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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 30/09/2026

Before pixels: Modular industrial dashboards – Unsung: "A blog about software craft and quality"

Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 14/09/2026

The Design System as the Control Plane for AI-Generated UI: "AI-assisted development has made it easier to generate frontend code quickly. A developer can ask for a form, a dashboard widget, a settings page, or a modal"

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 14/09/2026

"the longevity of dinosaurs was such that we humans are closer in time to the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex, than the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex was to the iconic stegosaurus." – Adam Rutherford in the Book of Humans

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 13/09/2026

"Lybia leptochelis, the boxer crab, picks up and carries a pair of stinging anemones with its claws to ward off enemies, though this has also earned them the slightly less hardcore nickname of “pom-pom crabs.” They’ll fight…" – Adam Rutherford in the Book of Humans

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 13/09/2026

"Bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay hurdle sea sponges onto their beaks. Around three-fifths of dolphins are spongers in this area, and researchers think that they are doing this to protect their beaks—more technically, the…" – Adam Rutherford in the Book of Humans

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 07/09/2026

Vorssaint: "A free, open-source, modular Mac menu bar app that could replaces a bunch of other utilities."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 04/09/2026

MotionSpec — Motion accessibility for AI-generated web apps: motionspec.dev "MotionSpec compiles reduced-motion-safe, on-budget motion for AI-generated web apps. Free motion check for any URL."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 05/08/2026

"The confession is doing structural work. If you admit the danger, you establish yourself as the one honest actor. And if you are the one honest actor, your…"–Om Malik duckduckgo.com?q=Om+Malik+T...

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 02/08/2026

FluidVoice: altic.dev/fluid "Free open source voice-to-text for macOS. Local-first dictation with Parakeet, Apple Speech, Whisper, AI enhancement, command mode, write mode, and Intel support through Whisper."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 24/07/2026

Nativ — Run AI models locally on your Mac: blaizzy.github.io/nativ/ "Frontier intelligence on your desk. No accounts, subscriptions, or cloud."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 19/07/2026

exercises-dataset: github.com/hasaneyldrm/... "1,324-exercise fitness dataset — animation GIFs, 180×180 thumbnails, muscle-group & equipment data, and step-by-step instructions in 6 languages."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 18/07/2026

Harper: Free, Open Source Grammar Checker: writewithharper.com "Harper checks your writing fast, without compromising your privacy."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 28/06/2026

Storied Colors: storiedcolors.com "named colors with documented histories."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 28/06/2026

Enhancing with CSS Grid Lanes: adactio.com/journal/22613 "Going from a carousel on small screens to a masonry layout on larger screens."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 27/06/2026

Chili Peppers of the World: Cultivars, Species, and Heat: www.notesfromtheroad.com/desertmexico... "An illustrated guide to chili peppers of the world, organized by Capsicum species and cultivar, with notes on origin, heat, form, domestication, and global food history."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 19/06/2026

Yup, this is exactly what I was hoping to see when loading a page from a search... Y'all, we really didn't have to break the web this way.

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 01/06/2026

Roost: roostsocial.app "A messaging app where your message is delivered at the speed it would take your chosen bird to travel in real-time. This reminds me of the fun, early era of social media."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 21/05/2026

Shortcuts Playground: github.com/viticci/shor... "Shortcuts Playground: A Claude Code and Codex plugin for building, validating, signing, and remixing macOS/iOS Shortcuts with natural language."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 19/05/2026

Learn AI Layer by Layer: learnai.robennals.org?ref=DenseDis... "An interactive, visual guide to understanding AI from first principles."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 19/05/2026

Rulebook: lucas.io/rulebook/?re... "A Mac app that automatically sorts, renames, converts, moves, copies, archives and tags files in the background."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 11/05/2026

The Big Sur-ification of macOS Icons: blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/big-sur... "Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 09/05/2026

taken.: sinceyouarrived.world/taken "A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you." This is really well done. I love how they explain each data point and the way they wrote in general.

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 03/05/2026

Making an original Jubilee line door button into a Hue light switch: localghost.dev/blog/making-...

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 02/05/2026

"In 1969, after a proposal to abolish the Electoral College by constitutional amendment passed in the House, it was only very narrowly defeated in the Senate, mostly due to the surprising opposition of…"–Jill Lepore www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW13K7W1/

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 01/05/2026

"Nothing is improper, even though you know something isn’t right. Still, the accountants have done their job."–Om Malik om.co/2026/05/01/w...

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 01/05/2026

"Laws govern people; constitutions govern governments."–Jill Lepore www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW13K7W1/

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 30/04/2026

Artemis II Photo Timeline: artemistimeline.com#jeremy-hanse... "An interactive photo timeline of NASA's Artemis II mission — scrub through every crew moment, lunar flyby shot, and audio clip from April 1–10, 2026."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 28/04/2026

DeckPilot — Adaptive Control Surface for Mac: deckpilot.co "Your iPhone becomes an intelligent control surface for your Mac."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 25/04/2026

This Bookshelves item by WoodArtisTR has 167 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Türkiye. Listed on Oct 22, 2025

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 22/04/2026

ReciproCard - Reciprocal Library Cards for Libby: reciprocard.com "Discover which reciprocal library systems you can access based on where you live. More cards means more books on Libby."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 19/04/2026

cmux — The terminal built for multitasking: cmux.com "Native macOS terminal for AI coding agents. Works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Kiro, Aider, and any CLI tool."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 18/04/2026

MapToPoster: github.com/originalanku... "Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters with code."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 15/04/2026

Agentic AI, design systems & Figma: a practical guide: uxdesign.cc/agentic-ai-d... "The Figma basics you were told to get right just became the foundation for something much bigger."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 15/04/2026

MacNotch: macnotch.io?ref=DenseDis... "A powerful modular dashboard at the top of your Mac. Works with or without a physical notch and on multiple displays. Dashboard, media (Spotify, Apple Music, Plex, VOX, VLC, browsers), calendar, code hosting (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), AI…"

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 15/04/2026

📝 Raycast Time Zone Converter: Now with Time Ranges: www.silverspider.com/2026/raycast... I've added support for converting time ranges in my Raycast extension.

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 12/04/2026

The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code: piechowski.io/post/git-com... "Five git commands that tell you where a codebase hurts before you open a single file. Churn hotspots, bus factor, bug clusters, and crisis patterns."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 07/04/2026

BumpMesh by CNC Kitchen: bumpmesh.com "A web-based tool to add textures to 3D models"

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 05/04/2026

ThumbHost3mf: github.com/DavidPhillip... "Add thumbnails and quickook support for .3mf, .gcode and .bgcode files"

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 02/04/2026

The Great CSS Expansion: blog.gitbutler.com/the-great-cs... "CSS now does what Floating UI, GSAP ScrollTrigger, Framer Motion, and react-select used to require JavaScript for. Here is exactly how much that saves, why these libraries were painful beyond their size, and what the…"

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 02/04/2026

Ghostty Settings Generator: ventz.github.io/ghostty-sett...

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 25/03/2026

"China takes energy security seriously. The enormous effort it has made to build low-carbon capacity—solar, wind, and nuclear—has to be…"–Dan Wang www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 12/03/2026

"Empires preserve their power with the stories that they tell, but just as critical are the stories they don’t—the dark silences they impose, the pages they tear out." (David Grann, The Wager)

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 07/03/2026

"in reality, prediction markets produce the opposite of accurate, unbiased…"–Charlie Warzel www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 04/03/2026

1 dataset. 100 visualizations.: 100.datavizproject.com "Fascinating and a reminder that how data is presented shapes the data's story."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 23/02/2026

The Everdeck: A Universal Card System: thewrongtools.wordpress.com/2019/10/10/t... "This is a nifty bit of design"

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 18/02/2026

Modern CSS Code Snippets | modern.css: modern-css.com "A collection of modern CSS code snippets. Every old CSS hack next to its clean, native replacement, side by side."

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 17/02/2026

Hey @Anthropic / Claude team, I haven't used Cowork, and while I may in the future, this is pretty unacceptable when trying to restart an app that I rely on to be responsive. I'm now *far* less inclined to let Cowork do anything for me. Please do better. #Claude #Anthropic

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Alex Jones @alexjones.us · 16/02/2026

Indicate Mono Condensed: www.designmadeingermany.de#230649 "Introducing Indicate Mono Condensed, the second style of my monospace typeface in ongoing development. While preserving the strict order of a monospace typeface, Indicate Mo"

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