191. Green Wall 中
The cover photo shows a green wall in Waitongwu Village, West Lake District. it looks beautiful from afar—all that green reminds me of Anne of Green Gables.
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.
Trending Tools
Using FLUX on fal.ai for free is fast and effective
https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/flux/dev/playground
Hahaha, look at my latest favorite set of images generated with Flux—absolutely cool!
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Cobalt: Download videos and audio from most social media
https://cobalt.tools/
Cobalt is a minimalist tool for downloading media from sites like Twitter, YouTube, and YouTube Music. Just enter the URL and download—no ads, no tracking.
FontWithASyntaxHighlighter: A great concept for syntax highlighting
https://blog.glyphdrawing.club/font-with-built-in-syntax-highlighting/
This project uses OpenType features to bake syntax highlighting directly into the font itself—eliminating the need for complex libraries like highlight.js. Very clever concept!
Deep-Live-Cam: Open-source face-swapping tool
https://github.com/hacksider/Deep-Live-Cam
Found this open-source tool on GitHub that allows for real-time and video face-swapping with just a single target image. it’s powerful and a bit scary—please use responsibly.
Technical Learning
Cron Job Configuration CheatSheet
Beginner engineers often mix up the parameters of Cron jobs. This clear cheatsheet from Sysplore is a great reference.
Workbench: A new way to debug, monitor, and grow your Stripe integration
https://stripe.com/blog/workbench-a-new-way-to-debug-monitor-and-grow-your-stripe-integration
Stripe’s approach to developer debugging is excellent—very worthy of study, and their productization is top-notch.
Just Looking Around
Movie Recommendation: “Maharaja” (2024)
https://movie.douban.com/subject/36934908/
I watched “Maharaja” over the weekend. I haven’t seen such a tightly-plotted, suspenseful movie with so many twists and timelines in a long time. definitely stay until the end. Highly recommended!
What’s the ultimate enjoyment in life?
Saw a picture online that perfectly captures this愜意 feeling: “In spring, there are hundreds of flowers; in autumn, the moon. In summer, there is a cool breeze; in winter, snow. If there are no idle things clinging to the mind, it is the best season in the world.”
