The housing theory of everything

 https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/the-housing-theory-of-everything/

I've thought for a long time that we've failed starter housing buyers. Here's more evidence. 

Welcome to KOR Connect Give your frontend infinite power through APIs

https://korconnect.io/ 

interesting unified layer for front-end development that handles authentication, etc. 

Reddit Marketing Made Easy! Targeted Reddit outreach with 40-45% response rate.

 https://howitzer.co/

highly targeted marketing for reddit advertising. Good plans seem a bit pricy. 

Your Guide to the Third-Party Cookie

https://www.morningbrew.com/marketing/s/your-guide-to-the-third-party-cookie

The changes that are coming. How will advertising outfits adapt?

Investigating an incident: how to log effectively (PHP)

 https://dev.to/he110/investigating-an-incident-how-to-log-effectively-php-105o

Introduction to local logging in PHP. Gets it fairly right.

SponsorGap is where newsletter and website creators find their next sponsor, post their open ad slots and brands publish their open sponsorships.

 https://sponsorgap.com/

Newsletter and website sponsor marketplace. 

Your everywhere Studio by Spotify

 https://www.soundtrap.com/

Online audio editor (DAW?) from spotify

Automation Tool to Extract Data From Any Website

 https://automatio.co/

No-code webscraping saas. 

The platform for your favorite nested films and shows.

 https://nestflix.fun/

Good start on fun topic. Minor quibble or two. Itchy and Scratch isn't in the Simpsons. It's in the Krusty the Clown show which is in the Simpsons. 

The essential tool for your author business

 https://bookfunnel.com/

Interesting toolbox for indie book authors for managing and promoting books. Not sure if the feature-set is complete, and I don't see a developer or API section, so I'm not sure it's extensible. 

Amplify Framework Documentation

https://docs.amplify.aws/ 

Interesting cross-platform cloud-based app framework. 

Joplin is an open source note-taking app. Capture your thoughts and securely access them from any device.

 https://joplinapp.org/

Looks like a capable replacement for evernote-type apps. 

The Housing Shortage Is Significant. It's Acute For Small, Entry-Level Homes

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/04/1033585422/the-housing-shortage-is-significant-its-acute-for-small-entry-level-homes

I've been saying this for years. 

On the Link Between Great Thinking and Obsessive Walking

 https://lithub.com/on-the-link-between-great-thinking-and-obsessive-walking/

Yes, I walk around the office a lot. 

SOFTWARE CATALOG NASA's Software Catalog

https://software.nasa.gov/ 

hundreds of programs you can download for free to use in a wide variety of technical applications.

Make a Website For Your Podcast in a Minute

 https://podsite.io/

Interesting SaaS to turn a podcast RSS into a website. 

For your next DIY audio project

 https://diy-hifi.com/

Interesting DIY audiophile site. The modular preamp looks interesting. 

Causal Inference for The Brave and True

 https://matheusfacure.github.io/python-causality-handbook/landing-page.html

from correlation to causation

How to Build APIs in Python: 8 Popular Frameworks

 https://www.makeuseof.com/build-api-python-popular-frameworks/amp/

comparing 8 popular python API frameworks. 

Facebook engineers develop new open source time keeping appliance

 https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/11/facebook-engineers-develop-new-open-source-time-keeping-appliance/

Because NTP is old-fashioned. Everybody needs an atomic clock in their desktop. 

Cybernetically enhanced web apps

  https://svelte.dev/

Another JavaScript front-end. 

The best way to build web apps without code

 https://bubble.io/

Another no-code web app builder

Solutions for Digital Empowerment

 https://www.epik.com/

Yes, another domain registrar. 

You’ve got the ideas, we’ve got the domains.

 https://www.hover.com/

Another alternative domain registrar. 

Mastering Vim Language

 https://towardsaws.com/understanding-the-vim-language-b6ea858e9dcc

There's always more to Vim!! 

Radio Paradise

 https://radioparadise.com/home

Lossless user-supported streaming service. 

Scientists Invented a Simple New Test For Creativity, And You Can Try It Out

 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-they-may-have-come-up-with-an-objective-measure-of-creativity

Interesting matrix correlation way of determining it. 

Understanding Flask vs FastAPI Web Framework

 https://towardsdatascience.com/understanding-flask-vs-fastapi-web-framework-fe12bb58ee75

I've used Flask before, but looks like FastAPI would be better, especially with OpenAPI integration. 

The pandemic-driven rise of OnlyFans

 https://slidebean.medium.com/only-fans-explained-how-much-money-can-a-nude-make-c0f3868e6eb0

Yeah, I know. 

6 Command Line Tools for Productive Programmers

 https://dev.to/adamgordonbell/6-command-line-tools-for-productive-programmers-433l

Representatives of the new generation of CLI Linux tools. I'm not sure about these, as they're mainly about bringing a GUI to the CLI. It's not the "unix way" of providing data that can be piped and transformed. 

The simplest way to create forms

 https://tally.so/

New SaaS drag-and-drop web form builder. Not sure about the business model, since it's free. 

No-Code Client Workflows

 https://beau.to/

New no-code workflow SaaS. Looks reasonably priced, we'll see.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About WebRTC

 https://blog.openreplay.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-webrtc

New quasi-serverless browser communication APIs. 

Simplifying business in the creator economy

 https://www.lumanu.com/

New platform specifically for creators. We'll see where it goes. 

Create Transformational Courses, Workshops and Content Faster

 https://educreator-os.com/

Interesting course-creator-in-a-box product. 

A Secure Link to the Public Internet

 https://packetriot.com/

Interesting VPN/Proxy product

christianity is collapsing

 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/christianity-is-collapsing/

Maybe, just maybe evangelical Christianity tying itself to the political party that the Nazis love wasn't the best thing for its witness. 

GPT-3 resources

 https://shotfox.gumroad.com/l/gpt-3resources

list of 170+ for $5 on gumroad

MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule.

 https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xw3x/new-research-vindicates-1972-mit-prediction-that-society-will-collapse-soon

Some scary scenarios out there. 

Say hello to blackbird The sharpest color theme around

 https://blackbird.mattglei.ch

Pretty nice color scheme. 

America’s First Legal DAO Approved in Wyoming

 https://decrypt.co/75222/americas-first-dao-approved-in-wyoming

The Tao of Dao

Top 12 Open Source Security Testing Tools

 https://faun.pub/top-12-open-source-security-testing-tools-6e293db4dc2e

most I've seen, a couple of new ones. Some specialized for databases, etc.

The Biggest Misconception About Git

https://medium.com/@gohberg/the-biggest-misconception-about-git-b2f87d97ed52

it's not all about diffs

10 Advanced Python Tricks To Write Faster, Cleaner Code

 https://medium.com/pythonland/10-advanced-python-tricks-to-write-faster-cleaner-code-f9ee76fa878f

some of these I've never seen. 

Writing copy has never been easier.

 https://headlime.com/

Commercial site that uses GPT3 AI to write copy. 

How to Create a Semaphore in Bash

 https://www.cloudsavvyit.com/11909/how-to-create-a-semaphore-in-bash/amp/

Can you create a semaphore in Bash. Should you? 

Building a color scheme

 https://web.dev/building-a-color-scheme/

Great info for those of us who are chromatically challenged. 

A “no math” (but seven-part) guide to modern quantum mechanics

 https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/the-curious-observers-guide-to-quantum-mechanics/

A bit of an oxymoron, but seems well-written. 

The defaultdict Object in Python

 https://towardsdatascience.com/a-better-alternative-to-python-dictionaries-6eaf8b6c48d0

eliminates the rough edges and edge-cases of the standard python dictionary. 

As a tech guy, you will thank me for these websites

 https://blog.devgenius.io/as-a-tech-guy-you-will-thank-me-for-these-websites-be09e86ebcef

Kinda random list of useful websites for techies: whois, portscanners, certificate checkers, mindmapper, etc. 

Build Stripe subscriptions into your website in minutes.

 https://www.pricewell.io/

Another mechanism to facilitate website subscriptions. 

Facebook announces Bulletin, its Substack newsletter competitor

 https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/29/22555957/facebook-bulletin-newsletter-subscriptions-substack-competitor

Because there's a pie out there and FB wants a piece of it? 

Too Many If-Elif Conditions in Python? Use Dictionaries Instead

 https://betterprogramming.pub/too-many-if-elif-conditions-in-python-use-dictionaries-instead-5486299af27e

I've blundered into this technique myself to make up for the lack of case statement. Their implementation is a bit cleaner than mine. 

4 Cool Python Libraries That You Should Know About

 https://towardsdatascience.com/4-cool-python-libraries-that-you-should-know-about-bea9619e481c

No grand literary theme tying these together, just cool libraries. 

zero-friction serverless development

 https://www.serverless.com/

Commercial product that takes the pain out of serverless deployment and logging. 

How ‘Soft Fascination’ Helps Restore Your Tired Brain

 https://elemental.medium.com/how-soft-fascination-helps-restore-your-tired-brain-27669cd0be9d

The brain needs to defocus and look away. 

It’s time to rip up your lawn and replace it with something you won’t need to mow

 https://www.popsci.com/diy/ground-cover-grass-replacement/

I've long thought mowing was idiotic. 

Essential SSH productivity tips

 https://medium.com/james-reads-public-cloud-technology-blog/essential-ssh-productivity-tips-e23289bbd1f7

Never tried editing a file over ssh

5 Powerful Python f-strings Use Cases

 https://betterprogramming.pub/5-powerful-python-f-strings-use-cases-acfb6070a8dd

Some a little too fancy for my taste

Open source no-code database and Airtable alternative

https://baserow.io/ 

We'll see how mature it is. 

An open source note taking and to-do application with synchronisation capabilities

 https://joplinapp.org/

Sorta like an opensource evernote

Why scientists think this hack is crucial for lifelong learning

https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/new-skills-brain-study 

The brain actually learns during rest. 

4 Linux Monitoring Tools You Should Use

 https://betterprogramming.pub/4-linux-monitoring-tools-you-should-use-38a136e68639

Monit is new to me. I'll have to try it out. 

Math Books you should read in 2021

 https://medium.com/data-science-rush/math-books-you-should-read-in-2021-2e878331be04

If only I had time. I'd probably buy the Princeton volume used for reference. 

How Software Is Eating the Car

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/advanced-cars/software-eating-car 

Excellent piece from Spectrum about software in automobiles. 

Authorization API for your application

 https://authress.io/

Interesting authentication as a service middleware. 

This Centuries-Old Trick Will Unlock Your Productivity

 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/magazine/productivity-self-mesmerism.html

Was Mesmer onto something? 

Information about B2B website visitors

 https://liftcertain.com/

Information about B2B website visitors

The easiest way to build stuff from Airtable, in minutes. No code required.

https://www.softr.io/ 

Another no-code tool to turn data into a website, this time from airtable. 

Amazon SES vs Mailgun - the ultimate guide

 https://engage.so/blog/amazon-ses-vs-mailgun-the-ultimate-guide/

Title says it all: each do about the same thing, but SES is much cheaper. 

Should you build in-house or buy a solution?

 https://zapier.com/blog/build-vs-buy/

The ancient buy-vs-build decision with some no-code updating. 

My Favorite CLI Tools

 https://medium.com/swlh/my-favorite-cli-tools-c2fa484cee52

A lot of these add color, so I'm not sold. But some appear to have genuine functionality. 

Laravel Service Container and Service Providers Explained

 https://dev.to/fhsinchy/laravel-service-container-and-service-providers-explained-5a1

Important concepts in the Laravel realm. 

Welcome to your podcast studio. Our AI-powered, production-quality tools can help bring your stories to life.

 https://podcastle.ai/

AI-based transcription and text-to-speech-to-podcast tools. 

Mailtrain Self Hosted Newsletter App Built on Top of Nodemailer

 https://mailtrain.org/

Self-hosted email newsletter platform that uses commercial delivery for the actual sending. 

The golden ratio: An ancient Greek formula could be responsible for most hit musicals

 https://phys.org/news/2021-05-golden-ratio-ancient-greek-formula.amp

The Golden Ratio and Les Mis. 

How to save up to 500€/year switching from Mailchimp to Open Source Mailtrain and AWS SES

 https://carlchenet.com/how-to-save-up-to-500e-year-switching-from-mailchimp-to-open-source-mailtrain-and-aws-ses/

For years there weren't good open source alternatives to commercial email marketing platforms. Seems to be changing now. 

An Interactive Web Dashboard with Plotly and Flask

 https://towardsdatascience.com/an-interactive-web-dashboard-with-plotly-and-flask-c365cdec5e3f

How does this compare with other visualization dashboards? 

Kobra A visual programming language for machine learning

 https://kobra.dev/
Reminds me a lot of Scratch

https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2021/05/pandas-functions-13-most-important/

 https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2021/05/pandas-functions-13-most-important/

Probably pretty accurate list. 

A new kind of IDE for Data Science. Supercharge your Data Science workflow.

 https://www.orchest.io/

Interesting take on visual workflow/pipelines inside an IDE. 

Exploratory Data Analysis of Text data Including Visualization and Sentiment Analysis

 https://towardsdatascience.com/exploratory-data-analysis-of-text-data-including-visualization-and-sentiment-analysis-e46dda3dd260

Good step-by-step walkthrough of NLP sentiment analysis. 

Need Email Forwarding For Your Domain? Receive, Send and Create unlimited email addresses with your own domain

 https://hanami.run/

I've tried doing this before. It's not as easy as it appears. 

UserBooster The Notion dashboard that helps you build your launch strateg

 https://userbooster.co/

Just what it says: helping products launch by using notion.

Notion

 https://www.notion.so/

The latest all-in-one, be-everything web creation app. 

How to Setup Tailwind CSS in Vue 3

 https://devjavu.space/post/how-to-setup-tailwind-css-in-vue-3/

Do two great tastes taste great together?

How to sell eBooks on your website with MemberSpace

 https://www.makerpad.co/tool-path/how-to-sell-ebooks-on-your-website-with-memberspace

Extending MemberSpace to sell ebooks

Turn any part of your website into members-only with just a few clicks

https://www.memberspace.com/ 

Another spin on pay-for-content

The (soon) open source search engine on object storage with sub-second latency

 https://quickwit.io/

Interesting project to build a low-cost web search. 

We build and maintain an open repository of web crawl data that can be accessed and analyzed by anyone.

 https://commoncrawl.org/

Interesting open data set of web crawl data sitting out on S3

Lessons I learned from achieving a 99.99% platform uptime

 https://dev.to/germangonzo/lessons-i-learned-from-achieving-a-99-99-platform-uptime-1c9o

We all know what we have to do. We just have to actually do it. 

15 YouTube Channels to Learn Data Science for Free

 https://dev.to/theinsightfulcoder/15-youtube-channels-to-learn-data-science-for-free-487b

A surprising number of single-creator channels here. 

The NGINX Handbook

 https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-nginx-handbook

I'm more of an Apache guy myself, but for those who use NGINX, this looks useful. 

The #1 Online School for App Entrepreneurs

 https://www.appswithoutcode.com/

Another spin on the no-code movement: a school for no-code app creators. 

This simple yet powerful desktop application allows you to run PHP code and quickly try out new ideas – all within the context of your application.

 https://tinkerwell.app/

A scratch-your-own-itch development tool for Laravel. 

Connect Google sheets to different data sources

 https://dataconnector.app/

Not quite full-baked yet, but shows promise. 

Laravel Best Practice [Coding Standards Part 02]

 https://dev.to/lathindu1/laravel-best-practice-coding-standards-part-02-a40

Looks to be some reasonable advice on Laravel coding standards. 

How To Create A Kickass GitHub Profile Page

 https://catalins.tech/how-to-create-a-kickass-github-profile-page

For those whose primary social platform is GitHub

Netflix Open Sources ConsoleMe to Manage Permissions and Access on AWS

 https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/04/netflix-consoleme-aws/

Dealing with IAM is one of the most painful parts of AWS. Maybe this will help. 

1 Line of Python Code for Data Profiling

 https://towardsdatascience.com/1-line-of-python-code-for-data-profiling-660496883d8f

kind-of-amazing all-in-one data profiling package. 

Why Your ‘True Self’ Is An Illusion

 https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7mwa3/why-your-true-self-is-an-illusion

Is there a "true self", or is it just mainly a useful fantasy?

11 Pandas Built-in Functions You Should Know

 https://towardsdatascience.com/11-pandas-built-in-functions-you-should-know-1cf1783c2b9

Good intro to the panda way of thinking

Turn your passion into income Everything you need to sell online courses, webinars, downloads, and memberships without worrying about the tech.

 https://www.podia.com/

Another Saas product to sell knowledge online. 

Emoji under the hood

 https://tonsky.me/blog/emoji/

A first dive into the somewhat confusing and esoteric technical world behind emoji. 

Plan 9 Foundation

 https://plan9foundation.org/

Perhaps too little, too late for the mainstream, but Bell Lab's last Magnum Opus: Plan 9, now has a home. 

SQLite is not a toy database

 https://antonz.org/sqlite-is-not-a-toy-database/

I've seen for several years that SQLite is the new database of choice for CMSs. MySQL is proving too heavy for them. 

Monetize your knowledge

 https://senseily.com/

Another all-in-one platform to sell knowledge. 

How to Build GitHub Apps For Fun and Profit

 https://dev.to/github/building-github-apps-for-fun-and-profit-4mid

Niche business: bolt-ons for GitHub

The Architecture Behind A One-Person Tech Startup

 https://anthonynsimon.com/blog/one-man-saas-architecture/

Interesting read of a one-person SaaS startup. 

Noson is a SONOS controller for Linux platforms

 https://janbar.github.io/noson-app/

I've never been into the Sonus products, but good to know there's an opensource controller for them. 

List of JSON tools for command line

 https://ilya-sher.org/2018/04/10/list-of-json-tools-for-command-line/

I've only ever used jq. 

Music in Python

https://towardsdatascience.com/music-in-python-2f054deb41f4 

Old-school ADSR

Turn your audience into a business.

https://ghost.org/ 

Started out just as a blogging platform, now positioned to compete with patreon, substack, etc. 

Copywriting: The Definitive Guide

 https://backlinko.com/copywriting-guide

This is a complete guide to copywriting in 2021. From the backlinko folks. 

The Smartest Way to Design & Deliver Notifications

 https://www.courier.com/

saas to get notifications out. Looks like a prettier product than SNS. 

Build your subscription business.

 https://www.outseta.com/

Saas service to manage a subscription business. Billed by number of contacts and a 1% transaction fee. 

40 genius products Reddit is obsessed with because they work SO well

 https://www.mic.com/p/40-genius-products-reddit-is-obsessed-with-because-they-work-so-well-65251377

I do follow /r/buyitforlife and have seen some of these products mentioned. 

Interoperable Python and SQL in Jupyter Notebooks

https://towardsdatascience.com/interoperable-python-and-sql-in-jupyter-notebooks-86245e711352

An introduction to FugueSQL. It's magical.

1 Line of Python Code for Data Profiling

 https://towardsdatascience.com/1-line-of-python-code-for-data-profiling-660496883d8f

The magic of pandas_profiling

A Year in Review: An InfraCode Guide to Terraform Basic Principles

 https://medium.com/faun/a-year-in-review-a-guide-to-hashicorp-basic-principles-eec0faa452d0

Index article to a lot of Terraform content. 

Billion Events Per Second with Millisecond Latency: Streaming Analytics at Giga-Scale

 https://jet-start.sh/blog/2021/03/17/billion-events-per-second

That's a LOT of events

I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service

https://tinyprojects.dev/projects/mailoji 

So are email emoji domains useful?

Announcing Flutter 2

 https://developers.googleblog.com/2021/03/announcing-flutter-2.html

I guess Flutter's gained enough traction to get an update. 

A Vim Guide for Advanced Users

 https://thevaluable.dev/vim-advanced/

Some stuff I use all the time, some stuff I've never seen. 

Extract data from any website in seconds

https://simplescraper.io/ 

An interesting take on web scraping: via browser plugin and cloud app 

Interactive Typography Cheatsheet

 https://codepo8.github.io/typography-cheatsheet/

Parts of glyphs you never knew about. A lot of subtlety here. 

A Vim Guide for Intermediate Users

 https://dev.to/phantas0s/a-vim-guide-for-intermediate-users-4i0p

I really need to learn to use tabs

Costly Mistakes: Why We Had to Abandon Firebase

 https://js.plainenglish.io/costly-mistakes-why-we-had-to-abandoned-firebase-b89930c10d92

Dare I say? They got burned by firebase.

Analyze and transcribe audio and video. Extract insights from text. Transform your media into incredible assets for growth.

 https://speakai.co/

Not exactly sure how this differs from other transcription services. 

Turn Photos into Cartoons Using Python

 https://towardsdatascience.com/turn-photos-into-cartoons-using-python-bb1a9f578a7e

kinda nice look on the supplied photo. Wish it had more examples. 

Beware dealing with amazon

 https://imgur.com/gallery/Eh9gPsC

They might not deal fairly with you

The New Data Engineering Stack

 https://towardsdatascience.com/the-new-data-engineering-stack-78939850bb30

The current tools of the trade for data engineering. 

4 Types of Comprehensions In Python

 https://towardsdatascience.com/4-types-of-comprehensions-in-python-2fbeafdf2fda

Yeah, don't think I'd seen that last one

The End of ETL As We Know It

 https://medium.com/whispering-data/the-end-of-etl-as-we-know-it-92166c19084c

go to a pub/sub model

10 outstanding short stories

 https://longreads.com/2021/01/11/ten-outstanding-short-stories-to-read-in-2021/

Not familiar with them, worth a look. 

Meet Adalo. Turn Your Client's Dream Into Reality Without Coding!

 https://www.adalo.com/

Another no-code solution, this one for mobile apps. 

SOUL language for audio plugins

 https://soul-lang.github.io/SOUL/docs/SOUL_V1_Release.html

Interesting audio processing development language. 

Food on the table while giving away code

 https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/01/15/food-on-the-table-while-giving-away-code/

The business of Curl

Shopify the future of ecommerce 2021

 https://cdn.shopify.com/static/future-of-commerce/Shopify%20Future%20of%20Commerce%202021.pdf

Where online and brick-and-mortar are heading

What I Use Now Instead Of Google

 https://dev.to/kiraemclean/what-i-use-now-instead-of-google-56lf

no substitute for google maps

A “no math” (but seven-part) guide to modern quantum mechanics

 https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/the-curious-observers-guide-to-quantum-mechanics/

lots of visuals!

Saving bookmarks is easy Keeping them tidy, not so much

 https://bkmark.io/

Another bookmarking service. I don't see and API yet, though. 

Things I Wished More Developers Knew About Databases

 https://rakyll.medium.com/things-i-wished-more-developers-knew-about-databases-2d0178464f78

Some rather subtle points here

DALL·E: Creating Images from Text

 https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/

Some of the most amazing AI I've seen. 

Study: Folklore structure reveals how conspiracy theories emerge, fall apart

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/01/study-folklore-structure-reveals-how-conspiracy-theories-emerge-fall-apart/

It's all about cross-domain linking

The world's #1 3d printing magazine

 https://all3dp.com/

Some cool 3d printing resources. Perhaps a bit heavy on Ender. 

Content Marketing in 2021: The Definitive Guide

https://backlinko.com/content-marketing-this-year 

Some adjustments to evergreen strategy

1,273 People Share Their Best Life Lessons from 2020

 https://markmanson.net/life-lessons-from-2020

Life lessons from COVID

35+ Free Public APIs to Improve Productivity

 https://blog.idrisolubisi.com/35-free-public-apis-to-improve-productivity

Not sure how much some of these actually boost productivity, but they're fun anyway. 

10 JavaScript Hacks Every Web Developer Should Know

 https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/javascript-hacks/

Perhaps not "hacks" as "useful tips"