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 […]
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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 →
Easily Start and Stop Docker Compose Projects with Captain
Jens Segers has created a handy shell script to easily start/stop Docker Compose based projects: Captain searches for docker-compose projects in your $HOME folder and allows you to start and stop those projects by passing a part of the parent directory name. Let this small recording of Captain in action convince you: Captain → Related: […]
JavaScript Object and Array Explorers
If you’re starting out with object and array manipulations in JavaScript these handy tools by Sarah Drasner might come in handy. The reason they work so well is that it’s one page, and it’s driven by natural language. JavaScript Object Explorer →JavaScript Array Explorer → Do not however that the yielded code mutate the original […]
Look up DNS Records online with dnsrecords.io
Straightforward new tool by Spatie. Just enter a domain and *boom*. Open Source too. dnsrecords.io →dnsrecords.io Source (GitHub) →
Learn to work the CSS Grid with Griddy
Another handy tool to getting to know the CSS Grid – in addition to the aforementioned CSS Grid Template Builder and Grid Garden – is Griddy: Griddy →
Keynote Extractor
Great tool by the folks at Mono. Just a drag a presention made in Keynote on the app and it’ll generate a neat HTML output containing both your slides and presenter notes. We thought the default HTML export in Keynote didn’t fit our needs. Extract your slides alongside your notes using our super easy drag […]
Getting the actual GIF from a tweet with TWEET2GIF
Twitter supports GIFs (and more recently: longer/bigger GIFs!), yet they render them as MP4 files. So how to get the original GIF? Enter TWEET2GIF: Ever wanted to download that gif that you saw on Twitter? Maybe share it on Facebook or other social networks? You’re at the right place! Just paste in the URL of […]
UpGuard Web Scan
The UpGuard external cyber audit uses publicly available information to grade your cyber risk posture. External scans are convenient and non-invasive but require an internal scan to assess the majority of risk factors. Checks for thinks like SPF records and stuff. UpGuard Web Scan →
Caniuse command line tool
Just what you’ve always wanted, it’s a caniuse command line tool! All the power of caniuse.com with none of the nice UI or interactivity! Install it using npm: npm install -g caniuse-cmd caniuse-cmd – Caniuse command line tool →