How the rise of internet surveillance, algorithmic polarization of social media, predatory app stores, and extractive business models have eroded the freedoms once promised by personal computers.
In the short term, we can do things like support open projects like Linux, support non-predatory and open source software, and run apps and store data locally as much as possible. But some bigger structural changes are necessary if we really want to launch the era of Personal Computer 2.0.
A guide on how to create a detailed worklog that combines elements of a timesheet and a journal.
“Infinite Mac” is a project by Mihai Parparita that aims to make classic Mac and NeXT emulation easily accessible on the web using WebAssembly ports of various emulators, allowing a wide range of System Software/Mac OS versions to run online.
A simple Mac app that colors the folder icon based on the tag color. It brings back the feeling of Finder labels.
roadmap.sh is a community effort to create roadmaps, guides and other educational content to help guide developers in picking up a path and guide their learnings.
Role-based and skill-based roadmaps, project ideas, best practices, and other resources for various areas of development including Frontend, Backend, DevOps, Full Stack, AI, and more.
PrivTracker allows to share torrent files just with your friends, nobody else. Unlike public trackers, it shares peers only within a group which is using the same Announce URL. It really works like a private tracker, but can be generated with one click of a button.
This could be actually useful for sending large files, not just Linux ISOs. The code is available on GitHub, so could be used as a self-hosted service as well.
Dyet is a simple, native application that can dye your folder the color of its tags automatically.
I used this guide (with a little help from ChatGPT) to setup my Mastodon instance.
In this guide we will only focus on using the prebuilt images from Docker Hub.
Wow, Bertrand Serlet is a legend! I haven’t listened to this interview yet, but I’m sure it’s going to be interesting.
If you work in shell/terminal often enough, then over time the history will become your personal knowledge vault, documentation and command reference. Being able to use this personal documentation efficiently can hugely boost your productivity. So, here are a couple of tips on how to optimize your shell history configuration and usage to get the most out of it.
Well, I’m not sure how effective the shell history of being a “personal knowledge vault, documentation, and command reference,” but optimizing its use doesn’t hurt.
I also looked into ShellHistory, which can create notebooks from the command history. Actually, this can be a pretty cool way to document processes, like installing a Rails app and its dependencies or starting a full stack of software.
With the ShellHistory you can easily keep years of shell history, search history using Full Text Search, back it up to iCloud, create Notebooks.
On the other hand, I could just keep the history synced between my Macs.
This is the ideal blog format for me. A list of daily notes grouped by day.
Forever ✱ Notes is a simple framework and scalable digital note-taking method for Apple Notes that’s free and created to last—forever.
I’m thinking about using git commits more than just documenting changes, but as a journal for my work as it advances. Like a lab notebook in code.
A universal task inbox app for iOS & macOS, made by Here & Co.
I have no clue what I will use this app for… I just love the idea.
Rewrite Git history with a single drag-and-drop. Undo anything with ⌘Z. All speed, no bumps.
Vim Mode for macOS. The mode you love in your favorite editor, now in your favorite OS.
I want to use something like this, but I don’t like that it is automatically enabled in every text view. Also, a subscription for this?
I remember the QuickCursor app from Hog Bay Software, which lets you select any text by pressing a keyboard shortcut, which would open the text in your favorite editor. Saving the file in the editor would update the text view. Sadly, it is not developed anymore.
These days, I select the text in the text view and use the “New MacVim Buffer With Selection” service. This opens the selected text in MacVim, although I have to paste the text manually back.
I’m Mike, an essayist and blogger. I write about culture, tech, psychogeography and web spaces.
rssplsgenerates RSS feeds from web pages using CSS selectors to extract parts of the page and turn them into a feed.
I use Mela for recipe storage but this one is interesting as well.
Yums is a recipe storage system built on top of email. Content on the web disappears with time, but email you have control over forever.
I am still not sure if I need this or not, but interesting nonetheless.
Sonar is a beatiful (and native) Mac app for managing Github and GitLab issues. I used the beta in the last couple of weeks for managing GitHub issues and it’s really good. The high-level outline view changes how you manage issues.
If you use Hookmark, I also made a integration scripts for it which is pretty useful for linking OmniFocus/Things projects to issues in Sonar.
complete list of siri voice commands
Managing time during a busy day can be a challenge. Focusing on your free time between your meetings or appointments helps you navigate through this stressful day more calmly.
From the makers of Tyme, my time tracking app of choice.
Escape is your place to jot down notes & ideas, connect and develop them, and bring them to life.
Minus is a finite social network where you get 100 posts—for life.
Tofu was designed to help you read text on your Mac.
Text is often very wide, making it hard for your eyes to jump from the end of one line to the beginning of the next. That’s why newspapers have narrow columns: it makes them faster to read. Another problem is that vertical scrolling can be disorienting, as lines of text all look pretty much the same and are hard to track as they move.
Fuck yeah, there is an update to Tofu!
A Virtual Corkboard for Your Notes
Index card lovers rejoice! Your brainstorming tool is here.
macOS app and file launcher for simple scripting.
Need to quickly learn or recall Markdown syntax? Our Markdown Dictionary is here to help. It’s a standard macOS dictionary built for the Dictionary app, so it’s compatible with iA Writer, iA Presenter, and other Mac apps too.