hrbrmstr's Daily Drop

  • Drop #628 (2025-03-26): Web-Slinging Wensday

    Today’s Drop discusses two new packages, hmmfetch and {headrs}, designed to generate realistic HTTP headers for #JavaScript and #RStats respectively, aiding developers in avoiding detection from automated traffic. Additionally, Anthony Fu promotes transitioning to ESM-only packages, highlighting the growth of ESM adoption and addressing challenges of dual CJS/ESM formats in JavaScript development.

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  • Bonus Drop #43 (2024-03-05): Adding A Bit More Structure To [Self-Hosted] Framework

    The weekend’s Bonus Drop was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, and plans to move paid subscriptions to WordPress were disrupted by WordPress turning AI-evil. The post also discusses a new project example involving the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog and the use of components, data loaders, and Markdown pages to structure the project. The…

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  • Drop #425 (2024-02-21): Wednesday Grab Bag

    The Daily Drop featured Phase, an open-source, encrypted platform for managing environment variables; LLRT, an experimental JavaScript runtime by AWS for serverless apps; and Waybackpack, a tool to download Wayback Machine archives. Phase offers CLI for importing secrets and role-based access control, LLRT boasts faster startup and lower costs, and Waybackpack helps scrape old resources…

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  • Drop #423 (2024-02-19): If It Walks Like A…

    In this content, the author discusses three main topics: SQL Workbench with DuckDB-WASM, the Tabulator JavaScript library, and DuckDB Remote Parquet. The SQL Workbench section focuses on building a SQL workbench with DuckDB-WASM, while the Tabulator section introduces the features and versatility of the Tabulator library. The content ends with a link to explore further…

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  • Drop #422 (2024-02-14): Weekend Project Edition

    The Daily Drop was delayed due to long COVID exhaustion but the distraction led to the discovery of Observable Framework. This open-source system allows for creating data apps, dashboards, and reports using JavaScript and any backend language. The Framework supports continuous deployment on GitHub and provides features like live preview and automatic data loading for…

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  • Drop #414 (2024-02-02): Weekend Project Edition

    The post discusses the performance inequality gap in web development, emphasizing the impact on user experience and the need for more inclusive approaches. It proposes analyzing content size and composition, considering device and network conditions, and establishing formal performance budgets. Browser developer tools can help simulate different devices and network conditions for optimization.

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  • Drop #410 (2024-01-29): Your Real-time App Stack

    Fir; Alpine.js; Gofir Along with making some special dinners and desserts for $SPOUSE this weekend, I finally managed to hack on a project that’s been on the TODO for quite some time. Today’s Drop covers that, but it first introduces the components it was built with. No “TL;DR” as it doesn’t really make sense for…

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  • Drop #400 (2024-01-08): Fist Multi-Threaded Edition of 2024!

    Rio; You Don’t Know JS; Writing A Container In Rust It never fails. When I declare “X is my new daily driver” one or more super cool new shiny objects enters the field of view and threatens to upend stability. Such is the case with the first and last sections of today’s Drop. Sammich’d betwixt…

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  • Drop #399 (2024-01-05): Weekend Project Edition

    Explore the world of Wails, a project that enables you to write desktop applications using Go and web technologies. This post provides a step-by-step guide to getting started with Wails, using the Lit template, and creating a real app that fetches OpenGraph tags from a website.

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  • Drop #398 (2024-01-04): 2024 Skills Kickstart

    Explore the importance of SQL, JavaScript, and embeddings in tech with resources like Select Star SQL and JavaScript 30. Predictions for 2024 indicate a rise in the use of embeddings in tech, making it a crucial area to understand and master.

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