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🖥️ TRMNL – E-Ink Dashboard for Distraction-Free Focus
An elegant concept for digital wellness enthusiasts—merging focus-first hardware design with minimalist principles reminiscent of reMarkable or Pomodoro tools.
TRMNL is an E-Ink productivity dashboard built to help users stay focused on essential tasks. Marketed as the first dedicated personal productivity display, it emphasizes minimal distraction and mindful digital interaction.
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🦀 Embedding Git Metadata in Rust Binaries Built with Nix
A technically rich read for Rust developers integrating Nix—bridging reproducible builds with precise version visibility, a key step toward cleaner DevOps pipelines.
A detailed guide on embedding Git commit and version data into Rust binaries using Nix and the shadow-rs crate. It covers synchronizing metadata across cargo and Nix builds via environment variables and hooks to improve debugging, traceability, and reproducibility.
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📅 Reimagining the Date Picker for Modern Web UX
A great read for front-end developers—showing how modern UX thrives on simplicity, accessibility, and native web capabilities over bloated JS solutions.
David Bushell revisits his classic Pikaday project, transforming it into a practical guide for building simpler, more accessible date inputs using native HTML. The article critiques over-engineered JavaScript widgets and champions minimalist, standards-based design.
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⚙️ Vibe Code Warning – A Personal Case Study
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