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pythonAI and data libraries, FastAPI and Django backends, scrapers and automation scripts.
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Ecosystems around a programming language.
AI and data libraries, FastAPI and Django backends, scrapers and automation scripts.
Web apps, Node, Deno and Bun servers, SDKs, CLIs and VS Code extensions.
Single-binary CLIs and servers, proxies, Kubernetes operators and cloud tooling.
Node.js servers, npm packages, browser libraries and userscripts.
Crates, CLIs that replace Unix classics, Tauri apps, databases and game engines.
Libraries, game engines, terminals like Ghostty and runtimes like Bun, written in Zig.
Android apps, Compose Multiplatform interfaces and Ktor or Spring backends.
SwiftUI and AppKit apps, menu bar utilities and Swift packages.
Spring Boot services, Minecraft mods and plugins, JVM libraries.
Game engines, emulators, firmware, inference engines like llama.cpp and the libraries under them.
ASP.NET services, Unity games, WPF and WinUI apps, NuGet packages.
Laravel and Symfony apps, WordPress plugins and Composer packages.
Dart packages and tools beyond Flutter apps.
Servers, databases, deployment and the things that keep them up.
CI, deployment, containers and the glue between them.
Software you run on your own hardware instead of someone else's cloud.
Running real infrastructure on a shelf at home.
Logs, metrics, traces and the dashboards built on them.
VPNs, proxies, DNS and the plumbing between machines.
Storage engines, query layers and database tooling.
Operators, controllers, charts and tooling for Kubernetes.
Models, agents and the tooling around them.
Frameworks and runtimes for LLM agents that plan, call tools and act.
Skills and context packs that work across coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…).
Running, fine-tuning and serving large language models.
Plugins, skills, subagents, hooks and tools for Anthropic's Claude Code.
Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Aider, Cline and the tools built around coding agents.
Servers, clients and gateways for the Model Context Protocol.
Run language models on your own machine with Ollama, llama.cpp, GGUF, MLX and local chat apps.
Training, deep learning frameworks and classic ML tooling.
Image and video understanding, generation and OCR.
Speech recognition, text-to-speech and voice cloning.
Games, engines, emulators, audio and retro computing.
Emulators, debuggers and preservation tools for consoles and old machines.
Old hardware, fantasy consoles and the software that keeps them alive.
Open-source games, editors and asset pipelines.
Synths, plugins, DSP libraries and music tools.
Engines, renderers and frameworks for building games.
Renderers, shaders, GPU APIs and real-time 3D graphics.
Microcontrollers, printers and the smart home.
Sensors, integrations and dashboards for the smart home.
Firmware and tooling for microcontrollers and small boards.
Slicers, firmware and print-farm tooling.
Robots, drones, ROS and the software that moves them.
Terminals, CLIs, runtimes and libraries for builders.
File finders, git helpers, system monitors and new takes on ls, grep and cat.
Runtimes, toolchains and apps compiled to WebAssembly.
Terminal emulators, TUIs and shell quality-of-life.
Charting libraries and tools for exploring data visually.
Apps that work offline and sync when they can, with CRDTs and friends.
Neovim, VS Code, Emacs and the plugins that make them yours.
Compilers, interpreters, transpilers and new programming languages.
Dotfiles, window managers, ricing and desktop customization.
Native Mac apps, menu bar tools and macOS utilities.
Debloat scripts, tiling and taskbar tweaks, PowerToys-style utilities and native apps.
Test frameworks, browser automation and fuzzing.
Cross-platform desktop apps and the frameworks behind them, from Electron to Tauri.
Privacy, hardening and defensive tooling.
Encrypted messengers, password managers, tracker blockers and alternatives to Google services.
Scanners, hardening guides and defensive tooling.
Decompilers, disassemblers, debuggers and instrumentation for taking binaries apart.
Apps and frameworks for phones and tablets.
Android apps, libraries and tooling, from Jetpack Compose to custom ROMs.
iPhone, iPad and Apple-platform apps and libraries.
Flutter, React Native and other ways to ship one codebase to every phone.
Frameworks, components and tooling for the browser.
Frontend and full-stack frameworks, from React and Vue to Svelte and htmx.
Component libraries, design systems, icons and CSS.
Tools for designing interfaces: Figma plugins, design tokens, UX and motion design, design-to-code.
Extensions and userscripts for Chrome, Firefox and Safari.