart a new app that is a wonderful showcase for how…