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USB-C Explorer – A development board to get started working with USB Type-C
I've been quiet for a while, mostly because I've been working on a new USB-C board. Actually, the board didn't take the most time; that would be the firmware development. (Never underestimate firmware). The result is a cool piece of gear, a powerful development platform, and a stronger firmware libr
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Roku developer repositories moved from GitHub to GitLab
Roku provides the simplest way to stream entertainment to your TV. On your terms. With thousands of available channels to choose from.
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Kimi vendor verifier – verify accuracy of inference providers
Rebuilding the "Chain of Trust" -- Kimi Vendor Verifier.
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Dsq: Commandline tool for running SQL queries against JSON, CSV, Parquet, etc.
dsq is a commandline tool for running SQL queries against all the data file types that DataStation supports (JSON, CSV, Parquet, Excel, etc.). Here is a simple example:
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Static Website Generators
A list of the top ten static generators for building your next website
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Maestro: Netflix's Workflow Orchestrator
By Jun He, Natallia Dzenisenka, Praneeth Yenugutala, Yingyi Zhang, and Anjali Norwood
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Introducing Prompt. Nice SSH for iOS.
In our State of the Union blog post, I mentioned that we’ve been working on some iOS proof of concept / research projects here in the Panic Office. It’s been a lot of fun for us.
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Calibre – New in Calibre 7.0
calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software.
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Azure Data Studio: An Open-Source GUI Editor for Postgres
When you are working with a database, or any other kind of software, your experience is enhanced or hindered by the tools you use to interact with it. PostgreSQL has a command line tool, psql, and it’s pretty powerful, but some people much prefer a graphical editor.
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Building a TUI is easy now
How we built and shipped a terminal UI for Hatchet in 2 days using Claude Code, the Charm stack (Bubble Tea, Lip Gloss), and a tight feedback loop.
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Making the Tibetan language a first-class citizen in the digital world
Read about a major milestone in technological innovation of the Tibetan language as the open source software suite LibreOffice's latest update supports an important feature of Tibetan: very long paragraphs.
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Gimp 2.10.20
“GIMP 2.10.20 comes with new features as well as important bugfixes.”
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How To GitHub: A Complete Guide to Forking, Branching, Squashing and Pulls
Everything you need to know to pull down, branch off of, squash, and fork in GitHub in one handy little guide.
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Will Bond (Package Control) Joins Sublime HQ
Build 3103 is out now. Downloads and a full changelog are on the Sublime Text 3 page.
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Tcpdump Examples
In these tcpdump examples you will find 22 tactical commands to zero in on the key packets. Know your network with this powerful packet capture tool. Examples for http, icmp, dns, snmp and more.
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The "five whys" productivity technique
If you're having trouble with your productivity, consider finding the root using the 5 Whys technique.
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Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to use computers
MIT Media Lab Spin-off Augmental has developed the MouthPad, a device that allows users to interact with phones and computers using their tongue and other head gestures.
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Code search is hard
Searching code at scale without employing a search team is hard
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Newsrooms, let’s talk about G Suite
If you work in a newsroom, there’s a good chance you work with colleagues on Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, and more. Google Workspace software is simple and powerful. But anyone working in a newsroom has probably asked themselves: What can Google see? What about our most sensitive conversations and documents? What…
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Introducing TogetherJS
What is TogetherJS? We'd like to introduce TogetherJS, a real-time collaboration tool out of Mozilla Labs. TogetherJS is a service you add to an existing website to add real-time collaboration ...
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Which tools do Claude, Codex and Cursor choose? We measured 17k runs to find out
We watched almost 17k sessions across different types of personas, with 1,163 prompt variations, 75 repositories and 3 coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) actually implementing the solutions instead of just recommending one.