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Awesome links

In the same vein as the ‘awesome [thing]’ lists you've seen everywhere, instead of bookmarking websites and never revisiting them, I'm collecting all the links I find useful here (easy to quickly Cmd-F!). Inspired by Giles Turnbull's Shoebox.
This is very much a work in progress, not an exhaustive list (yet!).

Fire Snap

Make screenshots look great with a pretty background.

https://www.firessnap.com
toolsmarketing

Rocket

Mind-blowing emoji picker for Mac.

https://matthewpalmer.net/rocket
toolsmac app

Checklist for changing your data model in a web application

A checklist for zero-downtime migrations. First step is to decouple migrations from deployments; they should not be part of the same process.

https://rtpg.co/2021/06/07/changes-checklist.html
referenceweb developmentdatabases

Apple Password Rules

How to give password generators guidance on what to include in a password.

https://developer.apple.com/password-rules/
toolsweb developmentsecurity

The Handbook Directory

A directory of internal onboarding/cultural corporate handbooks.

https://handbook.directory/
referencebusinesshr

Prompt Engineering Guide

A comprehensive guide to prompt engineering, wiht a focus on the latest research and techniques.

https://www.promptingguide.ai/
referenceweb developmentai

Random Things to Do

A fun generator of random things to do in different categories.

https://randomthingstodo.com/
referencefun

Branded Types in TypeScript

Give your strings meaningful types so you can't accidentally use a 'Hash' where you meant a 'Salt'.

https://www.carlos-menezes.com/post/branded-types
referencetypescript

A taxonomy of tech debt

Bill Clark discusses classifying and managing tech debt at Riot. A great perspective - classifying tech debt correctly is a great way to prioritize and manage it.

https://technology.riotgames.com/news/taxonomy-tech-debt
referencebusinesstech debt

Modern Font Stacks

A collection of system font stacks organized by typeface classification for every modern OS.

https://modernfontstacks.com/
referencedesigntypography

Built for Mars

A library of UX case studies, cheatsheets, design psychology and examples.

https://builtformars.com
referencedesignux