urban weekly #102
weekly tech news so you don't have to read all the internet
Good to know
Maybe Bluesky has "won" - Insights about how Bluesky works. bluesky
Fit-to-Width Text: A New Technique - Registered custom properties are now available in all modern browsers. Using some pre-existing techniques based on them and complex container query length units, I solved a years-long problem of fitting text to the width of a container, hopefully paving the path towards a proper native implementation. css
An Engineering Manager Challenge - What would you do if you had to make the choice here? interview, leadership 🔥
Lessons from Peter Thiel - These lessons summarize what Joe Lonsdale learned from working over many years with Peter Thiel, a chairman and founder of Palantir. These are very much worth reading — they will change the way you think. engineering, startups 🔥
Who’s Really Following You on Dev.to? A Guide to Analyzing Your Audience - The reason I’m writing this post is to shed some light on an aspect of Dev.to that many of us don’t think twice about: our followers. devto, analytics
The Deep Sea - Another awesome page by Neal. sea 🔥
Oncall shift should be Tuesday to Tuesday - This is a 0 cost improvement to everyone’s quality of life and improves schedule accuracy. oncall
Meet Angular v19 - All around Angular v19 angular
Tailwind CSS v4.0 Beta - Preview what's coming in the next version of Tailwind CSS. tailwind, css 🔥
Read it! Read it! Read it!
File Over App: A Philosophy for Digital Longevity - My take on the 'file over app' philosophy and why it’s essential for keeping my data resilient and built to last. files, privacy 🔥
Code and Tools
Map Matrix - A React application for synchronized multi-view map comparison. Mostly generated by AI. maps
Documind - Open-source platform for extracting structured data from documents using AI. pdfs, ai
KokonutUI - Access a collection of free-to-use, standalone components with KokonutUI. Each component is designed with Tailwind CSS, and optional library such has shadcn and Framer Motion. ui
InclusiveColors - This is my ongoing attempt at a tool for making custom branded color palettes for web and UI design that are built from the ground up to meet WCAG contrast accessibility guidelines. colors
BeeBot - A recursive internet scanner for hackers. scanner, scraper
Discordeno - Discord API library for Node and Deno discord
SVG to Font - Read a set of SVG icons and ouput a TTF/EOT/WOFF/WOFF2/SVG font. svgx, fonts
React Scan - Scan for React performance issues and eliminate slow renders in your app react, performance 🔥
Fireproof realtime ledger - Realtime database, runs anywhere. Install Fireproof in your front-end app or edge function, and sync data via any backend. databases
The Data Engineering Handbook - This is a repo with links to everything you'd ever want to learn about data engineering handbook, data-engineer
Monicon - Universal Icon Library icons 🔥
Extism JS SDK - Run Extism WebAssembly plug-ins / functions from JavaScript (supports major browsers, Node.js, Deno, Bun, and Cloudflare Workers) wasm
React minimal pie chart - Lightweight but versatile SVG pie/donut charts for React. < 2kB gzipped. charts, react
Next Forge - A monorepo template designed to have everything you need to build your new SaaS app as quick as possible. Authentication, billing, analytics, SEO, database ORM and more — it's all here. templates, nextjs
Automatisch - The open source Zapier alternative. Build workflow automation without spending time and money. workflows
OpenNext - Open-source Next.js adapter for AWS nextjs, aws, cloudlfare
Viselect - A high performance and lightweight library to add a visual way of selecting elements, just like on your Desktop. Zero dependencies, super small. Support for major frameworks! javascript, selection
Electrobun - Build ultra fast, tiny, and cross-platform desktop apps with Typescript. bun, native 🔥
Lovable - Idea to app in seconds. Lovable is your superhuman full stack engineer. ai, frontends
WebCurate - A collection of 2300+ best websites and tools hand-curated with detailed descriptions and features. gallery
Pixelarticons - Beautiful pixel icons. For the pixel vibes. icons
Mastra - The TypeScript AI framework. ai, typescript 🔥
All about Design
Choosing The Perfect Colour Palette For Your Website - 4 Factors To Consider colors
Hackernews
Ask HN: How do you communicate in a remote startup? - Lots of good advice. remote, collaboration
Tutorials
CSS Scroll Snap - Just some lines of CSS css 🔥
Videos
Side Projects: The Unsung Heroes of Software Development - CPH DevFest 2024 sideprojects
Published on 2024-11-25, last updated on 2025-09-14 by Adam
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Adam Urban is fullstack engineer, loves serverless and generative art, and is building side projects like weeklyfoo.com, flethy.com and diypunks.xyz in his free time.
