Sites & Tools
2025-08-20T14:19
SitesAndTools
This is a collection of useful sites and tools that I regularly forget exist.
Web
HeroIcons
A set of free, MIT-licensed high-quality SVG icons for you to use in your web projects.
https://heroicons.com/
Tailwind
A utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces.
https://tailwindcss.com/
Bootstrap
The most popular HTML, CSS, and JS library in the world.
https://getbootstrap.com/
VueJS Docs
The official documentation for Vue.js, a progressive JavaScript framework.
https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/
Nuxtjs Docs
The official documentation for Nuxt.js, a framework for creating Universal Vue.js Applications.
https://nuxtjs.org/docs/2.x/get-started
Nextjs Docs
The official documentation for Next.js, a React framework for production.
https://nextjs.org/docs
Reactjs Docs
The official documentation for React, a JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
https://reactjs.org/docs/getting-started.html
Shadcn
A css framework for react
https://ui.shadcn.com/docs/
Linux
NixOS Package Search
The official package lookup for NixOS
https://search.nixos.org/packages/
NixOS NixPkgs Manual
The official NixPkgs Manual
https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/
NixOS Manual
The official referance guide to NixOS
https://nix.dev/manual/nix/stable/
Home Manger
Manage you home with nix!
https://nix-community.github.io/home-manager/
Ubuntu
Ubuntu means community.
https://ubuntu.com/
Debian
https://www.debian.org/
Herbsluftwm
A window manager that tiles? looks good
https://herbstluftwm.org/
Guix
A GNU os much like NixOS. Less packages, but totally free.
https://guix.gnu.org/
Crontab Guru
A website that describes your crontab
https://crontab.guru
Self Hosting
Vault Warden
Mom: we have Bitwarden at home Bitwarden at home:
https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
CDM-Project
A Self hosted Git Service
https://cdm-project.com/
Literature
i.e git gud
How to ask questions better online
Smarter questions
https://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/getting-the-best-help-on-linux-forums/ http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Perfect Media Server
A plan to build your own media server
https://perfectmediaserver.com/
MISC
Authorised Pearson Vue Test Centre
Quill Learning
https://quill.com.au/pages/test-centre
Sysinternals
Useful tools such as a TCP viewer.
https://live.sysinternals.com/
Wikiwand
Wikipedia with improvements
https://www.wikiwand.com/
GitHub Flavored Markdown Spec
The specification for formatting markdown documents such as this one.
https://github.github.com/gfm/
Cloudflare Dashboard
The Cloudflare dashboard
https://dash.cloudflare.com/
Acceptable ads
Adblock Plus designed rules for ads that are considered acceptable to most users. Guidelines.
https://acceptableads.com/standard/ https://adblockplus.org/acceptable-ads
Now payments
Accept crypto payments in twich
https://nowpayments.io/twitch
Web Server for Chrome
An in browser http server, absolutely cursed
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/web-server-for-chrome/ofhbbkphhbklhfoeikjpcbhemlocgigb?pli=1
DreamBerd
The perfect programming language
https://github.com/TodePond/DreamBerd
Adnauseam
What if your computer clicked the ads for you?
https://adnauseam.io/
Apex Chip
An human implantable NFC / RFIC chip
https://vivokey.com/apex/
Nix Language Basics
https://nixos.org/guides/nix-language.html#reading-nix-language
Bigtech lacking
That one time someone got a copyrwrite notice for downloading linux
Downloading Ubuntu via BitTorrent gets Comcast customer a DMCA warning
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/fake-dmca-takedown-notice-targeted-ubuntu-downloaders-yesterday/
That time google advertised malware at the top of search results
https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA221221
Games
Factorio
Automatic Train painter
Trains automatically colored based on cargo
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Automatic_Train_Painter
Vibrant trains
These trains pratically glow!
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/vibrant-trains
Train Trails
Trains leave a trail in their wake the same color as them.
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/train-trails
Logistic Train Network
Goods are transfered between stations automatically
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/LogisticTrainNetwork
Spidertron Automation
Adds in construction spidertrons which make logistic network requests for what they need to build with.
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Constructron-Continued
Bookmarklets
Debian Man Pages
Search the Man Pages of debian packages
javascript: (() => {
let query = prompt("ManPages Query:");
let url = "https://manpages.debian.org/" + encodeURIComponent(query + ".html");
if (query == null) {
console.log("ManPages bookmarklet: query cancelled");
return;
}
console.log("ManPages bookmarklet: going to " + url);
window.open(url, "_blank", "location=yes,height=800,width=735,scrollbars=yes,status=no");
})();
Arch Man Pages
javascript: (() => {
let query = prompt("ManPages Query:");
let url = "https://man.archlinux.org/man/" + encodeURIComponent(query + ".html");
if (query == null) {
console.log("ManPages bookmarklet: query cancelled");
return;
}
console.log("ManPages bookmarklet: going to " + url);
window.open(url, "_blank", "location=yes,height=800,width=735,scrollbars=yes,status=no");
})();
ChatGPT
Ask ChatGPT a question
javascript: (() => {
let query = prompt("Ask ChatGPT:");
let url = "https://chatgpt.com/?q=" + encodeURIComponent(query);
if (query == null) {
console.log("ChatGPT bookmarklet: query cancelled");
return;
}
console.log("ChatGPT bookmarklet: going to " + url);
window.open(url, "_blank", "location=yes,height=800,width=735,scrollbars=yes,status=yes");
})();
ip lookup
plaintext ip from http request, ipv4/6 subdomains
https://www.icanhazip.com/
Games
Snake
The best snake clone
https://patorjk.com/games/snake/