Requirements: NO ads (except when promoting its own services or products), NO third-party tracking or non-essential first-party tracking, NO pop-ups, NO auto-playing video or audio, NO non-trivial accessibility issues, NO non-trivial performance issues on mobile networks, and NO excess of low quality or harmful content.
Buyer's guides
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Laptop main
Laptops, reviews, news
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NotebookCheck
Laptops, reviews, benchmarks, news, buyer's guides
Creative writing
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Ampersandia
Creative writing, art, conlangs, games
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And Now
Poetry, visual art, absurdist
Digital art
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People as computers; poetry as code
Practice-based research project on the aesthetics of programming languages
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Prāsa programming language
Abstracted implementation of Telugu poetic grammar
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Scrapism
Web scraping, data journalism, conceptual art
Do it yourself
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Repair Wiki
Repair Preservation Group, repair anything, electronics
eBooks
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Gutenberg Project
Free & libre eBooks, TXT/
HTML/ EPUB/ MOBI -
Standard eBooks
Free & libre eBooks, professional formatting
Food
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Based Cooking
Recipes, minimalist, fast
Free & libre software
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Jupyter
Write, share, and collaborate on interactive code snippets
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OpenOffice
Productivity suite, Microsoft Office alternative, Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math, Base
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Write Free Software
Clear & succinct explanations of free & libre software concepts
Games
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Baldur's Gate 3 Wiki
Spells, Companions, Races, Classes, Feats, Skills, Quests, Backgrounds
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Lichess
Chess, real players, free and open source, live and correspondence games
Gemini clients
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Lagrange
Desktop GUI client, Windows/
MacOS/ Linux, bookmarks, tabs, history
Geminispace (requires a Gemini client)
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Bubble
Bulletin board system with many influences from Station, Reddit, WordPress, and issue trackers like GitHub Issues
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Collaborative Directory of Geminispace
Community-contributed categorised links to Gemini resources
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Gemini Search Engine
Search engine and list of known hosts in Geminispace
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Medusae
A catalogue of capsules organised into categories
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The Treeblue Review
Curated themed feeds and lists of links aggregated from across Geminispace
Geography
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Radical Cartography
Radical cartography, information design, statistical maps, thematic maps
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the Degree Confluence Project
Photos and stories of all latitude and longitude integer degree intersections in the world
Government services (NL)
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Graafmelding
Melden van graafwerken. Kabel- en leidinginformatie.
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Meldpunt Identiteitsfraude
Identiteitsfraude: tips, advies, ondersteuning, melden
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Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit - Melding doen
Dierenwelzijn, hygiëne, voedselvergiftiging, verkoop tabak aan jongeren, enzovoorts.
Government services (UK)
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Cost of living support
Support with income, support with bills and costs.
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Set up a business
Registration, writing a business plan, planning for growth
History
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Micronations wiki
Micronations, editable, encyclopedia, culture, history
Humour
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Apple Rankings
Apple reviews, rated on many factors, strong language
Internet history
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Smiley Lore
Inventor of the sideways smiley, 1982, sideways smiley history
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Connected
An internet encyclopedia
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Netiquette Guidelines
RFC 1885, Intel, 1995, etiquette for email, chat, messaging
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The perfect website
Ultimate version of the perfect website, 2017, strong language
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The first ever website
CERN, World Wide Web (w3), first website, 1991
Learning
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LandChad.net
Helping individuals set up their own web server, email server, chat server
Link aggregators
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Lobsters
Link aggregator, computing
Metacognition
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Untools
Mental models, decision-making, sense-making, problem-solving
Movies & TV shows
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Bonetflix
Best movies & series on Netflix based on IMDB & Filmaffinity scores
Music
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Music Box
DIY 15-note music box, make and share music box songs
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Musictheory.net
Music theory, lessons, exercises, tools, interactive
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Web Music Apps
Apps for creating, generating, learning, and editing music
News
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Alterslash
Slashdot condensed (unofficial), includes article text
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Hckr News
Hacker News condensed (unofficial), chronological, filter popular
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Neuters
Reuters condensed (unofficial), includes search
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NPR (text-only)
Text articles, National Public Radio (US), NPR condensed (official)
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Spike News
Simple news aggregator, configure sources, add sources
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Current events (Wikipedia)
Worldwide news, Wikipedia, many languages
Open Science
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Arxiv
Curated research-sharing platform, digital open access, scholarly articles
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Invest in Open Infrastructure
Improve the funding of open and community-owned infrastructure for research
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Open Science MOOC
Community, courses, open research software, open access to research
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ReproducibiliTea
Journal club community, Open Science journal clubs, organiser tools
Operating systems
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Arch Linux
Minimalist, fast, flexible, complex installation and configuration, rolling releases
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FreeBSD
BSD-based, high performance, security-focused, modular
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Linux Mint
Ubuntu-based, low system requirements, Windows-like UI (Cinnamon)
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OpenBSD
BSD-based, secure, performant, portable, principle of least astonishment
Personal websites
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Ana Rodrigues
Front-end developer, IndieWeb, blog, bookmarks
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Andreas Kling
Creator of SerenityOS, blog, C++, software develoment
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Angela Washko
Feminist media artist, documentary film, video art, video games, performance art
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Arjen de Ruiter
Software delivery, consulting, technical leadership, engineering management
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Bastian Rieck
Topology, machine learning, toolsmith, academia, programming, Linux
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Brad Cooper
Design and consulting, product strategy, user research, ideation
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Bradley Taunt
Designer, user experience, developer, OpenBSD, minimalism
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Branden Higby
Jekyll, creative writing, music, movies
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Bryan Braun
Frontend developer, indie hacker, web development, education
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Carl Svensson
Blog, computing, software, visual art
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Chris Haynes
Web developer consultant, web components, progressive enhancement, web performance
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Chris Koehnke
Developer, minimalism, geekery, Linux, Android, privacy
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David Millington
Design, User Experience, management, Estonia
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Daniel Stenberg
Creator of cURL, Open Source projects, internet protocols, blog
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Darius Kazemi
Internet artist, bots, creative technology, fediverse
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Dennis M. Ritchie
In memoriam, biography, history of Unix, Bell Labs, C
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Drew DeVault
Developer, blog, free software, open source, Linux
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Dylan Harris
Poetry, photography, IndieWeb, blog
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Eric Bower
Web technology, philosophy, small web
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François-Xavier Carton
Blog, projects, C, coding style, Vim, LaTeX, Rust, git
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Hendrik Lammers
Bash, CSS, Git, JavaScript, TypeScript, Vim, Chrome, jq
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Herman Martinus
Blog, web development, minimalist blogging platform, writing
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Hidde de Vries
Web development, web accessibility, events, performance, usability
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Ian Emnace
Web development, Vim, Vim plugins, open source, Linux bash
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Jakob Kaivo
Software development, C, Unix, UNG, POSIX, electronic warfare
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Jeff Huang
Information Science, Human-Computer Interaction, open data
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Jey Austen
Brand design, visual design, illustration, art direction
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Joey Hess
Developer, open source, Debian, blog, codewiki, sustainability
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Joshua Stein
Software development, retro computing, classic MacOS software
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Karl Bartel
Software development, free software, open data, minimalist software
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Ken Hawkins
Helping projects move beyond content and problems into performant web platforms
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Koundinya Dhulipalla
Telugu artist & technologist, computational politics, experimental codeworks
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Luke Smith
Books, Lindypress, development projects, Linux, philosophy, languages
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Matt Kruse
Web development, Alexa, clean UIs, effective communication, JavaScript
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Maxim Orlov
Node.js development, asynchronous techniques, courses, articles, tips
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Peter Cammeraat
iOS and web development, creator of Quiet app, user experience, privacy
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Po Kamnuandej
Blog, privacy, user experience
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Ramsey Nasser
Computer scientist, game designer, media artist
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Rhian van Esch
Web development, Eleventy, Developer Experience, productivity
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Rickard Natt och Dag
Developer, ReScript, Rust, AppleScript, Vim
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Rohan Kumar
Web technology, privacy, accessibility, FLOSS, IndieWeb
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Sijmen Mulder
Software development, Unix, Windows
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Simon Cox
Technical SEO consultant, web standards evangelist, narrow gauge railways modeller
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Sophia Willows
Web development, DevOps, Cloud, JavaScript, TypeScript, LLMs
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Stefan Baumgartner
TypeScript, Rust, articles, books, guides, slides
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Stefan Bohacek
BotWiki, bot templates, fediverse, civic tech, open web
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Tan Li Hau
Frontend development, Svelte core maintainer
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Tanner Collin
Home automation, bots, Python, Debian, coffee, makerspaces
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Tanner Dolby
Eleventy, Phaser, mathematics, Python, JavaScript, CSS
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Wilco van Esch
Quality Engineering, software delivery, web development
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Wouter Groeneveld
Software engineer, software design, creative problem solving, baking
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Zach Holman
Angel investor, startup advisor, developer, blog, GitHub
Podcasts
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Linux after Dark
Linux-related experiences, four hosts
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Pixel's Podcast List
Directory of podcasts, fictional, horror, LGBT+
Press freedom
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Freedom of the Press Foundation
USA, non-profit, press freedom, advocacy, journalism, whisteblowing
Publishing platforms
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Bear blog
Minimalist blogging platform, privacy first, no ads, no tracking, no JS, no CSS
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Mataroa
Minimalist blogging platform, no ads, no tracking, image hosting, subscriptions
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Scribe
Medium condensed (unofficial), easy reading
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Smol.pub
Tiny blogging service, image storage, no JavaScript, no ads, no tracking
Reclaiming the web
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noyb
European Center for Digital Rights, non-profit, targeted and strategic litigation
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Other Networks
Writing about (and experimenting with) alternative and forgotten networks
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Polite
Personal culture aggregator, multi-cloud file manager
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Solid
Decentralised data storage, control access to your personal data, web standard, Tim Berners-Lee
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The Slow Web Initiative
Transparency, non-manipulative, privacy, right to leave
Reference works
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Gopherpedia
Text-only Wikipedia
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HTTP status codes
HTTP status codes, text only, descriptions, references
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Mathematics bibliography
Textbook reviews, mathematics, bibliographical references
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WikiBooks
Free textbooks, open content, collaborative
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Wikipedia (EN)
Encyclopedia, open content, non-profit
RSS feed aggregators
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About Feeds
What are RSS feeds? How do you read them?
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Feed Canary
Set a monitor to check your RSS feed remains working
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RS.S JOY.lol
Random IndieWeb RSS feed URLs every 6 hours
Science literacy
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NeurologicaBlog
Neuroscience, Steven Novella, critical thinking
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Sci-Hub
Bypass science journal paywalls, open knowledge
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Skeptics Stack Exchange
Scientific skepticism, questions and answers, evaluating truth claims
Search engines
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Marginalia
Search engine, non-commercial content, less familiar content
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searchmysite.net
Search engine, non-commercial content, personal and independent websites
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Wiby
Search engine, IndieWeb, crawls single pages as submitted
Site directories
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Learning resources
Learning resources, search engine, online learning platform
Software engineering
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StaffEng
Reaching Staff+ engineering roles, guides, stories, book, podcast
Sustainability
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Low-Tech Magazine
Old technology, sustainable energy practices, reduced energy use
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Permacomputing
Extend hardware lifespans, reduce energy use, use available computational resources
Tools
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Anki
Anki, flash cards, strengthen memories of information
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EasyList
Automatically remove unwanted content (ads, banners, tracking), browser extension
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Encycolorpedia
Paints, web safe colours, HTML colours, named colours
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FlowCV
Build a resume, modern design, customizable templates
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Frink
Calculator and programming language, accurate physical calculations
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Plaintext email
Plaintext email clients, recommended clients, configuring plaintext
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Pomodor
Pomodoro timer, Pomodoro sessions, dark mode
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IP address
Your public IPv4 address
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Text-based Google Directions
Minimalist public transport directions
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uBlacklist
Google Search filter, browser extension, block sites, highlight sites
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Weather report
Local weather, current, next 2 days
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Woodpecker CI
Free and open source, Docker containers, multiple pipelines, simple, extensible
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You Feel Like Shit
Self-care, interactive flowchart
Travel
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Wikivoyage
Travel guides, non-profit, editable, dynamic maps, offline versions
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Working in Antarctica
What life is like at Antarctic science stations
User experience
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Deceptive Patterns
Dark patterns, types, laws, court cases, hall of shame, reading list
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Humane By Design
Guidelines for designing ethically humane digital products and services
-
The A11Y Project
Digital accessibility, blog, learning, resources
Visual art
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Inspiral Web
Spirograph, Inspiral app, drawing, download
Web development
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Eleventy
Static site generator, HTML, Markdown, quick to get started with
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Enhance.dev
Web framework, HTML-based, full stack, accessible, performant
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Flask
Web framework, Python, minimalistic, flexible
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Gitea
Git hosting, team collaboration, package registry, CI/CD
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HTML Energy
HTML freewrite events, podcast celebrating HTML practitioners
-
HTML recipes
A collection of quick copy HTML snippets for a variety of common scenarios
-
Logo experiments
Every possible way to draw a logo with modern front-end techniques
-
React
Web & native framework, JavaScript, components, virtual DOM
-
Ruby on Rails
Web framework, Ruby, CRUD, full stack, generators
-
Svelte
Web framework, JavaScript, compiled, compact
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Umami
Open source, privacy-focused, simple analytics alternative
-
Vue.js
Web framework, JavaScript, components, state management
Web shops
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Think Penguin
Linux-compatible hardware, laptops, desktops
Social networks
Virtual pub, write posts and replies, collective micro-blogging
Slow social network, GNU/Linux shell, text-based, asynchronous