# Resources
# What is this?
Every now and then, I find something interesting that I want to share.
# Web and Application Development
# Software
- Sublime Text (opens new window) -- This has been my go-to code editor for the past 10yrs. I am sticking with v3 for a little while.
- Navicat (opens new window) -- This has been my go-to database client for the past few years. It is just kind of expensive
- TablePlus (opens new window) -- Great budget alternative to Navicat (opens new window)
- Docker (opens new window) -- Good alternative to Vagrant (opens new window) or Valet (opens new window)
- Postman (opens new window) -- API client that is pretty good when building out your back-end
- MacDown (opens new window) -- My go-to markdown editor
- Duet (opens new window) -- How I use my iPad as a second monitor for work (Yes, I know that Sidecar (opens new window) exists)
- iTerm2 (opens new window) -- A really good upgrade from the native macOS terminal
- CSV to JSON / JSON to CSV Converter (opens new window) -- Worth the $4 if you need to convert a large JSON file to CSV
- VitePress (opens new window) -- The spiritual successor to VuePress
# AI / ML Software
- MacGPT (opens new window) -- A graphical ChatGPT client for the mac
- Ollamac (opens new window) -- A graphical Ollama client for the mac
- MindMac (opens new window) -- I think that this is a better alternative to Ollamac (opens new window) and MacGPT (opens new window). It is a graphical interface for both Ollama and ChatGPT. It can also do image generation using things like Dall-E.
- Ollama Web UI (opens new window) -- A ChatGPT-Style Web Interface for Ollama that runs locally in Docker (opens new window)
- Ollama (opens new window) -- A good way of running LLMs locally on your mac
- Liner (opens new window) -- A free tool that lets you train your ML models
- Pinokio (opens new window) -- You can use this to run things like ComfyUI and Stable Cascade locally
# Hardware
- Macbook Pro (opens new window) -- It is what I use for both my job and my side work. For LLM work, get at least an M1Pro and 32gb of RAM. You will thank me later.
- Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse (opens new window) -- Ergonomics is super important in this field
# Services
- Render (opens new window) -- How I host a lot of my stuff
- Heroku (opens new window)
- Github (opens new window) -- I know that a lot of people like Gitlab but there are more people on Github
- Cloudflare (opens new window) -- A freemium reverse proxy service that does a lot to protect your websites
- IFTTT (opens new window) -- Good for connecting services like twitter, RSS feeds, wordpress, etc together
- Pipedream (opens new window) -- It is kind of better than IFTTT
- Jetpack (opens new window) -- Running wordpress (opens new window)? You would be stupid to not use this.
# Testing
- Saucelabs (opens new window) -- Allows you to test against a lot of browsers / operating systems through your browser
- BrowserStack (opens new window) -- This is very similar to Saucelabs (opens new window) and also allows you to test live or with something like selenium
- Mailtrap (opens new window) -- Great for testing how emails go out, in your development environment
- Section 508 Testing Methods (opens new window) -- This is the official guidance from the general services administration on section 508 automated, manual, and hybrid testing practices
- ANDI (Accessible Name & Description Inspector) (opens new window) -- A free accessibility testing tool that was developed by the Social Security Administration
- Lighthouse (opens new window)
# Learning Resources
- MilwaukeeJS (opens new window)
- That Conference (opens new window)
- Hack and Tell (opens new window)
- freeCodeCamp (opens new window)
- Laracasts (opens new window) -- A great resource if you are a lavavel (opens new window) developer
- Pluralsight (opens new window)
- Oh Shit, Git!?! (opens new window)
- Hacker News (opens new window) -- Good for figuring out what's happening in the industry
# Icons
- Font Awesome (opens new window) -- Get the pro service. It is worth it.
- Flaticon (opens new window)
- Avataaars Generator (opens new window) -- A web tool to generate avatars
- 700+ Open-source CSS Icons (opens new window)
# Fonts
# Data
# Photos
- Unsplash (opens new window) -- A good colection of free stock photos
- Coverr (opens new window) -- A good colection of free stock video
# CSS Resources
# Productivity
- Coffitivity (opens new window)
- Duet (opens new window) -- I use this daily during quarantine from home
- Yorkshire Red (opens new window) -- I think that I prefer it over Yorkshire Gold
# Random Useful Projects
- CORS Anywhere (opens new window) -- It acts as a reverse proxy and adds CORS headers to the proxied request
# Random Interests
# Hardware
- Pinebook Pro (opens new window) -- I have the non-pro version of this
- Pinephone (opens new window) -- I've been super tempted by this thing.
# Services
- Google Fi (opens new window) -- It's great because you can get 10 free data sims
# Learning Resources
- ACI Learning [ITPRO] (opens new window) -- I bought a year of this during a black friday sale, a while back. It's nice.
# Travel Hacking
- Scott's Cheap Flights (opens new window) -- Tell them where you want to travel from and to and they will shoot you an email when there is a cheap price on airfare
- FareDrop (opens new window) -- Very similar to Scott's (opens new window), above
- Skyscanner (opens new window) -- Skyscanner is a search engine for airfare instead of a notification service. It lets you browse destinations and dates to find the best price.
- Momondo (opens new window) -- Very similar to Skyscanner (opens new window)