hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

mdBook; typst; Calculist You just know it’s going to be a superb Drop when it starts with a truly awful dad joke. I, along with the rest of the planet, went 🤩 when “WYSIWYG” entered the digital scene. Sure, one could argue that text output on a terminal is technically also WYSIWYG, but I’m talkin’…

Speedb; Fast Unix Commands; Rspack Today’s Drop is both “late” (apologies) and “brief”. Twas a “fun” night thanks to the aftermath of the spike protein invasion, and today’s WebR experiment ate up more of the “less AM time than usual” than expected. Speedb I’m Dropping this b/c it looked super cool at first try, but…

Observable(HQ) Observations; Ruffle Progress Report & FlashArch; Bonus [Level] Unlocked! Never let a good idiom go to waste! Semver. All. The. Drops! (Not really; I like coming up with groan-able taglines too much.) This is a “check-in” edition, where we see what’s up on various tech/topics we’ve previously covered since many have had some remarkable…

JSON Placeholder; Elicit; Lit Weekend greetings and felicitations to ye supporters of the Drop! We’ve got three diverse topics on tap for today. The first one is for when you need data now; the middle shows off an open, honest, and useful AI tool; and, the last builds upon Friday’s “Weekend Project Edition”. I was…

The Curious Case of Web Components Y’all have likely noticed a “web” subtext this week (readers of the Daily Drop are quite discerning and keen-eyed, after all). We’re going to continue that through the weekend with a challenge to folks to get curious about and create one or more Web Components. Read on to see…

act; urlcheck; Automated Data Scraping Despite this being the “no assumptions” year, I almost have to assume everyone who reads the Daily Drop knows about GitHub Actions. On the outside chance I’m wrong, “GitHub Actions” is an automation platform integrated with GitHub, enabling users to create custom workflows for continuous integration, deployment, and task automation…

Back To [Modern Web] Basics; React: Don’t Do It; Checking in on WezTerm Ref this Drop for “Why ‘Multi-threaded?’” I’m developing a special affinity towards these hodgepodge editions, as I am oft concerned that always focusing on a single “theme” might make a given Drop fairly useless for some readers. So, today, we once again…

svgo/pngcrush; TinyVG; (Docker)Slim; vim/gzexe Living and enjoying most of my recreational activities in Maine means that I regularly get to experience one of the “joys” other humans in developing nations, or other rural areas do: extra horrible internet connections, especially when mobile. As such, I am a bit more critical of bloated websites and apps…

scraperghost; DS-Fusion; chatblade Today’s Drop is fairly obviously AI-themed. I mention that up front since I know there is a burgeoning cadre of folks who, lacking a better phrase, are “AI weary”. If that describes you, then you may want to bail from this edition while you have the chance.1 At this point, I don’t…

Syntax highlighting [on the web]; Shiki; microlight It’s somewhat hard to believe this is the seventh Bonus Drop since starting the extra subscription tier! Crafting a Drop is often the highlight of my day, so perhaps I should take inspiration from that and take a see what’s going in on the world of syntax highlighting.…