The Daily Index — Thursday, September 7, 2023

Repositories, courses and useful tools

Resources & Tools

TLDR · GitHub repository

COMMIT MONO

Commit Mono is a neutral programming typeface designed to create a better reading experience. It is designed to be quietly useful without an eye-catching design or any confusing ligatures. Commit Mono is inspired by common fonts. It uses an innovative technique that creates better spacing positions while preserving monospacing to improve kerning, creating a superior reading experience compared to other monospaced fonts.

github.com

TLDR AI · GitHub repository

TOKENFLOW

Using a pre-trained text-to-image model to edit videos produces dream-like and strange results. TokenFlow is much smoother and maintains many semantic and structural features of the original video. It almost seems to outperform Runway Gen-2.

github.com

TLDR AI · GitHub repository

COMGRA

A library for use with PyTorch that makes it easier to inspect the internals of your neural networks.

github.com

TLDR Web Dev · Tool

RECIPEUI

RecipeUI is an open source Postman alternative with type safety built in. It helps you catch your API requests before they fail with TypeScript and autocomplete. RecipeUI can also enhance your workflows with auto-generated docs and reusable API templates.

recipeui.com

TLDR Web Dev · GitHub repository

NEBOA

Neboa is a simple yet powerful type-safe NoSQL database library for Node.js. It offers seamless data management with compile-time type-checking for enhanced reliability. Leveraging SQLite, Neboa ensures efficient and lightweight performance, making it perfect for Electron and other platforms.

github.com

TLDR Web Dev · GitHub repository

TEXTBASE

A simple framework for building AI chatbots in Python. All you need is to implement an on_message function and everything else just works.

github.com

TLDR Web Dev · GitHub repository

DEFAULT COMPOSER

A tiny (~500B) JavaScript library that allows you to set default values for nested objects.

github.com

TLDR Design · Tool

OPTIMIZE THEIR BUSINESS

Tyrus started a survey with 250 illustrators worldwide to understand their pain points, which range from dealing with tricky feedback to managing client expectations. Most of the findings were related to client relationships and the collaborative process. The Airbnb Design team aimed precisely at that, providing guides, templates, and tools for mundane work so illustrators can focus on their craft.

tyrus.design

TLDR Design · Tool

DECEPTIVE PATTERNS

Sometimes, design can be a matter of good vs. evil. Learn about the deceptive tactics used in websites and apps that make users do things they didn't mean.

deceptive.design

TLDR Design · Tool

CODE SNIPPETS FOR MODERN USER INTERFACE TECHNIQUES

This collection features subtle and delightful interactions from top products. Each example has a thoughtful explanation of the technique for rebuilding it and its code.

buildui.com

TLDR Design · Tool

106 COGNITIVE BIASES & PRINCIPLES THAT AFFECT YOUR UX

The Psychology of Design is an ever-evolving guide to crucial principles of human behavior related to user experience. A cheat sheet is also provided, covering critical aspects of the most relevant biases and heuristics involved in product usage.

growth.design

TLDR Design · Tool

AN INTERACTIVE GUIDE TO COLOR & CONTRAST

A mind-blowing guide that covers even the physiology of the eye. Explore and learn about the theory, science, and perception of color and contrast.

colorandcontrast.com

TLDR Design · Tool

RANDOMA11Y

A tool that randomly picks accessible color combinations on every page load. Randoma11y picks two contrasting colors and shows a preview of basic UI and text, each as background and foreground.

randoma11y.com

TLDR Design · Tool

OUCH

A library of free vector and 3D illustrations that can be searched, browsed by styles, or explored by categories.

icons8.com