176. Window View 中
The cover photo was taken on my way back to Hangzhou after the May Day holiday. This is the view from the window of a small town in Zhejiang—sunset and green trees are always a beautiful pairing.
Record the down-to-earth trending technologies seen every week, and publish them here after screening. If you find it good, you can follow this weekly to get update notifications.
Technical Learning
Pake V2.5 - Build lightweight desktop apps with Rust
https://github.com/tw93/Pake
🆕 New features: Global shortcuts for summoning, window pinning, and disabling web shortcuts—check the CLI docs for details.
😏 Modified internal file handling and updated immersive header behaviors.
🚀 Improved build speeds for domestic users, cleaned up unused configurations, and updated dependencies.
🦖 Support for custom menu bar icons with crisp rendering; fixed Mac closing interactions to match native apps.
Solutions for the 2024 Alibaba Global Math Competition Qualifying Round
https://www.longluo.me/blog/2024/04/16/2024-alibaba-global-mathematics-competition-qualifying-round/
A blogger’s breakdown of this year’s competition problems. See how much of your math knowledge you still remember!
GitHub Copilot Workspace: A local environment for Copilot
https://github.blog/2024-04-29-github-copilot-workspace/
The integration with GitHub feels incredibly natural and smooth. definitely worth studying this workflow.
Trending Tools
Reminders Menubar: Reminders for your Mac menu bar
https://github.com/DamascenoRafael/reminders-menubar
An open-source tool that puts your Apple Reminders in the menu bar. The interaction design is solid.
Belly Book: Log your meals with AI
https://bellybook.cn/
A beautifully designed iOS app that uses AI to log your daily meals by photo, showing nutrition and calories. it’s perfect for health monitoring with a very “human” touch. An history of your appetite.
Madaha Translate: A fun way to learn English
https://madaha-translate.com/
A Chrome extension that replaces some Chinese text on pages with English, encouraging you to learn through context. A quirky but effective way to expand your vocabulary.
IMake: A tool for making cover images
https://img-maker.vercel.app/
Easily create cover images for blogs, YouTube, or podcasts. You can search for keyword-based images or use your own.
Just Looking Around
Random Talk: AI’s impact on different types of programmers
- Boosts programmers with great ideas but average technical skills.
- Widens the boundaries for those with both great ideas and high skills.
- Neutralizes the uniqueness of those with high skills but no original ideas.
- Increases anxiety for those with neither ideas nor technical depth.
Curious Research: Do you have pirated software on your computer?
I polled the community about pirated software use among domestic programmers. Out of 1381 votes, 1/3 have none, while 2/3 have some. I’m not proud to say I used some early in my career, but I’ve since switched to open-source or paid alternatives. I encourage others to do the same!
