Node.js — Node.js with WebAssembly
note to self: next step in learning nodejs
Apps | Podcastindex.org
seems this site is about preserving openness and independence in podcasting systems (list of apps and their qualities)
Abi, the robot, tackles loneliness in aged care, thanks to Grace Brown
interesting story about a new "robot with empathy"... if only we could program humans to show empathy as well
print your own 3d printer (bottom-up)
build a 3d printer, with a 3d printer
Duck.ai
turns out duckduckgo also offers access to ai via other providers, inc mistral open source
Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
here's an intro to the world of fedi and masto
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3
trying to work out if i can install this on my own machine... probably not without a GPU let's be real, and maybe i won't clone the git till i know size of download
Play the 2048 Game Online - elgooG
not a bad copy of 2048 tbh, rapid fire animations
Emoji Kitchen - Browse Google's unique emoji combinations
not sure if this comes from google or someone else... but what a great idea, cooking up combinations of emojis
google colour picker - Google Search
google's colour picker tool (part of their set of tools embedded into search results)
How to Write Your First Node.js App in Linux
seems like this is a thing people do now, write node.js apps ..
Deploy app servers close to your users · Fly
i have no idea how this is possible, but apparently they can "Fork Off VMs Like They’re Processes ..." Some kind of newfangled app-builder - server thingamabob
Fork Off VMs Like They’re Processes
Fly Machines start fast enough to handle HTTP requests, run only when you need them, and scale into tens of thousands of instances.
Webstudio — Advanced Open Source Website Builder
could be worth investigating... there's a free tier for this open source web dev tool
Download Android Studio & App Tools - Android Developers
apparently you can make android apps from within your web browser now... not sure who runs this software (google), if it's open source or not, or 3rd question what building about cross-platform apps?
Screencast your keys.
cute and tiny open source app for showing keystrokes while doing video screencast
Sphinx — Sphinx documentation
another app for making documentation which can then be exported to mulitple formats
rustdesk/rustdesk: An open-source remote desktop application designed for self-hosting, as an alternative to TeamViewer.
worth investigating... open source alternative to eg TeamViewer
Open Source Alternatives to Popular Software
seems a good source of information about open source software
gitroomhq/postiz-app: 📨 The ultimate social media scheduling tool, with a bunch of AI 🤖
interesting app, seems to have a lot of traction on github, but altho it's open source, it's a (very expensive) paid service
Clara.io: Online 3D Modeling, 3D Rendering, Free 3D Models
3d modeling in the web browser... free plan has 1 hour rendering per month (good for student intro perhaps)
Animaker, Make Animated Videos with AI for Free
basic animation in the web browser... free version gives very little but could be good place to start for learners in adult community education (ACE)
Fosshub Utilities Software.
good collection of open source software here, much of it for Windows, some also linux
AliceVision | Photogrammetric Computer Vision Framework
this is software that does a kind of 3d mapping from 2d photographs
Fediverse Iconography
i think these are the other tech orgs involved with fediversal networks
GTD Sync - Browse Files at SourceForge.net
interesting plugin to connect freeplane mindmap app with todo.txt system
ventoy/Ventoy: A new bootable USB solution.
this looks excellent... a way to carry multiple bootable / live OS on one drive
fishttp/awesome-bluesky: A list of all known tools available for the Bluesky platform
a list of all the apps being built around the AT protocol
Quick start guide to building applications on AT Protocol - AT Protocol
ooof ... the technology behind Bluesky is intended to make some kind of decentralised social media, where individuals are in charge of their own experience
CrunchLabs: Where kids & adults learn to Think like Engineers
cool idea here... a monthly box for kids to do science
Luis Urrutia - YouTube
the PowerPoint guy - excellent ideas and very good explanations