Jason Long

8 Apr

I never found a menubar app I liked for GitHub notifications, so I've been working on one. It's very keyboard-centric with several Vim keybindings. If you want to test it out: github.com/jasonlong/oc...

nytimes.comInside an NFL headset: The technology, chaos and split-second conversations behind every play (Gift Article)Explore the hidden network of every NFL sideline, from how the system works to what actually happens during each game.

Interesting article about NFL headsets. (Gift link) "Every NFL stadium is filled with fibers, cables and vast rooms of servers to sustain and secure the private network, which experts say is on par with that of the U.S. Navy." www.nytimes.com/athletic/int...

The early monochrome DOS versions of SimCity were stunning 🔥

nytimes.comKatie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Fired After 5 DaysThe ouster came as Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.

0.5 Scaramuccis = 1 Zacharia www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

paper.designPaper MonoPaper Mono is a beautiful monospace font family with 8 variable weights and coding ligatures, free and open source.

Paper Mono looks really nice. Great website too. paper.design/mono

jeanluciradukunda.github.ioContribution LandsYour contribution year, drawn as a city plan and built as New York.

A user of my 3D GitHub contributions browser extension has taken it to the next level by rendering the building-looking bars as actual buildings. Really cool. jeanluciradukunda.github.io/contribution...

github.comGitHub - jasonlong/isometric-contributions: Browser extension for rendering an isometric pixel art version of your GitHub contribution graph.Browser extension for rendering an isometric pixel art version of your GitHub contribution graph. - jasonlong/isometric-contributions

The original extension: github.com/jasonlong/is...

Sparklinemaxxing when showing metrics across shards for Neki databases on @planetscale.com

22 Sept

Yet another logo blandification

craigmod.comFast Software, the Best SoftwareEssay on the benefits of speedy software, and how it affects user perception of engineering quality and overall usability

20 Sept

7 years later, this is still one of my favorite essays to reread regularly craigmod.com/essays/fast_...

github.comGitHub - davatron5000/microlighter: A zero-dep syntax highlighter that uses the CSS Highlights APIA zero-dep syntax highlighter that uses the CSS Highlights API - davatron5000/microlighter

14 Sept

lmnt.me/blog/design-...

lmnt.meDesign Drought

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Mikkel Malmberg

@mikker.dev

31 Aug

This is super cool – CSS-only, no span-elements syntax highlighting! github.com/davatron500...

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Sam Lambert

@samlambert.com

31 Aug

This is a SF database meetup you should not miss. We are bringing members of the Neki team from across the world to dive into how Neki works. luma.com/tym2h9zq

23 Aug

Been riffing on Karpathy's LLM wiki idea with a daily ChatGPT job that considers recent chats, coding sessions, recent daily notes, and Readwise Reader articles and generates a daily deep dive into these topics. It drops a link to the markdown report in today's daily note in my notes app.

22 Aug

“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”— Richard Buckminster Fuller

www.minoradventures.co/blog/the-mak...

14 Aug

minoradventures.coThe Making of Cursor's IconsA year of drawing, testing, and shipping a complete icon system for the world's favourite coding agent.

10 Aug

I've been vibe coding a native macOS/iOS notes app. It takes inspiration from Roam, Reflect, Tana, and Obsidian but keeps things simple. Built with SwiftUI (w/ CodeMirror editor surface) and Markdown files for storage. I'll probably the only user but it's been fun to work on.

11 Aug

App is daily note-focused and has tasks, pinned notes, backlinks, block references, fast search, and WIP lightweight query syntax. Screenshots w/ demo graph.

sf.isopolis.cityISOPOLIS — San FranciscoSan Francisco as one giant isometric pixel painting. Pan the city, open the tours, send a postcard.

3 Aug

This is too good sf.isopolis.city

brave.comNew Brave Origin premium experience offers users a minimalist version of the Brave browser | BraveMeet Brave Origin, the minimalist browser Brave users asked for: industry-leading privacy and ad+tracker blocking, none of the extras, and a one-time purchase that works across all your devices (free ...

28 July

I like this business model where Brave charges $60 for an "upgraded" browser where it simply strips out all of the features nobody wants. I kinda want it. brave.com/blog/brave-o...

rasyidanaf.comVim of Coding Agents | Rasyidan A FA note on neovim-like coding agent harnesses

13 July

This must be why I like Pi so much rasyidanaf.com/blog/vim-of-...

9 July

Still my favorite app icon

10 June

"Components that signal how oversubscribed your funding round is." vorpus.github.io/performative...

5 June

100 years before every kid in suburbia had a motorized scooter, there was the Autoped en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoped

mechanical-pencil.comMechanical PencilIllustrating the Engineering Around Us

29 May

The Zippo lighter breakdown is especially interesting mechanical-pencil.com

youtu.beApple Super Bowl Commercial Lemmings 1985YouTube video by Grant Owens

24 May

Everyone knows 1984 Apple Super Bowl commercial, but do you know the 1985 commercial? youtu.be/HGLdshNAR00?...

tinyui.orgTiny UIAn archive tracking and researching today's most used interfaces.

16 May

One of the best channels on @are.na has a dedicated site now. tinyui.org

23 Apr

TIL Claude Code has Vim mode /config → Editor mode

17 Apr

Added bulk actions and feedback toasts to Octodot. github.com/jasonlong/oc...

14 Apr

Little known GitHub markdown trick - you can use a <kbd> tag to indicate keyboard shortcuts and buttons.

github.comGitHub - jasonlong/mater: 🍅 A simple, native macOS menubar Pomodoro app🍅 A simple, native macOS menubar Pomodoro app. Contribute to jasonlong/mater development by creating an account on GitHub.

13 Apr

I've updated my old Pomodoro menubar app * Rewritten in Swift (so macOS-only now) * Configurable work/break times * Draggable timer * Spacebar pause/resume * New sound effects by snd.dev * Homebrew-installable github.com/jasonlong/ma...

bethmathews.substack.comWhy So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam GreenThe Color Theory Behind Industrial Seafoam Green

12 Apr

Converting a small Electron app to Swift. New version even includes a test suite which didn't exist before.

Now Homebrew-installable: brew install jasonlong/tap/octodot

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kottke.org

@kottke.org

6 Apr

“What caught my eye as a designer, as with most industrial plants and control rooms of that time, besides the knobs, levers, and buttons, was the use of a very specific seafoam green…” It’s time for some color theory… [bethmathews.substack.com]

karpathy.bearblog.devThe append-and-review noteA simple but powerful approach to note taking

I love how prolific people seem to have the most minimal productivity systems. Like Andrej Karpathy's single Apple Note: karpathy.bearblog.dev/the-append-a...

stephango.comHow I use ObsidianMy personal Obsidian vault template. A bottom-up approach to note-taking and organizing things I am interested in.

Even Steph Ango (Obsidian's CEO) has a minimal setup: stephango.com/vault

karpathy.bearblog.devThe append-and-review noteA simple but powerful approach to note taking

I love how prolific people seem to have the most minimal productivity systems. Like Andrej Karpathy's single Apple Note: karpathy.bearblog.dev/the-append-a...

sive.rsWrite plain text files | Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers plain text files: sive.rs/plaintext

karpathy.bearblog.devThe append-and-review noteA simple but powerful approach to note taking

I love how prolific people seem to have the most minimal productivity systems. Like Andrej Karpathy's single Apple Note: karpathy.bearblog.dev/the-append-a...

youtube.comSam Altman's Method for Clear ThinkingYouTube video by David Perell

Sam Altman's tiny paper notebook: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDmj...

24 Mar

Anyone have a good strategy for streamlining updates to Figma components that have drifted from their code counterparts? Figma MCP server is read-only and Figma Make doesn't seem suitable.

planetscale.comIntroducing Database Traffic Control — PlanetScaleEnforce real-time limits on your Postgres query traffic to protect your database from runaway queries and unexpected load spikes.

24 Mar

Don't overlook the humble <select> element when you need a fancy dropdown. Here we style two selects for a seamless SQL tag picker in the @planetscale.com Traffic Control rule editor.

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PlanetScale

@planetscale.com

23 Mar

Introducing Database Traffic Control: a Postgres traffic management system built into PlanetScale. Enforce flexible budgets on your database traffic to protect against unexpected and dangerous workloads. planetscale.com/blog/introdu...

unsung.aresluna.orgUser interface sugar crash – UnsungA blog about software craft and quality

20 Mar

"Earlier on in your career, you are proud you’ve thought about this extra detail, you’ve figured out how to make this animation work and how to fine-tune the curves, and you’ve learned how to implement it… Later in your experience, you are proud you resisted it." unsung.aresluna.org/user-interfa...

20 Mar

I was curious what squares historically do best in the NCAA tournament so I had Claude make a heatmap for the past 10 years. Full version: jasonlong.github.io/squares-heat...

20 Mar

Go back 40 years and some real patterns emerge.

bazza.devHit areaA collection of TailwindCSS utility classes for expanding the hit area of interactive elements.

14 Mar

I've done some one-off hit area tweaks over time, but this Tailwind utility approach is nice. I updated our app so most targets are WCAG-compliant. bazza.dev/craft/2026/h...

16 Mar

GitHub should look into this