Hacker Newsletter - Hacker Newsletter #584

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Issue #584 // December 31, 2021 // View in your browser

Goodbye 2021 and hello to our next adventure! kale

#Favorites


Framework Laptop - the time has come for consumer electronics products that are designed to last, without sacrificing performance, quality, or style
//frame.work sponsored

Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
//google comments

Prince of Persia in JavaScript
//princejs comments

Internet addiction and the habit of book reading
//benwajdi comments

Entire website in a single HTML file
//css-tricks comments

Street Fighter II paper trails – allocating sprite space by hand
//fabiensanglard comments

Emfy: Emacs for You – Quickly set up vanilla Emacs for editing
//github comments

There's never been a better time to build websites
//simeongriggs comments

Reverse-engineering a tiny 1980s chip that plays Christmas tunes
//righto comments

How I Build
//pketh comments

#Ask HN


Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

Startup acquired by a large company and it sucks. What to do?

#Show HN


Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on Linux //usebottles comments

Tools to Download Netflix / Disney / Apple TV Content //github comments

HTTP Toolkit //httptoolkit comments

Exa - A Modern Replacement for ls //exa comments

DIY Off-Grid Solar Power //mobile-solarpower comments

Voiceliner – Capture structured braindumps on the go //a9 comments

A tool to send push notifications to your phone, written in Go //github comments

Marktext – Elegant Markdown Editor for Linux, macOS, Windows //github comments

#Code


Tokio Console //tokio comments

Lisp with GC in 436 Bytes //justine comments

Ruby 3.1 //ruby-lang comments

Fq: Jq for Binary Formats //github comments

A Python Guide for the Ages //github comments

Pytudes: Python programs for perfecting particular programming skills //github comments

#Data


Consider SQLite //wesleyac comments

Databases in 2021: A Year in Review //ottertune comments

Germany: Data retention to be abolished once and for all //tutanota comments

A fast SQLite PWA notebook for CSV files //dirtylittlesql comments

Big Data May Not Know Your Name. But It Knows Everything Else //wired comments

Miller – tool for querying, shaping, reformatting data in CSV, TSV, and JSON //readthedocs comments

#Design


(mac)ostalgia – how Spotify, Slack, Chrome, Figma could look on Mac OS 9 //swallowmygraphicdesign comments

Grok {Shan, Shui}*: Advent of understanding the generative art //github comments

/R/PixelArt Update: NFT Posts Are Now Banned //reddit comments

I've made a Figma plugin that converts design to HTML with TailwindCSS //figma comments

#Learn


Learn accounting for free //accountingcoach comments

How to Think: The Skill You’ve Never Been Taught //fs comments

The Beverly Clock //wikipedia comments

London Beer Flood of 1814 //wikipedia comments

The bizarre Monowheel seen through vintage photographs //rarehistoricalphotos comments

Rocky Mountain Basic //wikipedia comments

Nikon F-Mount //wikipedia comments

#Books


Ask HN: What's the best book you read in 2021? //ycombinator

JavaScript for Impatient Programmers //exploringjs comments

Ask HN: Life Changing Books? //ycombinator

Mind-expanding books //github comments

Ask HN: What are the best books for professional effectiveness? //ycombinator

Ask HN: Are there any good “coding for kids” books? //ycombinator

#Watching


James Webb Space Telescope launch //youtube comments

I bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate //youtube comments

'People amazed I fold paper for a living, then they see it' //bbc comments

#Working


My parents collect cans for a living //thenation comments

Takeaways from looking for a new senior role in tech //philcalcado comments

Building Remote Teams for Startups //vadimkravcenko comments

#Fun


Misbrands //github comments

iPhone camera app replaces person’s head with a leaf in photo //twitter comments

Mum's 80th birthday present- a rotary phone from the 1970's //fourlightyears comments

Tetr.io //tetr comments

A man who accidentally started an assassin hiring website //theguardian comments

Build retro games using WebAssembly for a fantasy console //wasm4 comments

Collection of Unix ASCII Games //github comments

Online Dating Game à la 2048 //github comments

#Cutting Room Floor


A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Colorado //bikeindex comments

New York City bans natural gas in new buildings //reuters comments

Lottie – Use after effects animations in web and native apps //airbnb comments

Now DuckDuckGo is building its own desktop browser //zdnet comments

The Best Things and Stuff of 2021 //fogus comments

Everything I googled in a week as a professional software engineer //localghost comments

Be curious, not judgmental //shubhro comments

How a hypermedia approach can address usability concerns with multi-page apps //htmx comments

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