yubikey-manager
https://developers.yubico.com/yubikey-manager/
Python 3.10 (or later) library and command line tool for configuring a YubiKey. If you’re looking for a graphical application, check out Yubico Authenticator.
tl;dr: to disable the keyboard oops every time I hit the yubikey: brew install ykman && ykman config usb --disable otp
Symfonium: Android Music Player for Local, Plex, Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf & Cloud
https://www.symfonium.app/?ref=blog.matthewbrunelle.com
From local files and NAS to Plex, Emby, Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, Subsonic, OpenSubsonic, Navidrome and cloud drives, Symfonium unifies your music and audiobook libraries in one Android player.
We need RSS for sharing abundant vibe-coded apps (Interconnected)
https://interconnected.org/home/2026/04/29/syndicating-vibes
I would love an RSS web feed for all those various tools and apps pages, each item with an “Install” button. (But install to where?)
The lesson here is that when vibe-coding accelerates app development, apps become more personal, more situated, and more frequent. Shipping a tool or a micro-app is less like launching a website and more like posting on a blog.
patillacode/piruetas: A minimalist, self-hosted diary and journaling web app. - Forgejo: Beyond coding. We Forge.
https://forgejo.patilla.es/patillacode/piruetas
A minimalist, self-hosted diary and journaling web app.
Current | Terry Godier
https://www.terrygodier.com/current
Velocity is what makes the river work. Every source in Current has a half-life that you set: how long its articles stay visible before fading out.
AI is going to kill app subscriptions
https://nichehunt.app/blog/ai-going-to-kill-app-subscriptions
For apps that run locally—no servers, no cloud costs—subscriptions make no sense anymore. The only real cost is development, and that's becoming negligible. If someone charges $10/month for a local PDF editor, someone else will build a clone for $5 one-time. Then someone will make it free.
Interactive tools in Claude | Claude
https://claude.com/blog/interactive-tools-in-claude
Starting today, you can open and interact with tools in Claude. Build and update project timelines in Asana. Draft, edit and send Slack messages in a formatted preview. Visualize ideas as diagrams in Figma—all without switching tabs.
Reinventing the dial-up modem
https://saket.me/dtmf-tones/
We needed a way to send data to our server without an internet connection. A team member came up with this fantastic idea of using DTMF tones!
Of the web
https://werd.io/of-the-web/
most web apps are on the web, but not of it. This seems right to me, and I suspect web instigators like Tim Berners-Lee would agree.
The odd thing is that, for a while, desktop software did exactly this. Word would save a document in a particular format, and another application written by someone else entirely could open that document. When we moved to the cloud, we signed up for a computing environment that was as much about siloing and isolation as much as it was about ease of access and maintenance.
File over app — Steph Ango
https://stephango.com/file-over-app
File over app is a philosophy: if you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you this freedom.
File over app is an appeal to tool makers: accept that all software is ephemeral, and give people ownership over their data.
Pocket Casts, You Altered The Deal, So I Will Alter Your App
https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/podcasts-you-altered-the-deal-so-i-will-alter-your-app/
After all you made your apps open source, so I can remove your ads.
inessential: Writing Mac and iOS Apps Shouldn’t Be So Difficult
https://inessential.com/2025/08/28/easy-app-writing.html
I’m not saying apps these days need to be Frontier-like in any details. But it seems absolutely bizarre to me that we — we who write Mac and iOS apps — still have to build and run the app, make changes, build and run the app, and so on, all day long. In the year 2025.
Mini apps | web.dev
https://web.dev/explore/mini-apps
A web developer's exploration into mini apps—apps that are built with web technologies but that do not run in browsers.
Local-First Web Development
https://localfirstweb.dev/
So, you want to build an app that has its data co-located with its UI? That works offline? That synchronizes between clients? And that lets its users own their data?
Local-First Web Development
https://localfirstweb.dev
So, you want to build an app that has its data co-located with its UI? That works offline? That synchronizes between clients? And that lets its users own their data?
The Web is not Poor Man’s Native | in progress
http://cwilso.com/2015/05/29/the-web-is-not-poor-mans-native/#comments
I agree quite strongly that the web does not need to emulate native to provide a powerful, vibrant app ecosystem.
The Web is not Poor Man’s Native | in progress
http://cwilso.com/2015/05/29/the-web-is-not-poor-mans-native#comments
I agree quite strongly that the web does not need to emulate native to provide a powerful, vibrant app ecosystem.
Progressive Apps: Escaping Tabs Without Losing Our Soul – Infrequently Noted
https://infrequently.org/2015/06/progressive-apps-escaping-tabs-without-losing-our-soul/?imm_mid=0d3af7&cmp=em-web-na-na-newsltr_20150617
These apps aren’t packaged and deployed through stores, they’re just websites that took all the right vitamins.
Progressive Apps: Escaping Tabs Without Losing Our Soul – Infrequently Noted
https://infrequently.org/2015/06/progressive-apps-escaping-tabs-without-losing-our-soul?cmp=em-web-na-na-newsltr_20150617&imm_mid=0d3af7
These apps aren’t packaged and deployed through stores, they’re just websites that took all the right vitamins.
Unit testing React components without a DOM – simonsmith.io – Portfolio and blog of a London based front-end web developer
http://simonsmith.io/unit-testing-react-components-without-a-dom/?imm_mid=0d3af7&cmp=em-web-na-na-newsltr_20150617
the idea of shallow rendering is to instantiate a component and get the result of its render method, which is a ReactElement. From here you can do things like check its props and children and verify it works as expected.
Unit testing React components without a DOM – simonsmith.io – Portfolio and blog of a London based front-end web developer
http://simonsmith.io/unit-testing-react-components-without-a-dom?cmp=em-web-na-na-newsltr_20150617&imm_mid=0d3af7
the idea of shallow rendering is to instantiate a component and get the result of its render method, which is a ReactElement. From here you can do things like check its props and children and verify it works as expected.
Lazymorphic Apps: Bringing back the static web | &yet Blog
https://blog.andyet.com/2015/05/18/lazymorphic-apps-bringing-back-static-web?imm_mid=0d3af7&cmp=em-web-na-na-newsltr_20150617
We’ve come long way from the simple static sites of the early web, yet somehow, I really miss it.
Lazymorphic Apps: Bringing back the static web | &yet Blog
https://blog.andyet.com/2015/05/18/lazymorphic-apps-bringing-back-static-web?cmp=em-web-na-na-newsltr_20150617&imm_mid=0d3af7
We’ve come long way from the simple static sites of the early web, yet somehow, I really miss it.
Pushbullet - Send files, links, and more to your phone and back, fast!
https://www.pushbullet.com/about
Our mission is to bridge the gap between your phone, tablet, and computer, enabling them to work better together.
Thread: Working without servers
http://threads2.scripting.com/2013/may/workingWithoutServers#pq=SSfZu9
One of our fetishes at Small Picture is getting cool stuff working with no servers.
MWC 2013, Firefox OS, and More Web API Evolution | Brendan Eich
https://brendaneich.com/2013/03/mwc-2013-firefox-os-and-more-web-api-evolution/
The missing APIs must be added to the web platform in order to enable the billions of new mobile users who will be coming online in the next few years to have affordable web-based phones, tablets, and apps. Emerging market consumers and developers generally cannot afford increasingly higher-end, native-app-advantaged smartphones from the two bigs.
MWC 2013, Firefox OS, and More Web API Evolution | Brendan Eich
https://brendaneich.com/2013/03/mwc-2013-firefox-os-and-more-web-api-evolution
The missing APIs must be added to the web platform in order to enable the billions of new mobile users who will be coming online in the next few years to have affordable web-based phones, tablets, and apps. Emerging market consumers and developers generally cannot afford increasingly higher-end, native-app-advantaged smartphones from the two bigs.
What happens when a Twitter client hits the token limit – Marco.org
http://www.marco.org/2012/11/16/twitter-being-a-dick-again
The effective rule, therefore, is even simpler: “Don’t build anything for Twitter.”
Postgres.app | the easiest way to run PostgreSQL on the Mac
http://postgresapp.com/
the easiest way to run PostgreSQL on the Mac
Postgres.app | the easiest way to run PostgreSQL on the Mac
http://postgresapp.com
the easiest way to run PostgreSQL on the Mac
Why Publishers Don't Like Apps - Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/business/40319/
Last fall, we moved all the editorial in our apps, including the magazine, into a simple RSS feed in a river of news. We dumped the digital replica. Now we're redesigning Technologyreview.com, which we made entirely free for use, and we'll follow the Financial Times in using HTML5, so that a reader will see Web pages optimized for any device, whether a desktop or laptop computer, a tablet, or a smart phone. Then we'll kill our apps, too.
Why Publishers Don't Like Apps - Technology Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/business/40319
Last fall, we moved all the editorial in our apps, including the magazine, into a simple RSS feed in a river of news. We dumped the digital replica. Now we're redesigning Technologyreview.com, which we made entirely free for use, and we'll follow the Financial Times in using HTML5, so that a reader will see Web pages optimized for any device, whether a desktop or laptop computer, a tablet, or a smart phone. Then we'll kill our apps, too.
Dillinger, the last Markdown editor, ever.
http://dillinger.io/
Dillinger, the last Markdown editor, ever.
http://dillinger.io
The mobile app is going the way of the CD-ROM: To the dustbin of history | VentureBeat
http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/09/mobile-web
For developers, it’s technologically more manageable to build one mobile web app than a half-dozen or even just two native apps. And given the state of mobile web standards, we’re quickly approaching a point where end users can’t tell the difference between the two. All that’s really left is a business model for mobile web apps, Sullivan contends.
8tracks Brings User-Created Playlists and Music Discovery to Your Android Phone
http://lifehacker.com/5857796/8tracks-brings-user+created-playlists-and-music-discovery-to-your-android-phone
Growl 1.3 now available on the Mac App Store
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/10/03/growl-1-3-now-available-on-the-mac-app-store
Platypus | Sveinbjorn Thordarson
http://www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus
Platypus is a developer tool for the Mac OS X operating system. It can be used to create native, flawlessly integrated Mac OS X applications from interpreted scripts such as shell scripts or Perl and Python programs. This is done by wrapping the script in an application bundle directory structure along with an executable binary that runs the script.
What's your favorite Django app?
http://www.jacobian.org/writing/favorite-apps
"On Twitter, I asked, “what’s your favorite third-party Django app?” Eight hours later, I’ve got about 50 replies."
39 Android Apps that I love
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/39-android-apps-you-should-try
"Here are the Android Apps that I currently love. It’s not a complete list, but it’s a pretty good start."
n900Fly - An irresponsible app for the n900 - maemo.org - Talk
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=36312
"Start the app and throw your phone into the air, it will show how long was the "flight" and a naive estimative of its height.
(Yes, I got the idea from the much "acclaimed" iPhone Hangtime)"
The iPhone Pilot app - shoot the crap out of stuff
http://www.iphonepilot.com
"iPhone Pilot is motion reactive, responding with realistic sounds as you dive, climb and pitch your iPhone from side to side. Not only is it armed with canons and bombs, you can add free wings too."
TaskFreak! web based task manager / todo list written in PHP
http://taskfreak.com
"TaskFreak! is a simple but efficient web based task manager written in PHP."
Tip Calculator
http://www.jwz.org/tipcalculator
"This is my first application for the Palm Pre. It's a simple restaurant tip calculator. I wrote it because there wasn't one, and it seemed an easy way to learn how to write apps for this phone. "
Apple’s Cool Matrix-Style App Wall
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/08/apples-cool-matrix-style-app-wall
"Check out the pictures below and watch the video. It reminded me a bit of the lines of code falling down that the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar would see when trying to look into the The Matrix — only with fart apps."
RemoteTap
http://www.readpixel.com/remotetap/index.html
Best remote control app evar for a Mac across the room hooked up to a TV. And yet, cheaper than all the Apple Remote apps I found. "RemoteTap 3 is a “Mac Style” remote desktop management solution for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It introduces several first and only features for any VNC-like application:"
Mobile Colloquy: Stay Connected
http://colloquy.info/mobile
"Colloquy for iPhone™ and iPod® touch puts the power of the most popular IRC client for the Mac in the palm of your hand. Built atop the Chat Core framework, Colloquy Mobile is a full featured client optimized for the on-the-go experience. "
Capsuleer
http://capsuleer.wordpress.com
"Seeing as there is so much commotion today about mobile devices and EVE, we thought we would capitalize on it and post some screen shots of the upcoming v1.1"
Isolator
http://willmore.eu/software/isolator
"When you're working on a document, and don't want to be distracted, turn on Isolator. It will cover up your desktop and all the icons on it, as well as the windows of all your other applications, so you can concentrate on the task in hand."
Celly.app -- Ev Williams is my Tamagotchi™
http://factorycity.net/projects/celly
"Twitter is for staying in touch and keeping up with friends no matter where you are or what you are doing. For some friends you might want instant mobile updates — for others, you can just check the web."
