hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #712 (2025-09-18): Toss-Up Thursday

    Today’s Drop discusses diverse topics including readability tools to enhance writing clarity, the challenges of obtaining structured JSON from LLMs, and Apple’s introduction of a private CSS property for Liquid Glass effects.

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  • Bonus Drop #98 (2025-09-14): Observable Notebooks Data Loaders Example

    This week, the Bonus Drop features a practical example of using Python data loaders in Observable Notebooks 2.0. Data loaders enhance notebook performance by executing code in advance, facilitating access to diverse data formats. Observable currently supports Node.js and Python for data loaders, requiring Python 3.12+ and self-managed dependencies.

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  • Drop #708 (2025-09-11): Toss-Up Thursday

    More is less, in today’s Drop since it’s most-ly featuring pagers, SQL tutorials, and a bonkers number of drop-in CSS themes to make you looks like a CSS, SQL, and terminal genius.

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  • Drop #706 (2025-09-08): Idle

    Today’s Drop sits idly by while you learn about various “idle” items. (You’ll have to click into this one for the deets.)

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  • Drop #704 (2025-09-04): Toss Up Thursday

    This unplanned anti-“AI” themed Drop covers: FreshRSS, a powerful self-hosted RSS aggregator; Compromise, a JavaScript NLP library for practical text analysis; and “Clankers Die on Christmas,” a satirical take on artificial intelligence.

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  • Drop #703 (2025-09-02): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s Drop discusses some spiffy syntax highlighting hacks using OpenType features, shows how to de-Google your fonts, and intros the unexpected journey of “@” into our everyday lives.

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  • Drop #701 (2025-08-28): Thursday Morning Grab Bag

    Today’s Drop discusses advancements in CSS, highlighted by the calc() function, and its surprising applications, particularly regarding infinity in calculations. It also examines vulnerabilities in AI image scaling as reported by Trail of Bits. Lastly, it mentions Yamanotes, a music box featuring JR Yamanote Line melodies.

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  • Drop #700 (2025-08-26): Typography Tuesday

    Today’s typography-centric edition of the Drop showcases 3 notable typefaces: Areal, a modernized version of Arial optimized for the web; Another Man’s Treasure, a TrueType font honoring the TRS-80’s character sets; and Myra 4F, a decorative Ukrainian display font. Each highlights unique design goals and cultural significance.

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  • Bonus Drop #95 (2025-08-24): Vibe-less Coding; Vibe-ful Checking

    The weekend Bonus Drop emphasizes the importance of security for vibe or vibe-less personal web apps, highlighting key strategies such as SSRF protection, rate limiting, robust CSRF tokens, & more. It also provides a plethora of prompts to help you infuse security into your vibe-coded creations.

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  • Drop #698 (2025-08-22): Friday Morning Grab Bag

    The Friday Drop presents a novelist’s tiny model improving creative writing through Fibonacci word intervals, MDN’s redesign enhancing usability for web developers, and Lucide, an open-source icon library featuring customizable, scalable icons for various projects.

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