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Write your own Zod - If you're interested how zod works under the hood and think about writing your own zod, then this is a great starting point. typescript, zod

How to add documentation to your product life cycle - Overview of how to integrate documentation into an organization with advantages/disadvantages for each model. docs

Healthier way to open source your code - A very personal view on open source. oss

Bug fixed: Tooltips persist in foreground when Firefox is in background - A Firefox bug was fixed after 22 years. Next time someone asks me to fix something I'll reference this issue to manage expectations bug, firefox

How to see beauty - <3 beauty

Google will now make passkeys the default for personal accounts - Passkeys are on the rise passkeys

'A Good Way to Bank': Nationwide reveals its biggest rebrand in 30 years - A big rebrand in review. Looks pretty nice! redesign

The ultimate guide to React notification libraries - Includes overview of 10 react libraries react, notifications

Announcing v0: Generative UI - Vercels generative UI tool vercel, ai

SQL Reserved Words - Lots of checks and crosses, nevertheless a good overview ;) sql

The State of Vite - Slides from ViteConf 2023 vite, slides

A student asked how I keep us innovative. I don't. - Nice wrap up innovation

Things I wish someone would have told me about configuring VSCode - 5 nice to know things about how to configure VSCode. vscode

How Stripe Creates the Best Documentation in the Tech Industry - I totally agree, Stripe's docs are outstanding. docs

Dotenv is dead - Good tips how to use the built-in .env support in Node v20 together with zod dotenv, node, zod

Tints.dev - Palette Generator + API for Tailwind CSS tailwind, css, colors

Payload 2.0 - Announcing Payload 2.0: Postgres, Live Preview, Lexical RTE, and More cms

openapi-stack - Full stack typesafe API-first development for REST. api

autocomp.js - A super tiny Javascript autocomplete / autosuggestions library. Zero dependencies, ~800 bytes min+gzip. javascript, autocomplete

Dropbox Dash - Search all your apps. All your tabs. All in one place. search

Astro 3.3 - Picture component astro, images

Github hotkey - Trigger an action on an element with a keyboard shortcut. javascript, hotkey

Scalar - Beautiful API references from Swagger files docs, swagger, openapi

Nice Modal - A modal state manager for React. react, modals

Space OS - Web OS - looks promising! ui

Animated backgrounds - A collection of looping 4K video backgrounds. Free to use for your next project. background, animated

Minimal Gallery - Curating beautiful & functional websites since 2013 websites, minimal

Godly - Astronomically good web design inspiration from all over the internet websites

Tailwind Elements - Top quality open-source UI Kit tailwind

The Future of CSS: Easy Light-Dark Mode Color Switching with light-dark() - New CSS utility function for light and dark mode css

durves.com - A tool for creating and exporting dot patterns for graphic designers, ui/ux and other visual professionals. dot patterns

Gradient Designer - Gradient designer with code generation. gradient, css

Box Shadows - Generate box shadows box shadows, css

CSS relative color syntax - Create new colors based on another color's channels and values. css, colors

Dropbox redesigns its web interface and releases AI-powered Dash in open beta - The new design is really a step forward. redesign

13 professional fonts: Top business typefaces for a polished look - Never heard of most of them, but good to know! fonts

Animation principles - Wow, wow, wow animation

Interviews about visual design - 26 Interviews about visual design visual design, interviews

Ask HN: Show me your half baked project - pet projects everywhere! sideprojects

Oort! - Play a game by writing rust code! rust

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Published on 2023-10-16, last updated on 2025-09-13 by Adam

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Adam Urban is fullstack engineer, loves serverless and generative art, and is building side projects like weeklyfoo.com, flethy.com and diypunks.xyz in his free time.