Monday assorted links: serpapi/nokolexbor High-performance HTML5 parser for Ruby based on Lexbor, with support for both CSS selectors and XPath 🔗

GitHub

GitHub - serpapi/nokolexbor: High-performance HTML5 parser for Ruby based on Lexbor, with support for both CSS selectors and XPath.

High-performance HTML5 parser for Ruby based on Lexbor, with support for both CSS selectors and XPath. - serpapi/nokolexbor

Sunday assorted links: How did the Enigma Machine work? - YouTube 🔗

Friday assorted links: Pikuma: The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development Jungle music was found in countless games from the early 90s. This article goes over what jungle is, where it comes from, and why it was the perfect match for PlayStation & Nintendo 64 games. 🔗

The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development

Jungle music was found in countless games from the early 90s. This article goes over what jungle is, where it comes from, and why it was the perfec...

Wednesday assorted links: fmt.Sprintf vs String Concat | DoltHub Blog 🔗

fmt.Sprintf vs String Concat

Blog for DoltHub, a website hosting databases made with Dolt, an open-source version-controlled SQL database with Git-like semantics.

--- Stirling PDF Your locally hosted one-stop-shop for all your PDF needs. 🔗

Stirling PDF

The Free Adobe Acrobat alternative (10M+ Downloads)

--- IronCalc - Open-Source Spreadsheet Engine IronCalc is an open-source spreadsheet engine and ecosystem. 🔗

IronCalc

IronCalc is a spreadsheet engine and ecosystem.

--- Introduction - Mergiraf A syntax-aware git merge driver for a growing collection of programming languages and file formats. 🔗

Introduction - Mergiraf

A syntax-aware git merge driver for a growing collection of programming languages and file formats.

Tuesday assorted links: nutjar.js - npm The easiest way to receive permissionless Lightning donations on a website! 🔗 https://www.npmjs.com/package/nutjar.js

Sunday assorted links: Compressor.io Optimize and compress JPEG, PNG, SVG, GIF and WEBP images online. Compress, resize and rename your photos for free. 🔗

Compressor.io - optimize and compress JPEG photos and PNG images

Optimize and compress your jpeg and png images online. Compressor is a lossy and lossless photo compression tool.

--- Radio Garden Explore live radio by rotating the globe. 🔗

Explore live radio by rotating the globe

Explore live radio by rotating the globe.

--- Tools kept it simple The home of curated web tools that kept things simple and efficient. No signups, no paywalls, no-nonsense — just instant solutions. 🔗

Tools kept it simple

The home of curated tools that keep things simple and efficient. No unnecessary sign-ups, no paywalls for core functionality, no-nonsense — just ...

--- JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown Convert HTML to Markdown. Even works with entire websites and can be extended through rules. 🔗

GitHub

GitHub - JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown: ⚙️ Convert HTML to Markdown. Even works with entire websites and can be extended through rules.

⚙️ Convert HTML to Markdown. Even works with entire websites and can be extended through rules. - JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown

Saturday assorted links: The Problem with Free Options - Boltz’s Blog Why Boltz does not trade BTC/USDt? Because of the free option problem 🔗

The Problem with Free Options

TL;DR: There might not be any such thing as a free lunch but in cryptoverse, there is something called the free options problem that…

--- Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities macOS comes with a lot of built-in utilities. Here's a list of some that I find interesting. 🔗

Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities

macOS comes with a lot of built-in utilities. Here's a list of some that I find interesting.

--- GitHub Next | GitHub Spark GitHub Spark is an AI-powered tool for creating and sharing micro apps (“sparks”), which can be tailored to your exact needs and preferences, and are directly usable from your desktop and mobile devices. Without needing to write or deploy any code. 🔗

GitHub Next

GitHub Next | GitHub Spark

GitHub Next Project: Can we enable anyone to create or adapt software for themselves, using AI and a fully-managed runtime?

--- Tourniquet Receive donations directly to your crypto addresses without risking of getting any funds blocked. 🔗

Tourniquet

Receive donations directly to your crypto addresses without risking of getting any funds blocked.

--- Motherfucking RSS Reader A basic RSS reader, in the spirit of the motherfucking websites. 🔗 https://motherfuckingrssreader.com/

Alice: one of Ark's problem is server’s liquidity requirements Bob: if only the server could get back the liquidity from already spent VTXOs before expiration time… Ark Labs: hold my beer

Blog - Ark Labs

Unlocking Liquidity Before Shared Output Expiration

A new VTXO Tree signing scheme that allows the server to unlock liquidity before a round expiration. Building on insights from Brandon Black, we ...

Friday assorted links: Draw.Audio Draw.Audio is a free musical sketch-pad for exploring ideas in sound and art. It's an all-in-one synthesizer, sequencer, and drawing tool. 🔗

Draw.Audio - Draw something, then listen to it.

Draw.Audio is a free musical sketch-pad for exploring ideas in sound.

--- SnapNostr | Create beautiful images of Nostr notes Create stunning, customizable screenshots of Nostr posts with SnapNostr. 🔗

SnapNostr - Create beautiful images of Nostr notes

Create stunning, customizable screenshots of Nostr posts with SnapNostr.

--- ColliderScript: Covenants in Bitcoin via 160-bit hash collisions We introduce a method for enforcing covenants on Bitcoin outputs without requiring any changes to Bitcoin by designing a hash collision based equivalence check which bridges Bitcoin’s limited Big Script to Bitcoin’s Small Script. 🔗 📄.pdf --- Guide for Wallets Employing Bitcoin Core 28.0 Policies | Bitcoin Optech The guide explains and provides command line samples for: - One Parent One Child (1P1C) Relay - TRUC Transactions - 1P1C-topology Package RBF - Pay To Anchor (P2A) as well as describing common wallet patterns that can benefit: simple payments, coinjoins, LN, Ark, LN splicing 🔗

Bitcoin Optech

Guide for Wallets Employing Bitcoin Core 28.0 Policies

In Bitcoin Core 28.0 contains new P2P and mempool policy features that may be useful for a number of wallets and transaction types. Here Gregory Sa...

Wednesday assorted links: Writing secure Go code | Jakub Jarosz What does it mean to keep security in mind when writing Go code? Answering this question in one short article seems impossible. For this reason, we will narrow it down to a few specific practices. 🔗

Jakub Jarosz

Writing Secure Go Code

Security testing starts with understanding vulnerabilities. The CVE website lists known software flaws. The OWASP Top Ten highlights common weaknes...

--- The Go libraries that never failed us: 22 libraries you need to know | Three Dots Labs blog In this guide, we share 22 Go libraries that have proven reliable across multiple production systems we've built. We cover essential tools for HTTP routing, database access, messaging, observability, and testing - all based on our experience leading Go teams. For each library, we explain its key strengths and provide practical usage tips. We also highlight common mistakes to avoid when using these tools. 🔗

The Go libraries that never failed us: 22 libraries you need to know

In this guide, we share 22 Go libraries that have proven reliable across multiple production systems we