Andy Kirk's Visualizing Data newsletter is recommended for its quality. Max Esnée's web app, Stack & Justify, automates the creation of type specimens, saving time and inspiring creativity in typeface design. BlockFace, a modular typography printing kit by Will Mower, bridges dig … | Continue reading
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 feature … | Continue reading
“Glow” is a lightweight syntax highlighter that works independently and uses minimal CSS variables. “Color” introduces Adobe Color's theme and gradient extractor tools for creating harmonized palettes from images. “List.js” adds search, sort, and filter functionalities to HTML el … | Continue reading
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 de … | Continue reading
Today's edition of The Daily Drop covers data-centric topics, including Open Measures' fight against online extremism, Webhook.Site's testing capabilities for webhooks and HTTP requests, and Wget's WARC file creation for archiving web content. These tools offer ways to gather and … | Continue reading
The Monotype Type Trends 2024 report identifies key typography trends reflecting societal changes and technology advancements. The Glyph Drawing Club offers a free online tool for creating custom type designs and text art. David Jonathan Ross, a renowned typographer, is featured … | Continue reading
Bluesky, an exclusive social platform, lifted its invite barrier, resulting in a surge of 856,000 new users in one day, bringing the total to 4 million in three months. The platform has made efforts to support actual federation and foster a community feel. Additionally, it offers … | Continue reading
The blog post introduces "Nish", a new shell with advanced features, such as tab completion and syntax highlighting. It also covers "await", a C-based tool for running parallel commands, and "slugify", a bash script for renaming files. These tools cater to different shell-related … | Continue reading
Your Own Private Ephemeris CLI We spent some time talking about, well, time, this week; specifically, times of various ephemeris. While each of the sections in Drop #416 had a CLI component, we don’t need to settle for someone else’s vision of how things should work! So, today, w … | Continue reading
Pkl; Cue; KISS Two Drops today! This one, which makes up for the time-crunch-skipped one from earlier in the week, and the WPE. TL;DR This is an AI-generated summary of today’s edition. Pkl As if we didn’t already have enough configuration “languages” to make life miserable acros … | Continue reading
astral; geodate; sun Ephemerides, at their core, are astronomical almanacs that detail the positions of celestial bodies — such as planets, moons, and stars — in the sky at given times. These positions are typically presented in tabular form, making them invaluable tools for astr … | Continue reading
TextDiffuser; Typography.js; Featured Foundry: Open Foundry Looks like this is going to be one of “those weeks”. We’ll still get all the editions out, but I’m a day behind thanks to an unexpected surge in fam needs and work-work. TL;DR This is an AI-generated summary of today’s e … | Continue reading
Rabbit R1 (Privacy); Stract (Search); Arc’s Dystopian? (Future) Today’s Bonus Drop is also Monday’s regular Drop as one of the clan had a bit of a serious health scare at the start of the weekend, and it drained all mental compute resources. (In other news, I’m still fighting wit … | Continue reading
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 perfo … | Continue reading
The post discusses the AI Content Declaration by Declare-ai.org, bringing transparency to generative AI in content creation. It introduces AIfont and AImoji, AI-driven typefaces, and Galah, a web honeypot powered by OpenAI, keeping attackers occupied longer. Potential downsides t … | Continue reading
The post discusses the fun and creativity surrounding HTTP status codes. It mentions a project mapping status codes to telephone area codes, a tube map of status codes, and collections of cat and dog pictures associated with status codes. It also provides resources for creating c … | Continue reading
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” a … | Continue reading
BrowserEngineKit; Perplexity Everywhere All At Once Twas $SPOUSE’s weekend, hence the tardiness of this Drop (and, it’s going to all readers, as I’m still fighting with Substack over how to actually get refunds into paid subscriber’s hands…it’s been a bear). Today’s Bonus Drop i … | Continue reading
Take Time To Liberate We’re keeping this one easy — no coding required! However, it might not apply to everyone, since many of you likely abandoned Amazon/Audible a long time ago for books of any kind, including audiobooks. I stopped purchasing Amazon Kindle books a long time ago … | Continue reading
Initial Thoughts On ‘Fleet’; Peek (macOS/$); Checking In On D2 Apologies for the tardiness of today’s Drop. A bunch of U.S. states seceding from the Union distracted me for a bit this morning. TL;DR This is an AI-generated summary of today’s content. Initial Thoughts On ‘Fleet’ W … | Continue reading
Discover the latest weather-related news and utilities in this engaging blog post. Explore the AEM 2023 United States Lightning Report, which reveals an increase in lightning activity across the U.S. and rare lightning activity in Alaska. Learn about the rare phenomenon of thunde … | Continue reading
Semi-serif fonts blend characteristics of serif and sans-serif, providing versatility for various applications. ztext.js introduces 3D typography to the web with easy implementation and accessibility features. Google's guide on using typefaces in AR/VR provides valuable insight a … | Continue reading
Today, we cover the introduction of three utilities. Puddy helps compare public DNS resolver results, WebGrep is a Python tool to search and analyze web pages, and fast-rustup speeds up Rust's rustup setup by running component installs in parallel, significantly reducing installa … | Continue reading
Topiary is a Rust-based universal source formatter part of the Tree-sitter ecosystem. It leverages syntax tree understanding to reshape code for readability. Tweag revamped its CLI, addressing simplicity, memorability, discoverability, familiarity, and clarity. Following their pr … | Continue reading
The post reflects on adapting to new normals, encouraging positive framing of situations, and the use of cheat sheets to manage tech tasks. It provides links to interactive cheat sheets for HTML/CSS/JS and promotes SheCodes' free coding resources. It also suggests a Go cheat shee … | Continue reading
Monolith; Archivematica Just two resources, today, as $WORK and #2.1 have encroached on the cycles usually reserved for personal research this week. I spend an inordinate amount of time archiving and preserving content from the web and other places. Not just for these Drops, but … | Continue reading
The post introduces the serif font "Crimson" and its design intention to serve as a workhorse for book production, alongside the "36 Days of Type" challenge and the browser extension "Font Finder." The challenge, created in 2014, involves daily design challenges around typography … | Continue reading
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. Sam … | Continue reading
This post discusses the challenges posed by compex JSON data from Bluesky threads and suggests solutions using Deno-flavoured JavaScript. It introduces a CLI thread unroller and a free thread unroller REST API, highlighting the benefits of using Deno for these tasks. Additionally … | Continue reading
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. | Continue reading
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. | Continue reading
"Kickstart 2024 by embracing self-hosting with three innovative services: Feedi, MicroBin, and skeetgen. Discover the joy of software development with Feedi, a self-hosted feed reader that offers a personalized approach to information consumption. Explore MicroBin, a self-hosted … | Continue reading
3×3; Writing A TrueType Font Renderer Just two resources on this topmost Typography Tuesday tome, as ＃2.1 decided to invade the early AM usual’s quiet time by deciding that “Yes, I’m up, now, Pampa”. The second resource should keep you engaged for quite some time if you’re keen t … | Continue reading
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