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10 Common Time Management Mistakes
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/time-management-mistakes.htm
15-150: Principles of Functional Programming
https://brandonspark.github.io/150/
Hackernews
Adopting Erlang
https://adoptingerlang.org
A nicer voltmeter clock
https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/a-nicer-voltmeter-clock
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An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server
https://github.com/juanfont/headscale
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asciinema
https://asciinema.org/
ascii.rest: animated ascii art for web pages, by @bas3line
https://ascii.rest
tui
ui
Hackernews
ASCII Weather forecast
https://wttr.in/malm%C3%B6
A system to organise your life • Johnny.Decimal
https://johnnydecimal.com/
AtomVM Flasher
https://petermm.github.io/atomvm_flasher/all_versions
embedded
atomvm
Autostart Wireguard
https://www.ivpn.net/knowledgebase/linux/linux-autostart-wireguard-in-systemd/
server
Awesome Free Game Assetpacks!
https://kenney.nl
Bits about Money by Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com
Building a high performance JSON parser
https://dave.cheney.net/paste/gophercon-sg-2023.html
Hackernews
Bulma
https://bulma.io/
Web
CSS
ui
design
cat mario.nes | nc play-nes.org 4444
https://github.com/henrikpersson/potatis
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CheatGPT
https://blog.humphd.org/cheatgpt/
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Collection of Dark Patterns and Unethical Design
https://hallofshame.design/collection/
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Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor
https://arachnoid.com/lutusp/sailbook.html
sailing
Convert photos to Atkinson dithering
https://gazs.github.io/canvas-atkinson-dither/
Hackernews
countries.dev — Free country data API for developers
https://countries.dev
api
Creation happens in silence
https://josem.co/creation-happens-in-silence/
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DarthSim/overmind
https://github.com/DarthSim/overmind
Departure Mono
https://departuremono.com
font
ui
design
Diff Phoenix
https://www.phoenixdiff.org
Elixir
Easy SVG sparklines
https://alexplescan.com/posts/2023/07/08/easy-svg-sparklines/
Hackernews
Elixir better than ruby
https://foxbox.com/blog/elixir-vs-ruby/#2-elixir-better-than-ruby
Elixir/Erlang Hot Swapping Code (2016)
https://kennyballou.com/blog/2016/12/elixir-hot-swapping/index.html
Hackernews
Elixir: Open Files with Vim using IEx.Helpers.open/1 | Adi Iyengar
https://www.adiiyengar.com/blog/20180623/iex-open-files-with-vim
Encrypt text in Elixir
https://www.thegreatcodeadventure.com/elixir-encryption-with-erlang-crypto/
entr(1)
https://eradman.com/entrproject/
Envoy proxy - home
https://www.envoyproxy.io
ERGO - OTP24 in Go
https://golangexample.com/a-framework-for-creating-microservices-using-technologies-and-design-patterns-of-erlang-otp-in-golang/
Event-Driven by Oskar Dudycz
https://event-driven.io
blog
reference
Exponential Smoothing
https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/exponential-smoothing.html
programming
Fontshare: Quality Fonts. Free.
https://www.fontshare.com
🌤️ Free Open-Source Weather API | Open-Meteo.com
https://open-meteo.com
Frontplatta till båt
https://www.schaeffer-ag.de/?fbclid=IwAR3NzdSbk3T_-DUi0hPad1_GGvPaUkC-BQBxs0ck7jzYrq_uokDwh0wHLAQ
Generate code images
https://ray.so/
Generate wildcard SSL certificates with letsencrypt
https://medium.com/@saurabh6790/generate-wildcard-ssl-certificate-using-lets-encrypt-certbot-273e432794d7
Geoman - GeoJSON Editor
https://geoman.io
GitHub - georgique/world-geojson: GeoJson for all the countries, areas (regions) and some states.
https://github.com/georgique/world-geojson
GitHub - karlsson/glite: The Gleamlins little intro to Erlang applications · GitHub
https://github.com/karlsson/glite
GitHub - NandhaKishorM/laya · GitHub
https://github.com/NandhaKishorM/laya
ai
Git Worktrees with Bare Repos: A Clean Setup for Modern Development
https://medium.com/@miladpw/git-worktrees-with-bare-repos-a-clean-setup-for-modern-development-c5b251ee7b73
git
Gleam: a type safe language on the Erlang VM
https://gleam.run/
Hackernews
GoAccess - Visual Web Log Analyzer
https://goaccess.io
Google Engineering Practices
https://google.github.io/eng-practices/
Gotraceui
https://gotraceui.dev
Grinde - Sailguide
https://www.sailguide.com/batfakta/grinde
Boat
Grinde
Hardest problem in computer science: centering things
https://tonsky.me/blog/centering/
Hackernews
HDR Haven
https://hdrihaven.com
Textures
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Assets
Hexagonal Grids
https://www.redblobgames.com/grids/hexagons/
math
game
Home
https://lospec.com
ui
color
design
How I Added Maps to my Travel Posts
https://cyberb.space/notes/2024/how-i-added-maps-to-my-travel-posts/
How to Back Up a WAL-Mode SQLite Database Without Losing Data
https://oneuptime.com/blog/post/2026-09-08-back-up-wal-mode-sqlite-safely/view
sqlite
How to build a distributed queue in a single JSON file on object storage
https://turbopuffer.com/blog/object-storage-queue
How to change IEX-prompt
https://www.toptechskills.com/elixir-phoenix-tutorials-courses/how-to-change-prompt-in-iex-elixir-tutorial-examples/
How To Set Up WireGuard on Ubuntu 20.04 | DigitalOcean
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-wireguard-on-ubuntu-20-04#step-7-configuring-a-wireguard-peer
How to stay on deck and avoid MOB
https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/sailing-skills/stay-deck-avoid-mob-51411
sailing
How to use W1 (OneWire) on RPI
http://www.carstenblock.org/post/project-excelsius/
How to Use WireGuard With UFW | Pro Custodibus
https://www.procustodibus.com/blog/2021/05/wireguard-ufw/
How to write idempotent Bash scripts
https://arslan.io/2019/07/03/how-to-write-idempotent-bash-scripts/
Programming
bash
HTTPWTF
https://httptoolkit.tech/blog/http-wtf/
I am sorry, but everyone is getting syntax highlighting wrong @ tonsky.me
https://tonsky.me/blog/syntax-highlighting/
I Built Non-Autoregressive Decision Models a Year Ago.". - DEV Community
https://dev.to/nandakishor_m_6cc0adfde9f/i-built-non-autoregressive-decision-models-a-year-ago-then-a-frontier-lab-called-it-a-18me
ai
I made my blog solar-powered, then things escalated
https://louwrentius.com/i-made-my-blog-solar-powered-then-things-escalated.html
Hackernews
Introduction | Adopting Erlang
https://adoptingerlang.org/
Joins 13 Ways
https://justinjaffray.com/joins-13-ways/?a=b
sql
Hackernews
K3S: Lightweight Kubernetes
https://k3s.io/
Keeping your Raspberry Pi Running with Watchdog - Pi My Life Up
https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-watchdog/
Keila - Elixir Newsletter service
https://www.keila.io
Knopar, Eksjö scoutkår
http://eksjoscoutkar.se/dokument/verksamhet/marken/Knopar_FJ.pdf
Boat
Lamps for your boat!
https://cabin.dk/
sailing
Latitude/Longitude distance
https://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
programming
Lesser Known PostgreSQL
https://hakibenita.com/postgresql-unknown-features
Log Pattern Recognition
https://sayr.us/log-pattern-recognition/logmine/
LÖVR
https://lovr.org/
programming
game
Make Node.js EventEmitter Type-Safe
https://typescript.tv/hands-on/make-nodejs-eventemitter-type-safe/
typescript
programming
Makers, Don't Let Yourself Be Forced Into the 'Manager Schedule'
https://blog.nuclino.com/makers-don-t-let-yourself-be-forced-into-the-manager-schedule
Managing my personnal servers in 2020 with K3s
https://github.com/erebe/personal-server/blob/master/README.md
Mario meets Pareto
https://www.mayerowitz.io/blog/mario-meets-pareto
Hackernews
Materialize - The Streaming Data Warehouse
https://materialize.io/
Median filtering (2022)
https://www.crisluengo.net/archives/1138/
Hackernews
merciless.me
https://merciless.me
MermaidJS
https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid-live-editor/
Minimal CSS-only blurry image placeholders
https://leanrada.com/notes/css-only-lqip/
Hackernews
Modern Font Stacks
https://modernfontstacks.com
ui
design
font
Monda - Google Fonts
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Monda?preview.script=Latn
font
design
ui
MonkeyUser
https://www.monkeyuser.com
More powerful Go execution traces
https://go.dev/blog/execution-traces-2024
Hackernews
NMEA gateway
https://shop.hatlabs.fi/products/sh-wg
Nordwand Mono – A monospace font for coders and adventurers
https://github.com/tywr/Nordwand-Mono
pass:2026-Q3
mono
font
Hackernews
Ollama - LLM locally
https://ollama.ai
ai
OSQuery
https://osquery.io/
Osquery: An sqlite3 virtual table exposing operating system data to SQL
https://osquery.io/
Hackernews
Password protect a static HTML page
https://github.com/robinmoisson/staticrypt
PBR rendering
https://www.pbr-book.org/3ed-2018/contents
PCB devboard the size of a USB-C plug
https://github.com/Dieu-de-l-elec/AngstromIO-devboard
Hackernews
Persistent SSH tunnels with systemd
https://confluence.jaytaala.com/display/TKB/Create+a+persistent+SSH+tunnel+between+servers+with+systemd
sysadmin
Pilcrow - good read on Auth things like that
https://pilcrowonpaper.com
read
PixiJS
https://www.pixijs.com/
Postgres extensions citext
https://bambielli.com/til/2016-12-28-postgres-extensions-citext/
Procedural 3D mesh generation in a 64kB intro
https://www.ctrl-alt-test.fr/2023/procedural-3d-mesh-generation-in-a-64kb-intro/
Hackernews
Protomaps | A free and open source map of the worldCopyCopy
https://protomaps.com/
Raspberry Pi alternatives 2023: Powerful Pi Zero W Alternatives
https://www.androidpimp.com/embedded/raspberry-pi-alternatives-2023/
Rate Limit Server Requests
https://pspdfkit.com/blog/2022/rate-limiting-server-requests/
Elixir
Repeatable builds
https://github.com/earthly/earthly
Resty
https://github.com/wiedymi/restty
RK-kabel ft 1,5 mm² – Sutars AB
https://sutars.com/product/rk-kabel-ft-15-mm%c2%b2/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAU_7ONleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBWZkaWQWUQcNPnrm9iQrnqV-rUlvYW6t6YBASHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR4YJ5tvpmiNmAxfCD6IJuiVWb0QWL_yC71_5LvvqU0L6EnJV4n62hGbgvzR6Q_aem_dLqKsGRs8mVVXrc6pt4qLg
sailing
electronics
Roughviz
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21648968
Running a Raspberry Pi with a read-only root filesystem
https://www.dzombak.com/blog/2024/03/Running-a-Raspberry-Pi-with-a-read-only-root-filesystem.html
Hackernews
Scaling a Monolith to 1M LOC: 113 Pragmatic Lessons from Tech Lead to CTO
https://www.semicolonandsons.com/articles/scaling-a-monolith-to-1m-loc-113-pragmatic-lessons-from-tech-lead-to-cto
SchedEx
https://github.com/SchedEx/SchedEx
elixir
Setup Neovim as VS Code
https://dev.to/rishitpandey/setting-up-neovim-like-vscode-j8h
Show HN: Genetic Boids Web Simulation
https://attentionmech.github.io/genetic-boids/
Hackernews
Show HN: I built website for sharing Drum Patterns
http://drumpatterns.onether.com
Hackernews
Show HN: Turn Your Pandas Dataframe into a Tableau-Style UI for Visual Analysis
https://github.com/Kanaries/pygwalker
Hackernews
Simple SSH Security
https://disknotifier.com/blog/simple-ssh-security/
sips: Scriptable image processing system
https://til.simonwillison.net/macos/sips
Something is wrong in the state of QED
https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.02078
Hackernews
Spotpriser på el för området SE4 - Malmö | Elbruk.se
https://www.elbruk.se/timpriser-se4-malmo
SQL
https://tselai.com/modern-data-practice-and-the-sql-tradition.html
sql
SSH Examples
https://hackertarget.com/ssh-examples-tunnels/
Stepper motor arduino
https://lastminuteengineers.com/28byj48-stepper-motor-arduino-tutorial/
SVG flag icons
https://flagicons.lipis.dev
Swapy – Easy Drag-to-Swap SolutionReact Logo
https://swapy.tahazsh.com
Texture Haven
https://texturehaven.com
Textures
3D
Assets
Texture Ninja
https://texture.ninja
Textures
3D
Assets
The BEAM book
https://blog.stenmans.org/theBeamBook/
book
beam
The Perils of Large Files in Elixir
https://pspdfkit.com/blog/2021/the-perils-of-large-files-in-elixir/
The world in which IPv6 was a good design - apenwarr
https://apenwarr.ca/log/20170810
Blog
Programming
This Person Does Not Exist
https://thispersondoesnotexist.com
Time scheduling
https://blog.nuclino.com/makers-don-t-let-yourself-be-forced-into-the-manager-schedule
Tiny World Map
https://github.com/tinyworldmap/tiny-world-map
Hackernews
tsParticles | JavaScript Particles, Confetti and Fireworks animations for your website
https://particles.js.org/
Types as Interfaces
https://two-wrongs.com/types-as-interfaces
Hackernews
Typescript imports
https://dev.to/ruppysuppy/how-pros-get-rid-of-relative-imports-in-js-ts-2i3f
Uchū – Color palette for internet lovers
https://uchu.style
ui
color
Hackernews
uigradients
https://uigradients.com
design
colors
ULID
https://github.com/ulid/spec
Underline animations
https://dev.to/afif/100-underline-overlay-animation-the-ultimate-css-collection-4p40
Using Git Hooks When Creating Worktrees
https://mskelton.dev/bytes/using-git-hooks-when-creating-worktrees
git
UUIDs - ULIDs
https://sudhir.io/uuids-ulids
UZDZ in Apple Motion
https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/229005/is-there-any-usdz-exporter-for-blender
Validate Environment Variables With Zod
https://catalins.tech/validate-environment-variables-with-zod/
VisualJJ – Jujutsu in Visual Studio Code
https://www.visualjj.com/
Hackernews
WebGPU Fundamentals
https://webgpufundamentals.org
Web Push for Web Apps on iOS and iPadOS
https://webkit.org/blog/13878/web-push-for-web-apps-on-ios-and-ipados/
We built our customer data warehouse all on Postgres
https://tembo.io/blog/tembo-data-warehouse
Hackernews
What are your telltales trying to tell you?
https://www.quantumsails.com/en/resources-and-expertise/articles/what-are-your-telltales-trying-to-tell-you
sailing
What I learned building an opinionated and minimal coding agent
https://mariozechner.at/posts/2025-11-30-pi-coding-agent/
Hackernews
Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB
https://cactuscompute.com/blog/whistle
Hackernews
ai
Who Watches Watchmen? - Part 2 - Hauleth
https://hauleth.dev/post/who-watches-watchmen-ii/
Why Algebraic Effects?
https://antelang.org/blog/why_effects/
Hackernews
Why We've Tried to Replace Developers Every Decade Since 1969
https://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-developers.html
You'll regret using natural keys
https://blog.ploeh.dk/2024/06/03/youll-regret-using-natural-keys/
Hackernews