Links from 2014 (497 links)

For those that need homebrew but like GUIs.

Via ttscoff.

A markdown code documentation system, capable of producing documentation similar to Three.js and Backbone.js.

Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!

Build agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!

This looks great.

Moving away from platforms that aren't doing the business.

A good day for rediscovering The Council Flats of Kingsbury debut LP. Fun in the sun, see. shop.unchartedaudio.com/album/the-coun…

Via jamesholloway.

Looks like I'm the last person in the world to hear about enohyde.com

Creating a product that the designer does not believe improves the user’s life and which the maker would not use is exploitation.

Another PHP-based SSG.

I'm not saying we can't have the fun next-generation Internet, where everyone wears stupid goggles and has profound conversations with their refrigerator. I'm just saying we can't slap it together like we've been doing so far and expect everything to work itself out.

The good news is, it's a design problem! You're all designers here - we can make it fun! We can build an Internet that's distributed, resilient, irritating to governments everywhere, and free in the best sense of the word, like we dreamed of in the 90's. But it will take effort and determination. It will mean scrapping permanent mass surveillance as a business model, which is going to hurt. It will mean pushing laws through a sclerotic legal system. There will have to be some nagging.

I have a couple of spare atom.io invites. DM w/email if you'd like one.

Monolithic applications can be successful, but increasingly people are feeling frustrations with them - especially as more applications are being deployed to the cloud . Change cycles are tied together - a change made to a small part of the application, requires the entire monolith to be rebuilt and deployed. Over time it's often hard to keep a good modular structure, making it harder to keep changes that ought to only affect one module within that module. Scaling requires scaling of the entire application rather than parts of it that require greater resource.

Ultimately, MOOCs are not by themselves a mechanism for development but require certain levels of education and technology. They are reaching millions of people around the world, but to truly revolutionise access, improvements in the broader education and technology ecosystem are vital.

What to do:

Find out where you are Take a small step towards your goal Adjust your understanding based on what you learned Repeat How to do it:

When faced with two of more alternatives that deliver roughly the same value, take the path that makes future change easier.

Via russelldavies.

An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator for Node.js

Send your data to any service with the flick of a switch.

An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator.

What a good idea.

A content editor for GitHub designed for managing websites.

Yuck. Dark patterns.

Hull is a set of open engagement APIs that let you build user login and authentication, activity feeds, messaging, likes, ratings, comments and more into your apps in minutes.

Via jamesholloway.

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