Ez FFmpeg — Plain-English CLI for common ffmpeg video edits and tasks
TL;DR Ez FFmpeg (ezff) is an npm CLI that maps plain-English commands to ffmpeg operations, letting users convert, compress, trim,…
Why pre-commit hooks are fundamentally broken and unreliable
TL;DR A developer walked through building a Rust pre-commit hook that checks formatting and found multiple failure modes: hooks that…
Making Cronjobs More Dynamic with Inline Shell Checks and Examples
TL;DR You can make standard cron entries conditionally run by adding short shell tests directly in the crontab. Examples include…
Exe.dev: Minimal developer landing page featuring an SSH-style prompt and links
TL;DR Exe.dev is a sparse developer-focused landing page that presents an SSH-style login prompt and a terse statement about system…
Migrating web analytics: moving ten years of Matomo data to Umami
TL;DR A site operator moved a decade of analytics from a self-hosted Matomo instance to Umami by building a custom…
T-Ruby brings inline type syntax to Ruby and generates standard RBS
TL;DR T-Ruby is an experimental compiler that lets developers write Ruby with inline type annotations (.trb) and emits plain Ruby…
Witr — tool that explains why a process is running on Linux systems
TL;DR Witr is a read-only Linux utility that traces why a process, service, or port is active by building a…
How uv got so fast: design choices behind a speedy Python installer
TL;DR uv achieves major install-speed gains not simply because it’s written in Rust, but because of standards work and deliberate…
NullSplats: Three Ways to Produce 3D Gaussian Splatting from Casual Captures
TL;DR NullSplats is a Tkinter + OpenGL desktop app that automates frame extraction, COLMAP structure‑from‑motion, and Gaussian splat training using…