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Link dump - week 39

Link dump - week 39

Howdy!

A few weeks ago I linked to DiffusionBee, an app that makes it easy to run Stable Diffusion, which is an algorithm similar to DALL-E 2 on your M1/M2 Mac. Sadly, Intel Mac users couldn’t use it. But since version 0.2 they can also join the fun (albeit slowly). The latest version also adds some nice UI tweaks, and they have a brand-new website.

There used to be a time, not so long ago, when creating stuff for the web was harder than it should’ve been. Not being able to do what you want to do because you are limited by the platform was very frustrating. But that’s a thing of the past because The Web is Good Now.

Here in Belgium, we use the AZERTY keyboard layout, and the rest of the QWERTY using world laughs at us. Some people swear by even stranger layouts, such as DVORAK. This raises the question: what is the most efficient keyboard layout? AI found out.

Lastly, before I just dump a crap load of links onto you. Aphex Twin has released an app. It’s called samplebrain, and it’s well … interesting. You can download it from his Gitlab page.

Have fun with the links below!

Coding

Drivey.js – GL on Wheels

Type-Level TypeScript — Introduction
A course to take your TypeScript skills to the next level!

First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts – Material Design
Customize color palettes, add gradients, and more with COLRv1

React I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down
We’ve come a long, long way together. You changed. Where do we go from here?

GitHub – BuilderIO/qwik: The HTML-first framework. Instant apps of any size with ~ 1kb JS
The HTML-first framework. Instant apps of any size with ~ 1kb JS – GitHub – BuilderIO/qwik: The HTML-first framework. Instant apps of an…

Tech

Introducing Peregrine: A Truly Realistic Text to Speech Model with Emotion and Laughter – Play.ht – Blog
Play.ht introduces realistic AI Text to Speech voice models that can express emotions and laughter. Create engaging voiceovers from text.

We Spoke With the Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business
This interview was originally published in Floppy Disk Fever: The Curious Afterlives of a Flexible Medium, a new book published by Onoma…

Misc

Take Care of Your Blog
The website of Robin Rendle, a designer and writer from the UK.