Links

coolors.co

Web tool that generates colour palettes, lets you browse existing ones and extracts colours from an image.

12factor.net

Methodology of twelve rules for building software-as-a-service apps that are portable, disposable and suited to cloud deployment.

github.com

Code generator that produces API client libraries in Node.js, PHP, Python and Ruby from a JSON description of an API; archived in 2022.

spark.apache.org

A multi-language engine for data engineering, data science and machine learning, on one machine or a cluster.

particle.io

Home page of Particle, an IoT platform combining connectivity hardware, cellular and Wi-Fi service, fleet management and cloud APIs for connected products.

github.com

Command-line HTTP client with JSON support, colourised output, sessions and downloads, aimed at testing and talking to web APIs.

iledelbe.net

Guide des plages de l'île d'Elbe, classées par versant, type de sable et services disponibles.

martinfowler.com

Argues that microservices carry a productivity premium that only pays off once a system is too complex to manage as a monolith.

martinfowler.com

Defines the microservices architectural style through nine characteristics, from componentisation by service to decentralised data, and contrasts it with monoliths and SOA.

mitmproxy.org

Home page of mitmproxy, a free interactive HTTPS proxy for intercepting, inspecting, modifying and replaying web traffic.

martinfowler.com

Argues that new projects should start as a monolith and split into microservices only once the service boundaries are actually understood.

github.com

PostCSS plugin that lets you write tomorrow's CSS syntax today; archived in 2024 and superseded by postcss-preset-env.

roots.io

Home page of Roots, the open-source group behind Bedrock, Sage and Trellis, tooling that brings modern build and deployment workflows to WordPress.

python-rq.org

Home page of RQ, a Python library for queueing jobs and running them in background workers, backed by Redis or Valkey.

play14.org

Site of #play14, a worldwide non-profit unconference movement whose 2.5-day open-space gatherings have participants share games and learn by playing.

lwn.net

Coverage of Jacob Kaplan-Moss's PyCon 2015 keynote, which argues that programming ability is normally distributed rather than split between rockstars and incompetents.

nuclide.io

Project site for Nuclide, Facebook's IDE for Hack and Flow development, now carrying the notice that the project has been retired.

html.spec.whatwg.org

The WHATWG's living standard for HTML: the markup language and its APIs, revised continuously rather than versioned.

catonmat.net

First instalment of a hundred-book list, reviewing five favourite programming, computer science and mathematics titles.

medium.com

The eFounders startup studio describes TheNetwork, the shared people, documented processes and in-house software it puts behind its portfolio companies.