What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year. //Vern McLellan

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#Favorites

Airtable - Build powerful work apps, without code
//airtable.com sponsored

1D Pac-Man
//abagames.github.io comments→

4B If Statements
//andreasjhkarlsson.github.io comments→

DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching
//github.com comments→

Compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT
//danluu.com comments→

How big is YouTube?
//ethanzuckerman.com comments→

IDEs we had 30 years ago
//blogsystem5.substack.com comments→

Cold-blooded software
//dubroy.com comments→

Making small games, which is fun in itself
//abagames.github.io comments→

Particle Life
//github.com comments→

A Hobby Coding Biography
//marginalia.nu comments→

#Ask HN

How do I train a custom LLM/ChatGPT on my own documents in Dec 2023?

What are good books/blogs to read for a first time CTO?

What's your "it's not stupid if it works" story?

Share your favorite software blog posts of 2023

#Classifieds

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Readine - not only RSS reader //readine.app

New Year, New Resolutions - Save 42% //pragprog.com

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#Show HN

Heynote – A dedicated scratchpad for developers //heynote.com comments→

Blot turns a folder into a website //blot.im comments→

Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone //clicks.tech comments→

Rem: Remember Everything (open source) //github.com comments→

An open-source, self-hostable synced narration platform for ebooks //smoores.gitlab.io comments→

Anytype – local-first, P2P knowledge management //anytype.io comments→

Weeks of Your Life //weeksofyour.life comments→

#Code

Ruby 3.3 //ruby-lang.org comments→

Challenging projects every programmer should try //austinhenley.com comments→

Cassette, a Personal Programming Language //cassette-lang.com comments→

#Data

The One Billion Row Challenge //morling.dev comments→

Thoughts on PostgreSQL in 2024 //jkatz05.com comments→

Displaying Content as a Graph //thisisimportant.net comments→

#Design

Spomenik Database //spomenikdatabase.org comments→

Porsche Design System v3 //designsystem.porsche.com comments→

Glitch Exhibition in Munich: The Art of Interference //wallpaper.com comments→

Genuary 2024: Generative Art / Creative Coding Month //genuary.art comments→

Preserving the world's largest cartoon and comic collection //saturdayeveningpost.com comments→

#Books

Standard Ebooks //standardebooks.org comments→

The art of high performance computing //theartofhpc.com comments→

Writing books remains a tough way to make a living //publishersweekly.com comments→

Software Technical Writing: A Guidebook [pdf] //jamesg.blog comments→

Lanark: A Life in Four Books //en.wikipedia.org comments→

#Working

Procrastination is connected to perfectionism //solvingprocrastination.com comments→

Software engineering salaries come from one of three budgets //swizec.com comments→

Ask HN: Who is hiring? //news.ycombinator.com

27 years ago, Steve Jobs said the best employees focus on content, not process //inc.com comments→

Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? //news.ycombinator.com

Get your work recognized: write a brag document //jvns.ca comments→

Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? //news.ycombinator.com

#Learn

From Nand to Tetris //nand2tetris.org comments→

The curse of the goitre in Switzerland //lrb.co.uk comments→

Do It Yourself Blind Repair //fixmyblinds.com comments→

#Watching

Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos //youtube.com comments→

After 34 years, someone beat Tetris //youtube.com comments→

Veritasium: The SAT Question Everyone Got Wrong //youtube.com comments→

Datsun 240Z L24 Engine Full Rebuild //youtube.com comments→

#Fun

3D Map of Shinjuku Station in Three.js //satoshi7190.github.io comments→

Ideal monitor rotation for programmers //sprocketfox.io comments→

Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them //generals.io comments→

Lode Runner (HTML5 Remake) //loderunnerwebgame.com comments→

Building a self-contained game in C# under 2 kilobytes //migeel.sk comments→

Pokemon prototype game made with JavaScript and p5.js //github.com comments→

Cardgames.io //cardgames.io comments→

#Cutting Room Floor

Niklaus Wirth has died //twitter.com comments→

Happy New Year HN! //news.ycombinator.com

First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operation //eia.gov comments→

A* tricks for videogame path finding //timmastny.com comments→

Amazon's Silent Sacking //justingarrison.com comments→

Mozilla 2023 annual report: CEO pay skyrockets, Firefox market share nosedives //lunduke.locals.com comments→

Ugrep – a more powerful, fast, user-friendly, compatible grep //ugrep.com comments→

Crown shyness //en.wikipedia.org comments→

Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan, tsunami warning issued for Ishikawa //.nhk.or.jp comments→

Design Principles Behind Smalltalk //cs.virginia.edu comments→

2023: Year in Review //jvns.ca comments→

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