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- Everything I've learned so far about running local LLMs: If you want to dig into local LLMs you should read this first. by Chris Wellons / llms, ai / 24 min read
- Dumb Leadership Mistakes I’ve Made: You will need to make these mistakes for yourself. by Laura Tacho / leadership / 5 min read
? Good to know
- Algorithms we develop software by: Write everything twice is a great advice for junior engineers. by Grant Slatton / engineering, career / 4 min read
- Awesome Opensource Boilerplates: A curated list of open source boilerplates and starter templates to kickstart your next project. by Janu Lingeswaran / awesome, boilerplates / 5 min read
- Centering things: a solved problem?: Is it really solved? Can't I make any jokes about it anymore? by Ollie Williams / css / 5 min read
- How I ship projects at big tech companies: I have shipped a lot of different projects over the last ~10 years in tech. Here’s what I think about when I’m leading a project and what I’ve seen people get wrong. by Sean Goedecke / projects, shipping / 11 min read
- All the data can be yours: How to use various sources to fetch data by Jerome Paulos / apis / 5 min read
- No more redundant engineering debates: Creating alignment and clarity with ADRs: Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) are the key to documenting crucial decisions, enhancing team alignment. Learn the essentials of ADRs, including practical tips for creating clear, concise records by Fran Soto / engineering / 8 min read
- 5 Frameworks To Master Communication And Influence As An Engineer: Maven's cofounder (backed by a16z, First Round) shares proven frameworks from coaching leaders at top Silicon Valley startups by Jordan Cutler, Wes Kao / communication / 16 min read
- Introducing the vlt Package Manager & Serverless Registry: After spending the past six months heads-down, we’re excited to share our foundational Package Manager Client & Serverless Registry. by blog.vlt.sh / javascript / 3 min read
- Node.js v22 Enters Long Term Support (LTS): You can now upgrade your nodejs versions. by Lizz Parody / nodejs / 11 min read
- JavaScript Import Attributes (ES2025): Understanding the new import attributes syntax and why we can't rely on file extensions alone by Trevor I. Lasn / javascript, es2025 / 5 min read
- Essential tsconfig.json options you should use: Learn what to configure in your tsconfig by Duy NG / tsconfig, typescript / 9 min read
- What I Wish Someone Told Me About Postgres: Everybody should know about normalizing the data! by Hazel Bachrach / databases / 23 min read
- Framer Motion is now independent, introducing Motion: Twi big changes: new home at motion.dev and not only a react library anymore. by Matt Perry / animations / 5 min read
- Next.js to htmx — A Real World Example: Learn how the url shortener kutt.it did it. by Pouria Ezzati / htmx / 3 min read
- An official logo for CSS: CSS has a new logo! by CSS-Next / css / 8 min read
- Conditional Props in React Using Type Discrimination: Generics vs Type Discrimination by Elan Medoff / types / 10 min read
- We’re (finally!) going to the cloud!: Stack Overflow moves to the GCP! by Shadow Wizard / stackoverflow / 29 min read
- I Followed the Official AWS Amplify Guide and was Charged $1,100: Be cautious blindly following official docs by Elliott King / aws / 8 min read
? Tools
- IconCalc: Main engine of the IronCalc ecosystem by ironcalc.com / rust, spreadsheets
- Mergiraf: A syntax-aware git merge driver for a growing collection of programming languages and file formats. by mergiraf.org / git, merge
- Frame0: Make hand-drawn style wireframes quickly and easily. by frame0.app / wireframes
- H1 Gallery: A collection of the best marketing headlines on the internet. by Ryan Gilbert / gallery
- Hono OpenAPI: A plugin for Hono to generate OpenAPI Swagger documentation by rhinobase / hono, openapi
- Maxun: Free, open-source no-code web data extraction platform. by Maxun / scraper
- Spin: Spin is a framework for building, deploying, and running fast, secure, and composable cloud microservices with WebAssembly. by Fermyon / infra
- formity: Formity is an advanced form-building package designed to help React developers create dynamic, multi-step forms with ease. by Martí Serra Molina / forms
- Windsurf Editor: The first agentic IDE, and then some. The Windsurf Editor is where the work of developers and AI truly flow together, allowing for a coding experience that feels like literal magic. by Codeium / ai, editors
- SQL Style Guide: Guidelines for SQL by Simon Holywell, @Treffynnon / sql
- Websitevice: Website examples for inspiration by Lucian Tartea / gallery
- khoj: Your AI second brain. Self-hostable. Get answers from the web or your docs. Build custom agents, schedule automations, do deep research. Turn any online or local LLM into your personal, autonomous AI (e.g gpt, claude, gemini, llama, qwen, mistral). by khoj.dev / ai
- libSQL: libSQL is a fork of SQLite that is both Open Source, and Open Contributions. by turso.tech / databases
? Design
- Beautiful focus outlines: Anytime thought about customizing the default focus outlines? by Thomas Günther / css, focus / 13 min read
? Tutorials
- Creating an ASCII Shader Using OGL: Explore the world of shaders with this easy-to-follow guide to creating a custom ASCII art animation using WebGL, Perlin noise, and GLSL. by Andrico Karoulla / ascii, generative-art / 20 min read
- The Different (and Modern) Ways to Toggle Content: Pure css and html ftw! by Daniel Schwarz / html, css / 17 min read
? Videos
- How To Build The Future: Sam Altman: Y Combinator by Y Combinator / startups
- Wat: I haven't seen this lightning talk in a while and it's still AWESOME. by Gary Bernhardt / ruby, javascript
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