VirtualTam's bookmarks

1. xml2rfc - Generate RFCs and IETF drafts from document source in XML according to the IETF xml2rfc v2 and v3 vocabularies 2025-02-16

   tags: ietf/rfc, internet, programming/html, programming/python, programming/xml

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   • ietf-tools/xml2rfc
   • Xml2rfc Vocabulary Version 3 Schema
2. lnav - Logfile navigator 2025-01-30

   tags: command-line, database/sqlite, observability/logging, programming/c++, programming/json

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   • The Logfile Navigator
   • Command Line Interface
   • Log Formats
   • SQLite Interface
3. baskervaldx – Extension and modification of BaskervaldADF with LaTeX support 2025-01-27

   tags: programming/latex, text/font

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   • BaskervilleF and Baskervaldx
   • Font Catalogue - Baskervald X
   • baskervaldadf – Baskervald ADF fonts collection with TeX/LaTeX support
4. The SQLite JSONB Format 2025-01-21

   tags: database/sqlite, programming/json

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   • JSON Functions And Operators
   • SQLite 3.45.0
   • SQLite 3.45: Interactive release notes
5. bash-stack - modern web framework in bash 2025-01-20

   tags: parody, programming/awk, programming/html, programming/node.js, programming/shell/bash, sed

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   Need bash scripts? Already have too many? I'm available to help.

   • cgsdev0/bash-stack
   • bash.consulting
6. Hacking the Yamaha DX9 To Turn It Into a DX7 2025-01-20

   tags: electronics, firmware, instrument/synthesizer, programming/assembly, reverse-engineering

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   • ajxs/yamaha_dx97
   • Yamaha DX7 Firmware ROM Disassembly
   • Yamaha DX7 Official Technical Analysis
   • Yamaha DX 7 Technical Analysis Booklet
   • Introduction to Reverse-Engineering Vintage Synth Firmware
7. Python 3 - struct - Interpret bytes as packed binary data 2025-01-19

   tags: binary, parser, programming/python

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   • Format Characters
8. badkeys - Checking cryptographic public keys for known vulnerabilities 2025-01-18

   tags: cryptography/elliptic-curve, cryptography/rsa, leak, programming/python, security, security/password

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   • badkeys/badkeys
   • Private Keys in the Fortigate Leak
9. Rust needs a web framework for lazy developers 2024-12-30

   tags: database, framework, network/http, programming/html, programming/rust, web

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   The benefits are there: you get wonderful type system, wonderful performance, and build times that give you back those coffee breaks you used to get while your code compiled.

   • ~ntietz/newt - Nicole's Web Toolkit
   • Are we web yet?
10. Lychee - Finds broken hyperlinks and mail addresses inside Markdown, HTML, reStructuredText, or any other text file or website! 2024-12-21

    tags: command-line, network/url, programming/markdown, programming/rust, web

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    • lycheeverse/lychee-action - Github action to check for broken links in Markdown, HTML, and text files
11. FreshRSS - #4220 - Implement Web scraping "HTML + XPath" 2024-12-14

    tags: feed/rss, programming/html, programming/php, programming/xml/xpath, web/scraping

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    Consume any Web site / HTML source, also when an RSS / Atom feed is not available.

    • XPath Scraping with FreshRSS
    • RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge
12. Text normalization in Go 2024-11-28

    tags: ietf/rfc, programming/go, text/ascii, text/unicode

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    Standard library:

    • unicode - Data and functions to test some properties of Unicode code points

    Extra libraries:

    • golang.org/x/text - Supplementary Go packages for text processing, many involving Unicode
    • golang.org/x/text/runes - Tansforms for UTF-8 encoded text
    • golang.org/x/text/transform - Reader and writer wrappers that transform the bytes passing through
    • golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm - Types and functions for normalizing Unicode strings
    • golang.org/x/text/unicode - Building blocks for other packages in golang.org/x/text

    Third-party libraries:

    • anyascii/go - Converts Unicode characters to their best ASCII representation

    RFCs:

    • RFC 8264 - PRECIS Framework: Preparation, Enforcement, and Comparison of Internationalized Strings in Application Protocols
    • RFC 8265 - PRECIS for Usernames and Passwords
    • RFC 8266 - PRECIS for Nicknames

    Resources:

    • Unicode - General Category Property
    • Diacritic
    • Unicode Equivalence
    • Unicode Equivalence - Normal Forms
    • When to use Unicode Normalization Forms NFC and NFD?
    • Remove diacritics using Go
13. Automatic Summarization 2024-11-27

    tags: natural-language-processing, programming/python, programming/r, text

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    • TextRank: Bringing Order into Texts (PDF)
    • TextRank example for summarizing text with R
    • TextRank example for text summarization with Python, Numpy, Pandas, NLTK and Networkx
14. sqlfluff - A modular SQL linter and auto-formatter with support for multiple dialects and templated code 2024-11-24

    tags: database/mysql, database/postgresql, database/sqlite, programming/python, programming/sql, static-analysis/lint

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    • Configuration
    • Rules Reference
15. How to Favicon in 2024: Three files that fit most needs 2024-11-22

    tags: image/icon, programming/html

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    • Simplified way of adding a favicon to the website
16. Web Synth - A browser-based audio synthesis, music production, and sound experimentation platform 2024-11-22

    tags: audio, instrument/midi, instrument/synthesizer, programming/rust, programming/typescript, programming/webassembly

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    • ameobea/web-synth
    • Rust+WASM Powered FM Synthesizer
    • FM Synthesis in the Browser with Rust, Web Audio, and WebAssembly with SIMD
17. Building SimCity - How to Put the World in a Machine 2024-11-22

    tags: architecture/urban-planning, book, city, game/sandbox, game/sim-city, game/simulation, programming/c++, society/demographics

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    • Discussion on Hacker News
    • Book report by Steward Brand
    • ROMchip Presents: Building SimCity: A Conversation with Will Wright and Chaim Gingold
    • EA Sim City 2000 Will Wright Interview
    • Game Developer Magazine - April/May 1995
    • Stanford Libraries - Interfacing to Microworlds, Will Wright, Maxis
    • Will Wright on Designing User Interfaces to Simulation Games (1996) (2023 Video Update)
    • Will Wright and Brian Eno - Generative Systems
    • Playing with Time | Brian Eno and Will Wright
    • SimHacker/MicropolisCore - SimCity/Micropolis C++ Core

    Related books:

    • Racing the Beam - The Atari Video Computer System
    • Minitel - Welcome to the Internet
    • Developer's Dilemma: The Secret World of Videogame Creators
    • Silicon Second Nature - Culturing Artificial Life in a Digital World
18. Streamline - Icon system for harmonious designs and faster workflows 2024-11-21

    tags: image/icon, image/png, image/svg, programming/html, web

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19. pg_duckdb - A Postgres extension that embeds DuckDB's columnar-vectorized analytics engine and features 2024-11-20

    tags: database/duckdb, database/postgresql, programming/apache-parquet, programming/c++, programming/json, programming/python, programming/sql

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    • DuckDB - PostgreSQL Extension
    • Querying Postgres Tables Directly from DuckDB
20. The Annotated Hacker Test | For those of us who didn't receive a case of beer with our computer. 2024-11-19

    tags: computer, hardware/cpu, hardware/ram, history, nerd, programming/assembly, programming/c, programming/pascal, unix

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    • Original plain text version from 1989
    • Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL (see: THE REAL PROGRAMMER'S NATURAL HABITAT)