Now this looks handy, especially when you’re writing/testing code that’s dependent on the system’s time: php-timecop is a PHP extension providing “time travel” and “time freezing” capabilities Freeze time to a specific point. Travel back to a specific point in time, but allow time to continue moving forward from there. Scale time by a given […]
Category Archives: Elsewhere
O.MG Cable – A normal looking USB cable that can hijack your computer when plugged in
It looks like an ordinary Lightning to USB Cable from Apple, yet it’s not: it’s got built-in Wifi and can receive payloads which get executed on the machine it’s plugged in 😱 However, let this be a reminder to never trust external cables (or USB outlets for that matter!), found USB sticks, etc. O.MG Cable […]
BeFunky – Photo Editing & Graphic Design Made for Everyone
At the top of Creating vs. Shipping there’s a featured image that contains the quote I mentioned in the post itself. To create that image, I turned to an online tool named “BeFunky Photo Editor”. Even though the more advanced stuff (or extra variants of a brush) requires a paid account, it’s more than enough […]
Quickly browse the history of any GitHub file with GitHistory.xyz
Replace github.com with github.githistory.xyz in any file url There’s no step two I see a good use case for education/demos this. Also love how everything flies in and out of the screen. Smooth GitHistory.xyz → GitHistory.xyz Source (GitHub) →
Automatically create an APK from your Progressive Web App with PWA2APK
As mentioned in How to publish your PWA onto the Google Play Store it’s now possible to publish your PWA’s onto the Google Play Store. Thanks to PWA2APK you no longer need to manually create your APK: “just” enter the URL of your PWA and an APK – which you’ll need to publish manually – […]
Making Future Interfaces: Inline SVG
Another great entry in the “Making Future Interfaces” video series by Heydon Pickering. This one here is a basic introduction to SVG. Like with his other videos: even if you already know about the topic he’s talking about: just watch it, the presentation style and puns are great 🙂 Related: Here’s a post of mine […]
tailflix – A drop-in replacement for tail -F that asks you if you are still watching
LOL 😄 Run it directly using npx: npx tailflix /path/to/log.log tailflix →
Can’t Unsee – A game where your attention to details earns you a lot of coins.
Can’t Unsee is a fun game that shows you two designs next to each other. Your task: pick “the most correct one” from the two. Can’t Unsee →
CSS Grid: Excel Spreadsheet
Worth a peek, to see how it’s built. I like how the .cells__number cells are locked to the first column, independent of their order in the source code: grid-column: 1 / span 1; CSS Grid: Excel Spreadsheet →
Making setInterval Declarative with React Hooks
Dan Abramov’s blog Overreacted is pure gold and contains a ton of information. Take today’s post “Making setInterval Declarative with React Hooks” for example, in which he explains why setInterval and Hooks (which should be released in today’s planned React 16.8 release) don’t play that nice together out of the box. // This won’t work […]