Latest Finds: Tools

TRMNL is a hackable e-ink display ↗

TRMNL is an e-ink display that can be used for things like weather, a calendar, analytics and more. There's a library of plugins that you can use to connect with various services and the device is open source and hackable. You can build you own plugins.

Block AIs from reading your text with Gibberifier ↗

Gibberifier inserts invisible unicode characters into your text making it harder for AIs to process. Will it actually work in the long term? Probably not as AIs can be programmed to preprocess text removing these characters. The idea is to make it more expensive for them.

Create Text Art with Monodraw ↗

Easily create text-based art like diagrams, layouts, memes and flow charts. Mac app Monodraw converts shapes, lines and drawing into ascii art.

A Synthesizer for Colour ↗

Color Palette Pro lets you generate pretty good looking colour palettes using a hardware-inspired interface. Bonus points for supporting OKLCH - the latest colour format that had widespread browser support.

Make your own social feeds with Graze ↗

Opt out of the algorithm! Create custom, personalised social feeds that work on ATProto and Bluesky.

Monocle is Noise Cancelling For Your Screen ↗

Monocle blurs out windows in the background so you can focus on your current work.

Baserow is an Airtable Alternative ↗

Baserow is an cheaper alternative to Airtable. Build database backed applications for your business such as a CRM, bug tracker, product roadmap, ad booking engine etc.

The software is partially open source and can be run on your own server or you can use the hosted version which has a generous free plan.

Turn Your Mac into a Private Radio Station ↗

Macrowave turns any audio from you Mac into a shareable link that others can tune into.