Cotton Coder

The curated bookmark blog of web dev curiosities

HTML First

HTML First is a manifesto of sorts by Tony Ennis encouraging a refocus on HTML. It comprises practical guides on how to leverage native HTML rather than reinventing things with JavaScript and layers of obfuscation.

Atuin

Atuin is a shell plugin to improve command line history with enhanced search and sync. History sync is end-to-end encrypted (and optionally self-hosted). Atuin is written in Rust and backed by SQLite.

Web3 is Going Just Great

Molly White blogs the undeniable truth that cryptocurrency projects aren’t revolutionizing fintech anytime soon. Grab your popcorn for scams, hacks, and identical monkey JPEGs.

Designing better target sizes

Ahmad Shadeed writes an interactive guide to enhancing target size area. An important concern for accessibility and relevant for all websites.

Awesome-Selfhosted

Awesome-Selfhosted is a curated list of free and open source software you can host on your local network. An alternative to non-private software as a service subscriptions.

Tauri

Tauri bundles web apps using the OS’s native web renderer. Similar to Electron but without the weight of embedded Chromium.

SVG Hub

A collection of squiggles, scribbles, [and] shapes available to use under a Creative Commons license.

VelociRouter

VelociRouter is minimal async Request → Response router powered by URL Pattern API magic ✨

Lightning CSS

Lightning CSS is a CSS parser, transformer, bundler, and minifier written in Rust available as a JavaScript module.

DNS.Toys

dns.toys is a DNS server that takes creative liberties with the DNS protocol to offer handy utilities and services that are easily accessible via the command line.

DinoSsr

DinoSsr is a minimal web framework for Deno and Svelte fans. Features include server-side just in time rendering, URI Pattern API routing, and dynamic islands.