Sunday assorted links:
How did the Enigma Machine work? - YouTube
Friday assorted links:
Pikuma: The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development
Jungle music was found in countless games from the early 90s. This article goes over what jungle is, where it comes from, and why it was the perfect match for PlayStation & Nintendo 64 games.
Wednesday assorted links:
fmt.Sprintf vs String Concat | DoltHub Blog
🔗 https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2024-11-08-sprintf-vs-concat/
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Stirling PDF
Your locally hosted one-stop-shop for all your PDF needs.
🔗 https://stirlingpdf.io/?lang=en_US
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IronCalc - Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine
IronCalc is an open-source spreadsheet engine and ecosystem.
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Introduction - Mergiraf
A syntax-aware git merge driver for a growing collection of programming languages and file formats.
Tuesday assorted links:
nutjar.js - npm
The easiest way to receive permissionless Lightning donations on a website!
Sunday assorted links:
Compressor.io
Optimize and compress JPEG, PNG, SVG, GIF and WEBP images online. Compress, resize and rename your photos for free.
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Radio Garden
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
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Tools kept it simple
The home of curated web tools that kept things simple and efficient. No signups, no paywalls, no-nonsense — just instant solutions.
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JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown
Convert HTML to Markdown. Even works with entire websites and can be extended through rules.
Saturday assorted links:
The Problem with Free Options - Boltz’s Blog
Why Boltz does not trade BTC/USDt? Because of the free option problem
🔗 https://blog.boltz.exchange/p/the-problem-with-free-options-69f9f59a2d48
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Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities
macOS comes with a lot of built-in utilities. Here's a list of some that I find interesting.
🔗 https://weiyen.net/articles/useful-macos-cmd-line-utilities
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GitHub Next | GitHub Spark
GitHub Spark is an AI-powered tool for creating and sharing micro apps (“sparks”), which can be tailored to your exact needs and preferences, and are directly usable from your desktop and mobile devices. Without needing to write or deploy any code.
🔗 https://githubnext.com/projects/github-spark
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Tourniquet
Receive donations directly to your crypto addresses without risking of getting any funds blocked.
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Motherfucking RSS Reader
A basic RSS reader, in the spirit of the motherfucking websites.
Alice: one of Ark's problem is server’s liquidity requirements
Bob: if only the server could get back the liquidity from already spent VTXOs before expiration time…
Ark Labs: hold my beer
https://arkdev.info/blog/unlock-liquidity-before-shared-output-expiration
Friday assorted links:
Draw.Audio
Draw.Audio is a free musical sketch-pad for exploring ideas in sound and art. It's an all-in-one synthesizer, sequencer, and drawing tool.
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SnapNostr | Create beautiful images of Nostr notes
Create stunning, customizable screenshots of Nostr posts with SnapNostr.
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ColliderScript: Covenants in Bitcoin via 160-bit hash collisions
We introduce a method for enforcing covenants on Bitcoin outputs without requiring any changes to Bitcoin by designing a hash collision based equivalence check which bridges Bitcoin’s limited Big Script to Bitcoin’s Small Script.
🔗 https://colliderscript.co/colliderscript.pdf
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Guide for Wallets Employing Bitcoin Core 28.0 Policies | Bitcoin Optech
The guide explains and provides command line samples for: - One Parent One Child (1P1C) Relay - TRUC Transactions - 1P1C-topology Package RBF - Pay To Anchor (P2A) as well as describing common wallet patterns that can benefit: simple payments, coinjoins, LN, Ark, LN splicing
🔗 https://bitcoinops.org/en/bitcoin-core-28-wallet-integration-guide/
Wednesday assorted links:
Writing secure Go code | Jakub Jarosz
What does it mean to keep security in mind when writing Go code? Answering this question in one short article seems impossible. For this reason, we will narrow it down to a few specific practices.
🔗 https://jarosz.dev/article/writing-secure-go-code/
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The Go libraries that never failed us: 22 libraries you need to know | Three Dots Labs blog
In this guide, we share 22 Go libraries that have proven reliable across multiple production systems we've built. We cover essential tools for HTTP routing, database access, messaging, observability, and testing - all based on our experience leading Go teams. For each library, we explain its key strengths and provide practical usage tips. We also highlight common mistakes to avoid when using these tools.
🔗 https://threedots.tech/post/list-of-recommended-libraries/
Tuesday assorted links:
ahmetsait/toolgit
Git Productivity Toolkit
Monday assorted links:
The UFO Timeline
Made by @TUPACABRA on X, it's a fully interactive timeline of UFO cases, with lots of categories to sort by. Not a ton of cases yet but it's getting updated regularly.
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fabiospampinato/cash
An absurdly small jQuery alternative for modern browsers.
Saturday assorted links:
Bioart
Build figures, presentations, and illustrations with 2,000+ science and medical art visuals. This collection of high-quality, scientifically accurate vectors, icons, and brushes is freely available within the public domain.
🔗 https://bioart.niaid.nih.gov/
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getcronit/pylon
Enables TypeScript developers to easily build GraphQL APIs
🔗 https://github.com/getcronit/pylon
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PicLooks
Free authentic looking AI generated profile pictures for your designs, saving you hours searching stock photo sites.
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Fun with Custom Cursors
Explore creative ways to enhance user experience by designing custom mouse cursors for your website, providing a fun and interactive element to your projects
🔗 https://www.letsbuildui.dev/articles/fun-with-custom-cursors/
Thursday assorted links:
Capacitor by Ionic - Cross-platform apps with web technology
Build iOS, Android, and Progressive Web Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
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The Bitcoin Popularity Index (BPI) - A Measure Global Interest - Bitcoin Magazine - Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
The Bitcoin Popularity Index is a unique tool measuring global Bitcoin interest through Google search data, highlighting key adoption trends
🔗 https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoin-popularity-index
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Gerador de números de cartão de cidadão
Site espectacular para gerar aleatoriamente Números de Cartão de Cidadão portugueses
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Opcode Explained
Documenting bitcoin opcodes
🔗 https://opcodeexplained.com/
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Smarter than 'Ctrl+F': Linking Directly to Web Page Content
Discover how text fragments revolutionize web navigation. Learn to link directly to specific text on any web page, surpassing traditional 'Ctrl+F' searches. Explore this powerful, user-friendly feature for precise content sharing and improved web experiences.
🔗 https://alfy.blog/2024/10/19/linking-directly-to-web-page-content.html
Wednesday assorted links:
Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone | SSOReady
Timezones are weird. But only finitely so. Here's the exact conceptual model you should have of them.
🔗 https://ssoready.com/blog/engineering/truths-programmers-timezones/
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The Bitcoin Dev Project
Find your way in bitcoin open source
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koekeishiya/yabai: A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
🔗 https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai
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Using an 8K TV as a monitor
For programming, word processing, and other productive work, consider getting an 8K TV instead of a multi-monitor setup. An 8K TV will have superior image quality, resolution, and versatility compared to multiple 4K displays, at roughly the same size. As a bonus, an 8K display is also suitable for gaming at 4K 120 Hz, or for full screen media consumption, which is not possible with multiple smaller monitors.
Tuesday assorted links:
Using a CSS cursor to show the external link’s favicon – Terence Eden’s Blog
🔗 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/10/using-a-css-cursor-to-show-the-external-links-favicon/
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Learn to Read Russian in 15 Minutes
🔗 https://www.ryanestrada.com/russian/index.html
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HTML Form Validation is heavily underused
HTML Forms have powerful validation mechanisms, but they are heavily underused. In fact, not many people even know much about them. Is this because of some flaw in their design? Let’s explore.
🔗 https://expressionstatement.com/html-form-validation-is-heavily-underused
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fiatjaf/wikistr
A \wikipedia\ client for nostr.
CSS can do some amazing typography stuff these days. Got a great overview here: https://youtu.be/WdBNYcWG0Yg
Cool! Thanks for sharing.
Sunday assorted links:
Olivetti’s Ivrea: How an Italian Tech Giant Built the World’s Most Progressive Company Town | by Daniel Stone | Medium
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Typeset
An HTML pre-processor for web typography. Typeset provides typographic features used traditionally in fine printing which remain unavailable to browser layout engines.
Saturday assorted links:
TinyWidgets
A collection of tiny, reusable, UI components — wrapped in a helpful app layout with header, side bar, dark mode, and more.
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Tables with Fixed Headers and Horizontal Scroll | Tania Rascia's Personal Website
Tania Rascia shares a helpful solution for creating HTML tables with both horizontal scroll and fixed headers, a common but tricky problem for developers.
🔗 https://www.taniarascia.com/horizontal-scroll-fixed-headers-table/
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*Spark
A trust-minimized solution designed to scale Bitcoin and extend the Lightning Network.