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Brakeman – static analysis tool

July 23, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Brakeman is a static analysis tool which checks Ruby on Rails applications for security vulnerabilities.

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Prettier – opinionated code formatter

July 23, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules

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ESLint – find and fix problems in JavaScript code

July 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

ESLint is a tool for identifying and reporting on patterns found in ECMAScript/JavaScript code.

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OpenCommit – auto-generate meaningful commits in a second

July 22, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Scientific

OpenCommit lets you auto-generate meaningful commits.There are multiple optional flags that can be used with the oco command.

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RuboCop – Ruby static code analyzer and formatter

July 22, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

RuboCop is a static code analyzer and formatter with autocorrection, extensive configuration, multiple output formats and editor support.

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Reek – code smell detector for Ruby

July 21, 2025 Eilidih Parris CLI, Programming

Reek examines Ruby classes, modules and methods for code smells, with configurable detectors, multiple output formats and editor integrations.

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Coding

Biome – toolchain for web projects

July 21, 2025 Eilidih Parris Programming

Biome is a toolchain for web projects, that offers formatter and linter, usable via CLI and LSP

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Git Clients

Forge Sparks – get Git forges notifications

July 20, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Forge Sparks is a simple notifier app with support for Github, GitLab, Gitea and Forgejo.

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LocalStack is a cloud service emulator

July 15, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

LocalStack is a cloud service emulator that runs in a single container on your laptop or in your CI environment.

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Uiua is a general purpose array-oriented programming language

July 8, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Uiua is a general purpose array-oriented programming language with a focus on simplicity, beauty, and tacit code.

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DevOps

iaito – official graphical interface for radare2

July 2, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

iaito is the official graphical interface for radare2, a libre reverse engineering framework.

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Google Firebase

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Firebase

June 28, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, Software

Google Firebase is a platform developed by Google for creating mobile and web applications. What are the best free and open source alternatives?

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IDE

roobuilder – Vala and JavaScript IDE

June 24, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

It’s used to build Vala Desktop applications and JavaScript UI’s using the roojs libraries (for bootstrap and classic).

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Git Clients

Stage – keyboard-friendly Git GUI inspired by Magit

June 20, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

Stage is a keyboard-friendly Git GUI for Linux with hunk staging, branch operations, stashes, conflict handling, and live repository status.

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Coding

Sysprof – profile an application or entire system

June 12, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Programming

Sysprof is a sampling profiler that uses a kernel module to generate stacktraces which are then interpreted by the userspace program “sysprof”.

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Nelson is a numerical computational language

May 29, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

Nelson is a numerical computational language providing a comprehensive and intuitive environment for engineers, scientists, and students.

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yeTTY views logs from serial ports

May 28, 2025 Steve Emms Programming

yeTTY is an application for embedded developers to view logs from a serial port.

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Automation

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Mule ESB

May 22, 2025 Steve Emms Productivity, Programming

Mule ESB (Mule Enterprise Service Bus) is a lightweight, Java-based platform that helps the integration of various applications and systems.

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Programming Books

34 Excellent Free Books to Learn all about R

May 19, 2025 Erik Karlsson Books, Programming

This article recommends free books which will teach you the basics of R, how to produce amazing plots, how to apply R to lots of disciplines, and how to efficiently program in R. Many of the books are open source.

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IDE

ZeroBrane Studio – lightweight Lua-based IDE for Lua

May 16, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Programming

ZeroBrane Studio is a lightweight Lua IDE with code completion, syntax highlighting, live coding, code analyzer, and debugging support.

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