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Today we released Whisk 2.0: a lightweight web page editor with a live preview that updates as you type. The name may be new, but the mac app’s origins are in shareware called HyperEdit that I started while in college over 16 years ago. It is hard to believe I’ve worked on an app old eno
GIMP 2.99.2 marks the first step towards GIMP 3 based on GTK3.
Learn how to make a Raspberry Pi VPN server using OpenVPN, PiVPN, Surfshark, and WireGuard! You can set up a VPN tunnel for access to your home network while away.
At Signal, our goal is to build a reliable, secure, and private communication experience that is broadly accessible and simple to use. From the beginning, we’ve designed Signal so that your information is in your hands rather than ours.
We are back with our first bug-fix release for IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3! The improved v2020.3.1 polishes the recently released features and supports Apple Silicon! That’s right, Apple fans, you can now wo
On behalf of the Python Packaging Authority and the pip team, I am pleased to announce that we have just released pip 20.3 , a new version of pip. You can install it by running python -m pip install --upgrade pip .
A collaborative AI workspace, built on your company context. Build and orchestrate agents right alongside your team's projects, meetings, and connected apps.
If you feel overwhelmed by the choices you need to make, it's time to start using a decision journal. Learn how this simple practice can change the way you think and perform.
Announcing LAMBDA: Turn Excel formulas into custom functions
Kakoune is a (fairly) young modal code editor that has matured for as long and as well as a good red wine. It places multiple-selections, operability and interactivity at the heart of its distinctive characteristics. It provides users with an efficient and comfortable text editing experience — but that’s not what this…
When is the last time you experimented with process? Here's a fun example
Why has everything become so needlessly complicated?
At the Library Leaders Forum 2020 (demo) , Open Library unveiled the beta for what it’s calling the Library Explorer : an immersive interface which powerfully recreates and enhances the experience of navigating a physical library. If the tagline doesn’t grab your attention, wait until you see it in action:
What SaaS marketing really is, plus 41+ strategies that grow MRR: SEO, content, product-led growth, and the channels worth your budget. A practical playbook.
Learn about nbdev, a new literate programming environment for Python.
Most computer applications can be configured to behave a cer
Better defaults, a better CLI and better heuristics. Oh, and TypeScript 3.8.
This release switches to Qt 5 by default. The Qt UI has become quite polished by now. It will be quite familiar to users of the GTK2 UI, but it also brings a few nice-to-have improvements, such as a playlist view that is easier to navigate and sort.
This is a major milestone. After almost 2 years of development, version 2.0 of VisiData is finally released. It's got several major improvements, a bunch of new loaders, and tons of new features and quality of life improvements. And, most importantly, an API specification for plugins.
The open source Git project just released Git 2.28 with features and bug fixes from over 58 contributors, 13 of them new. We last caught up with you on the…
Learn how the Zettelkasten works as a system, what a Zettel is made of, and how to grow an organic web of knowledge.
Pelican static site generator
P2 powers internal collaboration at WordPress.com — and now it’s free for everyone. As more collaboration is happening remotely and online — work yes, but increasingly also school and persona…
A couple of weeks ago, I started getting texts and emails from friends with an attachment to a blog post. A person named Paul had engineered and built himself a lay-down desk, wrote about his experience, and posted it on HN. Creating a lie-down desk is a big project in itself. To make even a static lie-down workstation
This post is a succinct and technical description on how to bridge all your messengers into IRC and therefore Emacs.
