The good web, kept.
Hand-picked tools, repos, type and reading for web builders.
- 37 picksDesign InspirationsGalleries of well-designed websites and apps — real shipped work for ideas.
- 38 picksMac AppsA developer Mac setup: one pick per job, with free and paid alternatives.
- 8 picksStudent OffersFree plans for student developers and how to claim them.
- 74 picksFree CreditsFree tiers and credits for AI APIs, coding tools, media and startups.
Design Inspiration
31Shoot DesignA gallery of hand-picked UI shots from real products — search by pattern, flow, or component.Design InspirationPickFree
404sA curated gallery of creative 404 and error pages.Design InspirationFree
AppShot GalleryA curated gallery of App Store screenshots and app icons, browsable by genre — reference for mobile UI and ASO.Design InspirationFree
CTA GalleryCall-to-action inspiration from real sites — forms, popups, banners and buttons built to convert.Design InspirationFree
FooterA curated gallery of website footers, sortable by type and style.Design InspirationFree
Previews
Design Inspiration
Frontend
20shadcn/uiBeautifully designed, copy-paste React components built on Radix and Tailwind.FrontendPickOpen source
loading.dev29 drop-in React loading spinners, from arcs to bouncing dots, installed as one npm package.FrontendFree
AnyAPI — Cheapest, most reliable data379 scraping & data APIs behind one key. Pay per request, auto-failover.SponsoredAceternity UI200+ animated copy-paste React components, blocks and landing templates built with Tailwind CSS and Motion.FrontendFreemium
CSS Text Effects90 pure-CSS animated text effects — gradient, glitch, typewriter, neon — click to copy, no JavaScript.FrontendOpen source
Kinetics150+ spring-physics micro-interactions with CSS, React code and build prompts — tune the physics, copy the motion.FrontendOpen source
Mac apps
All Mac apps
Design & UI
40LucideA beautiful, consistent open-source icon set with first-class React/Vue/Svelte support.Design & UIPickOpen source
HairlineFine-line SVG illustrations for interfaces and empty states, plus an AI skill that draws new ones in the same style. MIT licensed.Design & UIOpen source
3dicons1,440+ open-source 3D icons, free for personal and commercial use without attribution.Design & UIOpen source
Kitbitz2,000+ hand-drawn illustrations as SVG/PNG with Figma kits, a plugin and MCP access — free for commercial use (CC0).Design & UIFree
HugeiconsVery large icon library in several styles (stroke, solid, duotone, bulk); a sizeable free set, with the full catalog behind a license.Design & UIFreemium
From the blog
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AI & ML · 7 min readNovember 13, 2026What Are Agent Skills? SKILL.md Explained, With Install Commands and a 10-Line ExampleAgent skills are folders with a SKILL.md that an AI agent loads on demand. Which agents support them, how to install vendor skills, and how to write your own.
AI & MLNovember 13, 2026MCP Servers for Databases Compared (2026): Postgres, Supabase, Neon, MongoDB and More
AI & MLNovember 13, 2026Free Vector Databases and Embedding APIs: 11 Free Tiers Compared (2026)
Developer ToolsNovember 13, 2026Free Postgres and Database Hosting in 2026: 8 Free Tiers Compared
Developer ToolsNovember 13, 2026Free Hosting for Side Projects in 2026: 9 Providers Compared
FrontendNovember 13, 2026Fluid Typography with CSS clamp(): The Formula, Zoom and Tailwind (2026)
Developer Tools
11Color.reviewA contrast checker you can design inside — nudge two colors side by side and watch the WCAG ratio update against real text samples.Developer ToolsFree
DeskflowShare one keyboard and mouse across several computers — a software KVM without the video, running on macOS, Windows, and Linux.Developer ToolsOpen source
Easing EditorAnime.js's easing playground — shape a curve, preview it on a moving object, and copy the CSS or JavaScript value straight out.Developer ToolsFree
Easing FunctionsThe reference sheet for standard easing curves — every ease-in, ease-out, and elastic variant with a live preview and copyable code.Developer ToolsFree
Easing GradientsGenerates CSS gradients that fade along an easing curve instead of a straight line — the fix for banded, muddy-looking gradient edges.Developer ToolsFree
Fresh reading
All feeds
Google ResearchAdvancing science & engineering with Antigravity’s /teamworkEducation Innovation- Schneier on SecurityFriday Squid Blogging: Pacific Flying Squid Populations Dropping in Korean Waters
- Dark ReadingArcticRAT Cybercrime Gang Profiles Victim Finances With AI
- Cloudflare BlogKitesurf is now open source
- BleepingComputerTrezor confirms crypto-stealing implants in three wallets, releases fix
- Cloudflare BlogAdapting to AI penetration testing orchestrators: The Modern Security Model
Sources
Web performance, JavaScript, and engineering leadership from Google Chrome.
addyosmani.comWerner Vogels (Amazon CTO) on distributed systems and cloud architecture.
allthingsdistributed.comBreaking cybersecurity and technology news, malware analysis, and how-tos.
bleepingcomputer.comAlex Xu explains system design and scalable architecture, visually.
blog.bytebytego.comNetworking, performance, security, and edge-computing deep dives.
blog.cloudflare.comEnterprise security news, analysis, and threat coverage.
darkreading.com
AI and computer-science research from Google's teams.
research.googleOpen machine-learning models, datasets, and applied ML tutorials.
huggingface.coJack Clark's weekly briefing on AI research and policy.
importai.substack.comInteractive tutorials on CSS, React, and delightful UI.
joshwcomeau.comTesting, React, and shipping better software.
kentcdodds.comIn-depth security news and investigation by journalist Brian Krebs.
krebsonsecurity.comInterviews and essays on the AI engineering stack, by swyx & friends.
latent.spaceLilian Weng's deep technical write-ups on machine learning.
lilianweng.github.ioRefactoring, patterns, and software design from the author of many seminal books.
martinfowler.com
Architecture and operations behind one of the largest streaming platforms.
netflixtechblog.com
Research, product, and announcements from OpenAI.
openai.comDan Abramov on React, JavaScript, and the mental models behind them.
overreacted.ioIn-depth React, Next.js, and full-stack JavaScript tutorials.
robinwieruch.deCommentary on security, cryptography, and privacy by Bruce Schneier.
schneier.com
Scaling commerce: Ruby, Rails, data, and infrastructure at Shopify.
shopify.engineeringHands-on notes on LLMs, prompt engineering, and building with AI.
simonwillison.net
Platform, infrastructure, and product engineering from the Slack team.
slack.engineering
Backend, data, and platform engineering from the Spotify team.
engineering.atspotify.com
Payments, infrastructure, and engineering writing from Stripe.
stripe.comEssays on developer experience, AI engineering, and learning in public.
swyx.io
Engineering, product, and open-source updates from GitHub.
github.blogBreaking cybersecurity news, vulnerabilities, and threat intelligence.
thehackernews.comGergely Orosz on big-tech engineering, teams, and architecture.
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.comBreaches, web security, and privacy from the creator of Have I Been Pwned.
troyhunt.comRepos we cloned
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n8n-io/n8nn8nTypeScriptFair-code workflow automation with a visual editor, hundreds of integrations and code steps when you need them.209.7kstars61.4kforksUpdated Other
open-webui/open-webuiOpen WebUISvelteA self-hosted chat interface for LLMs — works with Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs, with RAG and multi-user support.158.0kstars23.0kforksUpdated Other
microsoft/playwrightPlaywrightTypeScriptReliable end-to-end testing across Chromium, Firefox and WebKit, with auto-waiting, tracing and codegen.99.5kstars6.8kforksUpdated Apache License 2.0
astral-sh/uvuvRustAn extremely fast Python package and project manager, written in Rust — replaces pip, pip-tools, virtualenv and pyenv.91.7kstars3.8kforksUpdated Apache License 2.0
jesseduffield/lazygitlazygitGoA terminal UI for git: stage hunks, rebase interactively and resolve conflicts with a few keystrokes.83.7kstars3.2kforksUpdated MIT License
santifer/career-opsCareer OpsJavaScriptOpen-source AI job search that runs inside your coding CLI — scans job portals, scores listings, tailors your CV, and tracks applications.80.8kstars14.9kforksUpdated MIT License
Toolbox
All tools- AI text cleanerRemove em dashes and hidden characters
- App icon generatoriOS, Android and Expo icon sizes in one zip
- Contrast checkerColour contrast checker with WCAG suggestions
- CSS clampCSS clamp() calculator for fluid typography
- Favicon.ico, PNG set and manifest
- Image compressorUnder 100 KB, 500 KB or 1 MB
- Image converterWebP, AVIF, JPEG and PNG
- JSON formatterFree, in your browser
- JSON to TypeScriptGenerate interfaces from a payload
- JSON-LDJSON-LD schema generator and validator
- Meta tagsMeta tag generator with Google SERP preview
- Metadata removerImage metadata remover
- OG imageFree 1200×630 social cards
- Privacy policyPrivacy policy generator for apps, with terms of use
- robots.txtrobots.txt generator with validation
- Store screenshot resizerExact sizes for App Store Connect and Google Play
- SVG to JSXSVG to JSX converter for React components
- Tailwind paletteTailwind CSS color palette generator
- UTM builderUTM builder: free campaign URL generator for GA4
- Video compressorFit a screen recording under 10 MB for GitHub
- Video to GIFScreen recordings for READMEs and PRs