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Command or Control

2023-08-10

Should your hotkeys use "Cmd" or "Ctrl"? How can you tell if your user is on a Mac or not? This blog post walks through multiple approaches to OS detection in JavaScript.

On Zero Trust Programming

2023-04-24

Explore the concept of Zero Trust Programming (ZTP), which applies the Zero Trust security model to code, allowing granular permissions and enhancing open source software security. Discover ZTP's potential benefits in reducing vulnerabilities and improving audit processes, while considering the challenges and tradeoffs. Learn how ZTP could be implemented in existing or new languages and ecosystems.

Running JavaScript in Rust with Deno

2023-07-05

Explore how the Deno runtime can enable JavaScript code execution in a Rust application via a proof-of-concept project called "js-in-rs". Discover the flexibility and versatility of using JavaScript expressions as filters in a CLI, written in Rust, as a powerful alternative to regular expressions. Watch out grep!

Watercooler

A desktop application for interacting with the ChatGPT API, written with Rust, Tauri, React, and Mantine.

Algorithmic Color Palettes

Using clustering algorithms to create color palettes from movie stills.

apoor-dot-dev

A URL shortener written in Rust and deployed on Fly.io.