This newsletter is my experiment to save all the cool things I find during the week and share them with my like-minded friends.
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COOL LINKS
Windows Explorer Through the Years Windows Explorer is probably the best file manager out there. Finder on macOS sucks in comparison (there, I said it). Finder (and macOS generally) is so bad that I might give Windows another try once WSL2 is perfect.
Here is a log of changes to Explorer over the years. Did you know? You can Shift-Right-Click a file/folder in Explorer to get the "advanced" context menu with some additional options(like Open CMD here)? I thought it was common knowledge but it isn’t.
Excalidraw Whiteboard I was recently in search of a whiteboard solution and there are hundreds of them. Excalidraw is the coolest IMO. I like it because of how awesome it works on mobile, try it!
Playwright If you like Puppeteer to control headless Chromium, check out Playwright by Microsoft. It allows you to automate Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.
Outline Outline is an open, extensible, wiki for your team built using React and Node.js. It also has a hosted version at getoutline.com. I like how well designed this is.
A Tiny, Static, Full-Text Search Engine using Rust and WebAssembly This post describes developing a fast, client-side search engine for a static site. It’s an interesting usage of WebAssembly and is an example of how WebAssembly (and Rust) have huge potential for creating web apps. I have yet to explore this Rust but I hear good things about it!
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Messi is a Dog I am no football fan, but this video is so good! It’s inspiring for reasons hard to explain. See if you feel the same way?
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MEMES
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That’s it friends! Be safe, stay home, and wash your hands. Also inbox me if you got something cool to share!
Finally somebody said it! WINDOWS HAS THE BEST FILE MANAGER!! When I moved to mac a year ago I was honestly pained by the file management system - I am still pained by it and everytime I bring it up my fan bois tell me I need to learn the shortcuts better (wtf). Sometimes I fantasised about getting the windows surface laptop haha
Haha, I sometimes look at latest Windows machines too (XPS ones are cool). I was like "but it's Apple, king of design, finder MUST be awesome" but now I have seen Apple do stupid (courage) stuff so...
Oh man! Thank you for validating my feels. Finder on mac os is sooo bad. Wgen i first used it, i made myself go into denial saying its not bad. Over the years, i just cant like it at all. I ve tried.
Finally somebody said it! WINDOWS HAS THE BEST FILE MANAGER!! When I moved to mac a year ago I was honestly pained by the file management system - I am still pained by it and everytime I bring it up my fan bois tell me I need to learn the shortcuts better (wtf). Sometimes I fantasised about getting the windows surface laptop haha
Haha, I sometimes look at latest Windows machines too (XPS ones are cool). I was like "but it's Apple, king of design, finder MUST be awesome" but now I have seen Apple do stupid (courage) stuff so...
Oh man! Thank you for validating my feels. Finder on mac os is sooo bad. Wgen i first used it, i made myself go into denial saying its not bad. Over the years, i just cant like it at all. I ve tried.
haha same here. I waited to get used to it but that never happened.