Links
Collections of links for things I find interesting on the Internet, broken out by category.
Apps And Software • Blogs • Books • On The Web • Podcasts • Programming • Reading List
Apps And Software
GitHub - jaypyles/Scraperr: Self-hosted webscraper.
github.com (web, web servers, web scraping)
PolyCapture · Screen, Camera & Audio Recorder (macOS)
appahead.studio (macos)
ProNotes
pronotes.app (macos)
lcl.host
lcl.host (programming, development)
OrbStack · Fast, light, simple Docker & Linux on macOS
orbstack.dev (docker, linux, virtual machine, macos)
Little Snitch Mini
obdev.at (macos)
Secure Agent — Secure Enclave SSH Agent
secure-agent.lapanthere.com (macos, apple)
timhutton/twitter-archive-parser: Python code to parse a Twitter archive and output in various ways
github.com (twitter, python)
On viewing man pages (Ventura update)
scriptingosx.com (macos)
Fig
fig.io (macos, mac, terminal)
XProCheck 1.2 checks macOS malware scans better
eclecticlight.co (mac, macos)
Writings - a simple writing app
writings.so (writing)
Hog Bay Software – Bike: Tool for thought
hogbaysoftware.com (macos)
Proxygen
freshbits.fi (app, ios, mac, programming)
GitHub - nativefier/nativefier: Make any web page a desktop application
github.com (cli, macos, apple)
Logger
logger.rocks (apple, ios, macos)
App Tamer 2.7b1: Advanced support for Apple Silicon processors
stclairsoft.com (macos)
Dynamic MacBook Pro Schematic Wallpapers — Basic Apple Guy
basicappleguy.com (apple, macos)
GitHub - markets/invisible_captcha: Unobtrusive and flexible spam protection for Rails apps
github.com (ruby, ruby on rails)
Calm Calendar
calmcalendar.com (productivity)
Chrome Extension Development Kit
chromeextensionkit.com (google chrome, development, framework)
Image Shrinker - Minify images for web in MacOSX
image-shrinker.com (images, macos)
Raindrop.io — All-in-one bookmark manager
raindrop.io (bookmarks, ios, web)
Blogs
The Pen Addict
penaddict.com (stationery, pens, paper)
Six Colors
sixcolors.com (apple, technology)
One Foot Tsunami
onefoottsunami.com (apple, tech, news)
Michael Tsai
mjtsai.com (apple, news, tech, topics, programming)
Julia Evans
jvns.ca (programming, linux, apple, networking, tech)
kottke.org
kottke.org (topical, news, trends, tech, entertainment)
inessential
inessential.com (apple, programming, software)
Daring Fireball
daringfireball.net (apple, tech, news)
Marco.org
marco.org (apple, tech, programming, swift)
Schneems.com
schneems.com (rails, ruby, heroku, open source)
Books
The Rails and Hotwire Codex
railsandhotwirecodex.com (ruby, rails, hotwire)
Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte
abookapart.com (A Book Apart, Web Design, Ethan Marcotte)
Git for Humans by David Demaree
abookapart.com (A Book Apart, Git)
JavaScript for Web Designers by Mat Marquis
abookapart.com (A Book Apart, Web Design, JavaScript)
Sustainable Web Design by Tom Greenwood
abookapart.com (A Book Apart, Web Design)
SEO for Everyone by Rebekah Baggs & Chris Corak
abookapart.com (A Book Apart, SEO)
Responsible JavaScript by Jeremy Wagner
abookapart.com (A Book Apart, JavaScript, programming)
You Should Write a Book by Katel LeDû & Lisa Maria Marquis
abookapart.com (A Book Apart)
On The Web
How to Use Chrome to View a Website as Googlebot
moz.com (google chrome, googlebot, seo)
Departure Mono
departuremono.com (fonts)
brexhq/prompt-engineering: Tips and tricks for working with Large Language Models like OpenAI's GPT-4.
github.com (ai, large language models, chatgpt)
Share Openly
werd.io (social media, web)
Milk-V
milkv.io (risc-v, sbc)
Self Hosted App Directory
noted.lol (self-hosted, apps)
HybridLogic: Clog
hybridlogic.co.uk (clickhouse, redis, php)
What explains recent tech layoffs, and why should we be worried? | Stanford News
news.stanford.edu (layoffs, employment)
Webhooks as a Service – Secure and Enterprise Ready · Svix
svix.com (api, programming)
A.N. Lucas's 88x31 button Collection
anlucas.neocities.org (history, wayback)
Appwrite - Open-Source End-to-End Backend Server
appwrite.io (api)
PermaStream
permastream.io (streaming)
Market Research for Startups
marketresearchforstartups.com (market research)
Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski
ciechanow.ski (watches)
The Martini FAQ
rdwarf.com (booze)
How I operated as a Staff engineer at Heroku
amyunger.com (heroku, engineering, career)
Plain Text Sports
plaintextsports.com (sports)
Realtime Collaborative Diagramming: Mermaid in Notion
happyandeffective.com (mermaid, flow charts)
Measles Makes Your Immune System Forget Its Protections Against Past Illness
kottke.org (health)
Apple in 2021: The Six Colors report card
sixcolors.com (apple, mac, iphone, ipad, ios, macos)
Bitcoin Give and Take
onefoottsunami.com (cryptocurrency, crypto scams)
Community Interaction and Conflict on the Web
ar5iv.org (studies, community, internet)
How I hacked a hardware crypto wallet and recovered $2 million
youtube.com (video, youtube, cryptocurrency)
Former Gumroad freelancer tweets that he no longer works for the company because the company was planning to get into NFTs, Gumroad founder has a bit of a meltdown
web3isgoinggreat.com (cryptocurrency)
Can you take me high enough?: 24 songs with a pivotal key change
avclub.com (interesting)
Podcasts
The Bike Shed
bikeshed.fm (programming, ruby, rails, tech)
The Rebound: A tech podcast
reboundcast.com (tech, apple, entertainment)
Back to Work
backtowork.limo (productivity, work, betterment)
Reconcilable Differences - Relay FM
relay.fm (creativity, work)
Accidental Tech Podcast
atp.fm (tech, apple)
Programming
grosser/parallel_tests: Ruby: 2 CPUs = 2x Testing Speed for RSpec, Test::Unit and Cucumber
github.com (ruby, testing, rspec, minitest)
GitHub - Shopify/roast: Structured AI workflows made easy
github.com (ai)
Released tzf-pg: High-Performance Lat/Lon → Time Zone PostgreSQL Extension | ringsaturn
blog.ringsaturn.me (postgres)
The secret to perfectly calculate Rails database connection pool size | Island94.org
island94.org (ruby, ruby on rails)
Itsi
itsi.fyi (ruby, ruby on rails, rack)
Give it time
ismaelcelis.com (ruby, ruby on rails)
Adding shortcodes to the Marksmith editor - Avo
avohq.io (ruby, ruby on rails)
GitHub - bensheldon/activerecord-has_some_of_many: Optimized top-N-per-group Active Record associations using lateral joins
github.com (ruby, ruby on rails)
GitHub - crmne/ruby_llm: A delightful Ruby way to work with AI. No configuration madness, no complex callbacks, no handler hell – just beautiful, expressive Ruby code.
github.com (ruby, rubocop, ruby on rails, ai, chatgpt)
GitHub - rubycdp/cuprite: Headless Chrome/Chromium driver for Capybara
github.com (ruby, capybara, testing)
GitHub - ankane/vega-ruby: Interactive charts for Ruby, powered by Vega and Vega-Lite
github.com (ruby)
Announcing Hotwire Spark: live reloading for Rails applications
dev.37signals.com (ruby on rails)
Keeping Rails cool: the modern frontend toolkit—Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians’ team blog
evilmartians.com (ruby on rails)
3 ActiveRecord Mistakes That Slow Down Rails Apps: Count, Where and Present
speedshop.co (ruby on rails)
How to Grok a Rails Application for the First Time - FastRuby.io | Rails Upgrade Service
fastruby.io (ruby on rails)
ankane/blazer: Business intelligence made simple
github.com (ruby)
Search and filter Rails models without bloating your controller
justinweiss.com (ruby on rails)
Add your Rails app to the Home Screen - the Ultimate Guide
joyofrails.com (ruby on rails, rails, ruby, pwa, ios, android)
ctran/annotate_models: Annotate Rails classes with schema and routes info
github.com (ruby)
Shopify/erb_lint: Lint your ERB or HTML files
github.com (ruby)
thoughtbot/factory_bot_rails: Factory Bot ♥ Rails
github.com (ruby)
tylerhunt/rack-canonical-host: Rack middleware for defining a canonical host name.
github.com (ruby)
stepful/cyperful: Interactive system testing UI for capybara
github.com (ruby on rails, ruby)
14 tools and gems every Ruby developer would love
blog.testdouble.com (rails, ruby on rails, ruby, rubocop)
Need for Speed: Using RuboCop with Prism
metaredux.com (ruby, rubygems, rubocop)
Reading List
The Ruby on Rails SaaS Template | Bullet Train
bullettrain.co (rails, ruby)
How I operated as a Staff engineer at Heroku
amyunger.com (heroku, engineering, career)
Proxygen
freshbits.fi (app, ios, mac, programming)
Cut your Rails boot times on Heroku in half with a single command
dev.to (ruby, heroku)
gem-compare goes 1.0
nts.strzibny.name (ruby)
GitHub - nativefier/nativefier: Make any web page a desktop application
github.com (cli, macos, apple)
Plain Text Sports
plaintextsports.com (sports)
jless - A Command-Line JSON Viewer
jless.io (cli, json)
Logger
logger.rocks (apple, ios, macos)
Don't waste your time on assets compilation on Heroku
blog.arkency.com (rails, heroku, ci)
How to do multi-step forms in Rails - Code with Jason
codewithjason.com (ruby, rails, programming)
Realtime Collaborative Diagramming: Mermaid in Notion
happyandeffective.com (mermaid, flow charts)
Measles Makes Your Immune System Forget Its Protections Against Past Illness
kottke.org (health)
Apple in 2021: The Six Colors report card
sixcolors.com (apple, mac, iphone, ipad, ios, macos)
Rails and its Ruby dialect
solnic.codes (ruby, programming)
Bitcoin Give and Take
onefoottsunami.com (cryptocurrency, crypto scams)
Community Interaction and Conflict on the Web
ar5iv.org (studies, community, internet)
How I hacked a hardware crypto wallet and recovered $2 million
youtube.com (video, youtube, cryptocurrency)
Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine - Bert Hubert's writings
berthub.eu (science, covid-19)
Can you take me high enough? 24 songs with the best key changes
avclub.com (music)
Medieval Versions of Contemporary Corporate Logos
kottke.org (branding, graphic design)
Okuda Hiroko: The Casio Employee Behind the “Sleng Teng” Riddim that Revolutionized Reggae
nippon.com (music)
OpenSea, Web3, and Aggregation Theory
stratechery.com (cryptocurrency)
The Case Against Crypto
stephendiehl.com (crypto)