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Zotero 8
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 522 posts.
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ISO PDF spec is getting Brotli – ~20 % smaller documents with no quality loss
For nearly three decades; or November 1996 to be exact, PDFs have relied on Deflate—the same compression algorithm that powers your ZIP files. Meanwhile, the web moved on. In 2015, Google introduced Brotli, a compression algorithm so efficient it now powers 95% of internet traffic. Websites got faster. Downloads got…
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Lix – universal version control system for binary files
Lix is a version control system you import as a library. It records semantic changes to enable diffs, reviews, rollback, and querying of edits.
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Nested code fences in Markdown
Today, we will meet a spiky-haired nerd named Corey Dumm, who normally lives within Markdown code fences. We will get to know him a bit, smile with him when his fences hold and weep quietly when misfortune strikes.
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Can you slim macOS down?
In a quest to reduce the number of processes running in macOS Tahoe, consider the example of Time Machine backups, which can easily be replaced by 3rd party alternatives.
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Guix for Development
This wonderful article by Marius Bakke (thanks for using Haunt btw!) about guix shell hit the orange website front page recently. I left a comment to the effect of “hell yeah I use it for all my projects!” and someone asked me for an example of what I do. I sent them some links but I thought hey, this could be a blog…
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3D printing my laptop ergonomic setup
Apparently, one of my hobbies is making updates to my ergonomic setup, then blogging about it from an Amtrak train. I've gone and done it again.
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I was a top 0.01% Cursor user, then switched to Claude Code 2.0
A comprehensive guide to Claude Code from someone who's been using coding AI since 2021. Learn the 5 pillars of agentic coding, custom commands, and advanced workflows.
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200 MB RAM FreeBSD desktop
Recently I came across Lunduke post about some mysterious Vendefoul Wolf Linux distribution that uses 217 MB RAM with Devuan as base (no systemd(1) here) and XLibre X11 server along with IceWM wind…
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Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation
A proposal for a standard /install.md file that provides LLM-executable installation instructions.
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I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool
I set all of Vim's configuration options, and I still feel far from mastery. But I did learn that it used to be called Vi IMitation...
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Reading across books with Claude Code
In which we teach an agent to read syntopically.
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Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe?
If you don’t want any of their services, you can turn Siri off in its settings, and disable indexing and search in Spotlight settings. Or you can use mdutil, if you know its limitations.
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Why DuckDB is my first choice for data processing
Why DuckDB has become my go-to tool for data processing, offering simplicity, speed, and powerful features.
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Pocket TTS: A high quality TTS that gives your CPU a voice
Our mission is to build and democratize artificial general intelligence through open science.
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Bubblewrap: A nimble way to prevent agents from accessing your .env files
Last week I wrote a thing about how to run Claude Code when you don’t trust Claude Code. I proposed the creation of a dedicated user account & standard unix access controls. The objective was to stop Claude from dancing through your .env files, eating your secrets. There are some usability problems with that guide- I…
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New Safari developer tools provide insight into CSS Grid Lanes
You might have heard recently that Safari Technology Preview 234 landed the final plan for supporting masonry-style layouts in CSS.
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Training my smartwatch to track intelligence
Training my watch to track intelligence
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I hate GitHub Actions with passion
I can’t overstate how much I hate GitHub Actions. I don’t even remember hating any other piece of technology I used. Sure, I still make fun of PHP that I remember from times of PHP41, but even then I didn’t hate it. Merely I found it subpar technology to other emerging at the time (like Ruby on Rails or Django). And…
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First impressions of Claude Cowork
Plus Fly’s new Sprites.dev addresses both developer sandboxes and API sandboxes at the same time
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Stop using natural language interfaces
Natural language is a wonderful interface, but just because we suddenly can doesn't mean we always should.
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Every GitHub object has two IDs
How I reverse-engineered GitHub node IDs to avoid a database migration and discovered their dual ID system along the way.
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Apple Creator Studio
Apple Creator Studio is a collection of powerful creative apps for making music, video editing, creative imaging, and visual productivity.
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Text-based web browsers
How do they fare with (not so) recent additions to HTML?
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Launch a Debugging Terminal into GitHub Actions
Code, Apps and Thoughts @lawrencegripper
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CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun
CLI agents like Claude Code make self-hosting dramatically easier and actually fun. This is the first time I would recommend it to normal software-literate people.
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Oh My Zsh adds bloat
Why you might not need Oh My Zsh for your Zsh configuration.
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ASCII-Driven Development
~15 years ago, we had Balsamiq Mockups (2008). Deliberately sketchy. Intentionally low-fidelity. The comic-sans-looking wireframes were a…
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Git Rebase for the Terrified
As a maintainer of several OneBusAway projects, I regularly ask contributors to rebase their branches before merging. The response is often hesitation or…