226. I Love Nanjing 中
The cover photo shows the “I Love Nanjing” T-shirt from Mr. Li’s shop. The green version finally came in stock, so I ordered it immediately. Looking forward to wearing it to Nanjing 1701 next time.
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
Dia Browser is finally ready to use
https://www.diabrowser.com/
Never doubt the design of the ARC team. This hyped-up AI browser is now open to existing ARC users. Interested friends can check it out; I’d call it a beautiful AI version of Chrome.
Piko: ReVanced-patches for Twitter
https://github.com/crimera/piko
If you use Android and find the X client frustrating, try Piko. You can find the installation package on GitHub. It removes ads, keeps the “Blue Bird,” removes clutter, supports system fonts, downloads videos, and hides anything you don’t like. Very polished and clean.
Rybbit: Open-source Google Analytics alternative
https://www.rybbit.io/
Rybbit is a beautifully designed, lightweight, cookie-less web and product analytics tool. You can easily deploy it yourself.
Opik: Open-source LLM evaluation platform
https://www.comet.com/docs/opik/
AI in enterprise scenarios isn’t just about making it run. More important are efficient iteration and evaluation. For engineering, the priority is how to let users experiment and optimize faster. Check out the open-source Opik tool.
Cap: A modern, lightweight open-source CAPTCHA alternative
https://capjs.js.org/
Cap is a modern, lightweight open-source CAPTCHA alternative. It’s fast and used to verify if a user is human. You can deploy it yourself.
Just Looking Around
Twitter’s Recommendation Algorithm
https://blog.x.com/engineering/en_us/topics/open-source/2023/twitter-recommendation-algorithm
It’s been two years since Twitter released its recommendation algorithm. It distills about 500 million daily tweets into a small number of top tweets on your personalized timeline. This article explains how the algorithm selects tweets for you—well worth a look for Twitter users.
Checklist Guide for CS Paper Formatting, Structure, and Presentation
https://github.com/yzhao062/cs-paper-checklist
A guide for CS paper formatting based on the author’s practical experience. It’s perfect for conference/journal submissions, providing specific reminders and clarifying common pitfalls for rejection.
