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1. YAMLResume

A YAML-based resume management tool following the Separation of Concerns principle, allowing you to write resume content in plain text YAML and generate pixel-perfect PDFs through LaTeX or HTML/CSS typesetting engines, with support for CLI, Docker, VS Code extension, and GitHub Action workflows.

https://github.com/yamlresume/yamlresume

2. A Niche Quick Calendar Method

Introducing the terminal cal command as a fast way to check calendars — typing cal in an already-open terminal is faster than launching a calendar app, the output is plain text that can be directly copied into notes, and the post covers useful options like displaying the full year, specific months, and adjacent months.

https://hsu.cy/notes/202605271622/

3. Warm Up Your MacBook

Sharing the trick of running CPU-intensive commands (like yes > /dev/null) to warm up your MacBook in cold weather, preventing battery performance degradation and hardware issues in low-temperature environments.

https://z3ugma.github.io/2019/11/18/warm-up-your-macbook/

4. Shlink

Shlink is a PHP-based self-hosted URL shortener that serves shortened URLs under your own domain, featuring a REST API and web management interface, Docker deployment support, multiple database backends, and detailed access statistics.

https://github.com/shlinkio/shlink

5. I’m switching to a dumbphone this summer

The author decides to switch from a smartphone to a feature phone (Sunbeam F1 Horizon) for summer 2026, aiming to rebuild an intentional relationship with technology, reduce mindless scrolling habits, and model healthy tech usage for her child, sharing initial impressions of the dumbphone experience.

https://veronicaexplains.net/dumbphone-summer-2026/

6. You Don’t Love systemd Timers Enough

A deep dive into systemd timers as a modern replacement for cron, detailing their advantages (clear logging, flexible scheduling syntax, persistent execution) and practical features like system wake, randomized delays, persistence, and relative time scheduling.

https://blog.tjll.net/you-dont-love-systemd-timers-enough/

7. kubecolor

kubecolor is a lightweight kubectl wrapper that only adds color highlighting to kubectl output without tampering with the content, supporting autocompletion, dynamic TTY detection, and custom color themes, and can be used directly as a kubectl alias.

https://github.com/kubecolor/kubecolor

8. Docker Compose Local Dev Environments: Beyond docker-compose up

Summarizing seven Docker Compose local dev environment best practice patterns: health check gated startup, named volumes instead of bind mounts for databases, internal DNS to avoid port collisions, entrypoint environment validation, Profiles for on-demand services, override files for personal config separation, and layered environment variable files.

https://the-practical-developer.online/posts/docker-compose-local-dev-environments/

9. LiteLLM: AI Gateway for LLMs – Features Overview

A comprehensive overview of LiteLLM as a unified LLM gateway, covering centralized access management, budgets and rate limiting, OpenTelemetry tracing integration, Prometheus metrics, load balancing and failover, with a full walkthrough of Docker deployment, Python client integration, and VictoriaTraces tracing setup.

https://rtfm.co.ua/en/litellm-ai-gateway-for-llms-features-overview/

10. PostgreSQL Backups and Point-in-Time Recovery in Production

A detailed guide to production PostgreSQL backup and recovery strategy, covering why pg_dump alone isn’t enough, WAL archiving configuration, base backups, a six-step point-in-time recovery (PITR) procedure, automated restore test scripts, and a comparison of pgBackRest and WAL-G tools.

https://the-practical-developer.online/posts/postgresql-backups-point-in-time-recovery/

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