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πŸ”₯ Weekend Reading

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Weekend Reading β€” I do not think, therefore I do not am

Natasha "Fragile Handle With Care" by Roman Pankoy (2020) Oil on canvas Tech Stuff Animata A collection of React + Tailwind animations and effects to enhance your UI. A pretty substantive collection of animated elements. You'll likely find a few for the marketing website, a handful that

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Weekend Reading β€” Low-maintenance passive traffic calming

Sophie Schmieg "Work moved to a new building. I didn't expect to take SAN damage from facilities." Tech Stuff Magic Notebook A free app, simple and elegant UI, no cloud sync, just open a folder and get working. Can handle DOCX, Markdown and text files. I

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coolify-deploy β€”Β Vercel-style deploys on your own hardware

Introducing coolify-deploy β€” git push to your own server with the simplicity of a platform. I used to host everything on Vercel and honestly it was great. Connect a repo, push, your app is live β€” simple enough that it spoils you fast. When I outgrew the free tier I upgraded to

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Weekend Reading β€” Locally hosted torment nexus

John "Posted today by Lego on their official Instagram account. Well done, Lego, well done. 😁" Tech Stuff portless HTTPS for npm dev using .localhost URLs instead of port numbers: Portless runs an HTTPS reverse proxy on port 443 by default. Each app registers a route mapping its hostname

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May 2nd, 2026 11 min read

Weekend Reading β€” The background noise of the AI bubble

Fake Metro Trains "Due to ongoing delays with the delivery of our new Xtrapolis 2.0 trains, we've implemented some temporary measures to keep our network running." Tech Stuff What's actually new in JavaScript (and what's coming next) This is a helpful

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April 25th, 2026 9 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Dream of bigger things

GeriAQuin Tech Stuff Tolaria I just added this app this to my repertoire. I didn't get a chance to use it much yet, but it looks interesting β€” build a knowledge you can share with your AI that's version controlled and doesn't require an Office

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April 18th, 2026 10 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Penguin drama

Niki "Most useless sign in the universe" Tech Stuff ShowMD The Markdown space is heating up πŸ”₯ Today I installed a Markdown editor (Scratch), upgraded my Markdown viewer (mud), and setup this Markdown QuickLook previewer (ShowMD). erictli/scratch Minimalist, offline-first markdown note-taking app for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Carlo

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April 11th, 2026 6 min read

Weekend Reading β€” Look Away

Someone Turned an Old Ford Van Into a Mini Semi and It’s Fantastic Tech Stuff LookAway This is one app I have to run on my Mac. It forces me to take a break every 45 minutes β€” not a Pomodoro break (which I never got the hang off), but

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April 4th, 2026 8 min read

Weekend Reading β€” For entertainment purposes only

Natasha "Perfect for Easter, EGGO is a two piece construction toy" Tech Stuff PopTask As a concept I find this super interesting β€” a task list that lives in the menu bar and understands human inputs like "evry tue thu 7 30 n sat mrng". Supports sub-tasks,

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