A list of tech, articles, tools that I have seen over the years that I think might come handy someday.

Technologies and Other Stuff For Reference#

Code Tools:#

• GitIngest - When using LLMs it is better to give them a markdown of all the code so that they can help you with a repo.
• GitDiagram - Somehow visualizes how each component of a Git Repo interacts with another component. Did a pretty insane job with the Pocketbase Repo.

Websites#

• Kiel Institut - Economics, Data, Policy
• Asterik Magazine - Technology, Culture, etc.

Government Software#

• LPE-Delloite,Equifax Exploitation of Friction and Data - An article of bad-faith, borderline illegal practices that companies like Delloite and Equifax employ to milk the glutted cow that is the Federal Government.

People#

• brson.github.io – Early Rust contributor, Tigerbeetle developer; includes a detailed worklog.

Efficient Browser Visualizations#

• Perspective – High-performance streaming data visualization.

Files and File Systems#

• Why Files are Hard – Deconstructing the complexities of FS by Dan Luu.

Thermal Printers as HTTP Endpoints#

• PrinterCow – Implementation for web-connected thermal printing.

Fonts & UI Resources#

• Icebreaker Questions – Team building resources.

SQLite Configurations#

• SQLite Defaults – Optimizing settings for performance and reliability.

Language Bridging#

• Libeffi: Useful for bridging C and Python interfaces.

Backup Solutions#

• Borg Backup – Incremental, compressed, and encrypted OSS backups.
• Duplicacy – GUI support with multi-cloud backend options.
• HN Discussions – Community takes on backup alternatives.

Lightweight IP Stacks#

• lwIP – TCP/IP implementation for low-resource environments.

Data Engineering (ETL)#

• Sling Data – Fast, YAML-based ETL. Use truncate for Metabase stability to avoid cache collisions.

Executable SvelteKit Apps#

• Use @yao/pkg (v5.12.1) and Webpack. Bundle to CommonJS via babel-loader and run pkg bundle.js to avoid Node versioning issues.

Visual PDF Diffing#

• Visual Diff Tools – HN curated list of PDF comparison tools.

CCTV & Streaming#

• Ant Media Server – WebRTC P2P communication and NAT Traversal.

Data Science & Visualization#

CS

• Obtaining Data – Command-line data science techniques.
• Data Viz Catalogue – Reference guide for chart types.

App Development & Forms#

• Shorebird – Over-the-air updates for Flutter.
• HeyForm – Open-source conversational form builder.

SQLite for Query Optimization#

• Use SQLite instead of complex HashMaps for difficult queries.

Web & CSS Tools#

• Bulma – Modern CSS framework.
• HTMLDocs – Templates for invoices and certificates.
• Printable CSS – Making websites print-friendly.

Computer Science & Modeling#

• Cornell CS Wiki – Academic resource hub.
• SAT Solvers – Modern SAT modeling and solving.
• AnyLogic Workshop – Structured simulation modeling.

Binary Analysis#

• Binary Visualization – Visualizing executable structures.
• Reading Executables – Guide to binary organization.

SEO & Indexing#

• Google Indexing Script – Automated script to index websites.

High-Performance DataFrames#

• Polars – Rust-based, SIMD, and parallel alternative to Pandas.

Home Automation:#

• Itsyhome - HomeKit on the MacOS Menu Bar.