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Contents

• Platforms
• Programming Languages
• Front-End Development
• Back-End Development
• Computer Science
• Big Data
• Theory
• Books
• Editors
• Gaming
• Development Environment
• Entertainment
• Databases
• Media
• Learn
• Security
• Content Management Systems
• Hardware
• Business
• Work
• Networking
• Decentralized Systems
• Higher Education
• Miscellaneous
• Related

Platforms

• Node.js - Async non-blocking event-driven JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.
  • Cross-Platform - Writing cross-platform code on Node.js.
• Frontend Development
• iOS - Mobile operating system for Apple phones and tablets.
• Android - Mobile operating system developed by Google.
• IoT & Hybrid Apps
• Electron - Cross-platform native desktop apps using JavaScript/HTML/CSS.
• Cordova - JavaScript API for hybrid apps.
• React Native - JavaScript framework for writing natively rendering mobile apps for iOS and Android.
• Xamarin - Mobile app development IDE, testing, and distribution.
• Linux
  • Containers
  • eBPF - Virtual machine that allows you to write more efficient and powerful tracing and monitoring for Linux systems.
• macOS - Operating system for Apple's Mac computers.
  • Command-Line
  • Screensavers
  • Apps
  • Open Source Apps
• watchOS - Operating system for the Apple Watch.
• JVM
• Salesforce
• Amazon Web Services
• Windows
• IPFS - P2P hypermedia protocol.
• Fuse - Mobile development tools.
• Heroku - Cloud platform as a service.
• Raspberry Pi - Credit card-sized computer aimed at teaching kids programming, but capable of a lot more.
• Qt - Cross-platform GUI app framework.
• WebExtensions - Cross-browser extension system.
• RubyMotion - Write cross-platform native apps for iOS, Android, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS in Ruby.
• Smart TV - Create apps for different TV platforms.
• GNOME - Simple and distraction-free desktop environment for Linux.
• KDE - A free software community dedicated to creating an open and user-friendly computing experience.
• .NET
  • Core
  • Roslyn - Open-source compilers and code analysis APIs for C# and VB.NET languages.
• Amazon Alexa - Virtual home assistant.
• DigitalOcean - Cloud computing platform designed for developers.
• Flutter - Google's mobile SDK for building native iOS and Android apps from a single codebase written in Dart.
• Home Assistant - Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
• IBM Cloud - Cloud platform for developers and companies.
• Firebase - App development platform built on Google Cloud Platform.
• Robot Operating System 2.0 - Set of software libraries and tools that help you build robot apps.
• Adafruit IO - Visualize and store data from any device.
• Cloudflare - CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, and security for your site.
• Actions on Google - Developer platform for Google Assistant.

Programming Languages

• JavaScript
  • Promises
  • Standard Style - Style guide and linter.
  • Must Watch Talks
  • Tips
  • Network Layer
  • Micro npm Packages
  • Mad Science npm Packages - Impossible sounding projects that exist.
  • Maintenance Modules - For npm packages.
  • npm - Package manager.
  • AVA - Test runner.
  • ESLint - Linter.
  • Functional Programming
  • Observables
  • npm scripts - Task runner.
  • 30 Seconds of Code - Code snippets you can understand in 30 seconds.
• Swift - Apple's compiled programming language that is secure, modern, programmer-friendly, and fast.
  • Education
  • Playgrounds
• Python - General-purpose programming language designed for readability.
  • Asyncio - Asynchronous I/O in Python 3.
  • Scientific Audio - Scientific research in audio/music.
  • CircuitPython - A version of Python for microcontrollers.
  • Data Science - Data analysis and machine learning.
• Rust
• Haskell
• PureScript
• Go
• Scala
  • Scala Native - Optimizing ahead-of-time compiler for Scala based on LLVM.
• Ruby
• Clojure
• ClojureScript
• Elixir
• Elm
• Erlang
• Julia
• Lua
• C
• C/C++ - General-purpose language with a bias toward system programming and embedded, resource-constrained software.
• R
• D
• Common Lisp
• Perl
• Groovy
• Dart
• Java - Popular secure object-oriented language designed for flexibility to "write once, run anywhere".
  • RxJava
• Kotlin
• OCaml
• ColdFusion
• Fortran
• PHP - Server-side scripting language.
  • Composer - Package manager.
• Pascal
• Assembler
• AutoHotkey
• AutoIt
• Crystal
• Frege - Haskell for the JVM.
• CMake - Build, test, and package software.
• ActionScript 3 - Object-oriented language targeting Adobe AIR.
• Eta - Functional programming language for the JVM.
• Idris - General purpose pure functional programming language with dependent types influenced by Haskell and ML.
• Ada/SPARK - Modern programming language designed for large, long-lived apps where reliability and efficiency are essential.
• Q# - Domain-specific programming language used for expressing quantum algorithms.

Front-End Development

• ES6 Tools
• Web Performance Optimization
• Web Tools
• CSS - Style sheet language that specifies how HTML elements are displayed on screen.
  • Critical-Path Tools
  • Scalability
  • Must-Watch Talks
  • Protips
  • Frameworks
• React - App framework.
  • Relay - Framework for building data-driven React apps.
  • React Hooks - A new feature that lets you use state and other React features without writing a class.
• Web Components
• Polymer - JavaScript library to develop Web Components.
• Angular - App framework.
• Backbone - App framework.
• HTML5 - Markup language used for websites & web apps.
• SVG - XML-based vector image format.
• Canvas
• KnockoutJS - JavaScript library.
• Dojo Toolkit - JavaScript toolkit.
• Inspiration
• Ember - App framework.
• Android UI
• iOS UI
• Meteor
• BEM
• Flexbox
• Web Typography
• Web Accessibility
• Material Design
• D3 - Library for producing dynamic, interactive data visualizations.
• Emails
• jQuery - Easy to use JavaScript library for DOM manipulation.
  • Tips
• Web Audio
• Offline-First
• Static Website Services
• Cycle.js - Functional and reactive JavaScript framework.
• Text Editing
• Motion UI Design
• Vue.js - App framework.
• Marionette.js - App framework.
• Aurelia - App framework.
• Charting
• Ionic Framework 2
• Chrome DevTools
• PostCSS - CSS tool.
• Draft.js - Rich text editor framework for React.
• Service Workers
• Progressive Web Apps
• choo - App framework.
• Redux - State container for JavaScript apps.
• webpack - Module bundler.
• Browserify - Module bundler.
• Sass - CSS preprocessor.
• Ant Design - Enterprise-class UI design language.
• Less - CSS preprocessor.
• WebGL - JavaScript API for rendering 3D graphics.
• Preact - App framework.
• Progressive Enhancement
• Next.js - Framework for server-rendered React apps.
• Hyperapp - Tiny JavaScript library for building web apps.
• lit-html - HTML templating library for JavaScript.
• JAMstack - Modern web development architecture based on client-side JavaScript, reusable APIs, and prebuilt markup.
• Mobile Web Development - Creating a great mobile web experience.
• Storybook - Development environment for UI components.
• Blazor - .NET web framework using C#/Razor and HTML that runs in the browser with WebAssembly.

Back-End Development

• Flask - Python framework.
• Docker
• Vagrant - Automation virtual machine environment.
• Pyramid - Python framework.
• Play1 Framework
• CakePHP - PHP framework.
• Symfony - PHP framework.
  • Education
• Laravel - PHP framework.
  • Education
• Rails - Web app framework for Ruby.
  • Gems - Packages.
• Phalcon - PHP framework.
• Useful .htaccess Snippets
• nginx - Web server.
• Dropwizard - Java framework.
• Kubernetes - Open-source platform that automates Linux container operations.
• Lumen - PHP micro-framework.
• Serverless Framework - Serverless computing and serverless architectures.
• Apache Wicket - Java web app framework.
• Vert.x - Toolkit for building reactive apps on the JVM.
• Terraform - Tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure.
• Vapor - Server-side development in Swift.
• Dash - Python web app framework.

Computer Science

• University Courses
• Data Science
  • Tutorials
• Machine Learning
  • Tutorials
  • ML with Ruby - Learning, implementing, and applying Machine Learning using Ruby.
  • Core ML Models - Models for Apple's machine learning framework.
  • H2O - Open source distributed machine learning platform written in Java with APIs in R, Python, and Scala.
• Speech and Natural Language Processing
  • Spanish
  • NLP with Ruby
  • Question Answering - The science of asking and answering in natural language with a machine.
• Linguistics
• Cryptography
  • Papers - Theory basics for using cryptography by non-cryptographers.
• Computer Vision
• Deep Learning - Neural networks.
  • TensorFlow - Library for machine intelligence.
  • Papers - The most cited deep learning papers.
  • Education
• Deep Vision
• Open Source Society University
• Functional Programming
• Empirical Software Engineering - Evidence-based research on software systems.
• Static Analysis & Code Quality
• Information Retrieval - Learn to develop your own search engine.
• Quantum Computing - Computing which utilizes quantum mechanics and qubits on quantum computers.

Big Data

• Big Data
• Public Datasets
• Hadoop - Framework for distributed storage and processing of very large data sets.
• Data Engineering
• Streaming
• Apache Spark - Unified engine for large-scale data processing.

Theory

• Papers We Love
• Talks
• Algorithms
  • Education - Learning and practicing.
• Algorithm Visualizations
• Artificial Intelligence
• Search Engine Optimization
• Competitive Programming
• Math
• Recursion Schemes - Traversing nested data structures.

Books

• Free Programming Books
• Free Software Testing Books
• Go Books
• R Books
• Mind Expanding Books
• Book Authoring
• Elixir Books

Editors

• Sublime Text
• Vim
• Emacs
• Atom - Open-source and hackable text editor.
• Visual Studio Code - Cross-platform open-source text editor.

Gaming

• Game Development
• Game Networking - Network programming for multiplayer online games.
• Game Talks
• Godot - Game engine.
• Open Source Games
• Unity - Game engine.
• Chess
• LÖVE - Game engine.
• PICO-8 - Fantasy console.
• Game Boy Development
• Construct 2 - Game engine.
• Gideros - Game engine.
• Minecraft - Sandbox video game.
• Game Datasets - Materials and datasets for Artificial Intelligence in games.
• Haxe Game Development - A high-level strongly typed programming language used to produce cross-platform native code.
• libGDX - Java game framework.

Development Environment

• Quick Look Plugins - For macOS.
• Dev Env
• Dotfiles
• Shell
• Fish - User-friendly shell.
• Command-Line Apps
• ZSH Plugins
• GitHub - Hosting service for Git repositories.
  • Browser Extensions
  • Cheat Sheet
  • Pinned Gists - Dynamic pinned gists for your GitHub profile.
• Git Cheat Sheet & Git Flow
• Git Tips
• Git Add-ons - Enhance the git CLI.
• Git Hooks - Scripts for automating tasks during git workflows.
• SSH
• FOSS for Developers
• Hyper - Cross-platform terminal app built on web technologies.
• PowerShell - Cross-platform object-oriented shell.
• Alfred Workflows - Productivity app for macOS.
• Terminals Are Sexy

Entertainment

• Science Fiction - Scifi.
• Fantasy
• Podcasts
• Email Newsletters
• IT Quotes

Databases

• Database
• MySQL
• SQLAlchemy
• InfluxDB
• Neo4j
• MongoDB - NoSQL database.
• RethinkDB
• TinkerPop - Graph computing framework.
• PostgreSQL - Object-relational database.
• CouchDB - Document-oriented NoSQL database.
• HBase - Distributed, scalable, big data store.
• NoSQL Guides - Help on using non-relational, distributed, open-source, and horizontally scalable databases.

Media

• Creative Commons Media
• Fonts
• Codeface - Text editor fonts.
• Stock Resources
• GIF - Image format known for animated images.
• Music
• Open Source Documents
• Audio Visualization
• Broadcasting
• Pixel Art - Pixel-level digital art.
• FFmpeg - Cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.
• Icons - Downloadable SVG/PNG/font icon projects.

Learn

• CLI Workshoppers - Interactive tutorials.
• Learn to Program
• Speaking
• Tech Videos
• Dive into Machine Learning
• Computer History
• Programming for Kids
• Educational Games - Learn while playing.
• JavaScript Learning
• CSS Learning - Mainly about CSS – the language and the modules.
• Product Management - Learn how to be a better product manager.
• Roadmaps - Gives you a clear route to improve your knowledge and skills.

Security

• Application Security
• Security
• CTF - Capture The Flag.
• Malware Analysis
• Android Security
• Hacking
• Honeypots - Deception trap, designed to entice an attacker into attempting to compromise the information systems in an organization.
• Incident Response
• Vehicle Security and Car Hacking
• Web Security - Security of web apps & services.
• Lockpicking - The art of unlocking a lock by manipulating its components without the key.
• Cybersecurity Blue Team - Groups of individuals who identify security flaws in information technology systems.
• Fuzzing - Automated software testing technique that involves feeding pseudo-randomly generated input data.
• Embedded and IoT Security
• GDPR - Regulation on data protection and privacy for all individuals within EU.

Content Management Systems

• Umbraco
• Refinery CMS - Ruby on Rails CMS.
• Wagtail - Django CMS focused on flexibility and user experience.
• Textpattern - Lightweight PHP-based CMS.
• Drupal - Extensible PHP-based CMS.
• Craft CMS - Content-first CMS.

Hardware

• Robotics
• Internet of Things
• Electronics - For electronic engineers and hobbyists.
• Bluetooth Beacons
• Electric Guitar Specifications - Checklist for building your own electric guitar.

Business

• Open Companies
• Places to Post Your Startup
• OKR Methodology - Goal setting & communication best practices.
• Leading and Managing - Leading people and being a manager in a technology company/environment.
• Indie - Independent developer businesses.
• Tools of the Trade - Tools used by companies on Hacker News.
• Clean Tech - Fighting climate change with technology.

Work

• Slack - Team collaboration.
  • Communities
• Remote Jobs
• Productivity
• Niche Job Boards
• Programming Interviews
• Code Review - Reviewing code.

Networking

• Software-Defined Networking
• Network Analysis
• PCAPTools

Decentralized Systems

• Bitcoin - Bitcoin services and tools for software developers.
• Ripple - Open source distributed settlement network.
• Non-Financial Blockchain - Non-financial blockchain applications.
• Mastodon - Open source decentralized microblogging network.
• Ethereum - Distributed computing platform for smart contract development.
• Blockchain AI - Blockchain projects for artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• EOSIO - A decentralized operating system supporting industrial-scale apps.

Higher Education

• Computational Neuroscience - A multidisciplinary science which uses computational approaches to study the nervous system.

Miscellaneous

• JSON - Text based data interchange format.
  • GeoJSON
  • Datasets
• CSV - A text file format that stores tabular data and uses a comma to separate values.
• Discounts for Student Developers
• Sysadmin
• Radio
• Awesome - Recursion illustrated.
• Analytics
• REST
• Selenium
• Appium - Test automation tool for apps.
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
• Services Engineering
• Free for Developers
• Answers - Stack Overflow, Quora, etc.
• Sketch - Design app for macOS.
• Boilerplate Projects
• Readme
• Design and Development Guides
• Software Engineering Blogs
• Self Hosted
• FOSS Production Apps
• Gulp - Task runner.
• AMA - Ask Me Anything.
  • Answers
• Open Source Photography
• OpenGL - Cross-platform API for rendering 2D and 3D graphics.
• GraphQL
• Transit
• Research Tools
• Data Visualization
• Social Media Share Links
• Microservices
• Unicode - Unicode standards, quirks, packages and resources.
  • Code Points
• Beginner-Friendly Projects
• Katas
• Tools for Activism
• Citizen Science - For community-based and non-institutional scientists.
• TAP - Test Anything Protocol.
• MQTT - "Internet of Things" connectivity protocol.
• Hacking Spots
• For Girls
• Vorpal - Node.js CLI framework.
• Vulkan - Low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API.
• LaTeX - Typesetting language.
• Economics - An economist's starter kit.
• Funny Markov Chains
• Bioinformatics
• Cheminformatics - Informatics techniques applied to problems in chemistry.
• Colorful - Choose your next color scheme.
• Steam - Digital distribution platform.
• Bots - Building bots.
• Site Reliability Engineering
• Empathy in Engineering - Building and promoting more compassionate engineering cultures.
• DTrace - Dynamic tracing framework.
• Userscripts - Enhance your browsing experience.
• Pokémon - Pokémon and Pokémon GO.
• ChatOps - Managing technical and business operations through a chat.
• Falsehood - Falsehoods programmers believe in.
• Domain-Driven Design - Software development approach for complex needs by connecting the implementation to an evolving model.
• Quantified Self - Self-tracking through technology.
• SaltStack - Python-based config management system.
• Web Design - For digital designers.
• JMeter - Load testing and performance measurement tool.
• Creative Coding - Programming something expressive instead of something functional.
• No-Login Web Apps - Web apps that work without login.
• Testing - Software testing.
• Free Software - Free as in freedom.
• Framer - Prototyping interactive UI designs.
• Markdown - Markup language.
• Dev Fun - Funny developer projects.
• Events in the Netherlands - Tech-related events in the Netherlands.
• Healthcare - Open source healthcare software for facilities, providers, developers, policy experts, and researchers.
• Magento 2 - Open Source eCommerce built with PHP.
• TikZ - Graph drawing packages for TeX/LaTeX/ConTeXt.
• Neuroscience - Study of the nervous system and brain.
• Ad-Free - Ad-free alternatives.
• Esolangs - Programming languages designed for experimentation or as jokes rather than actual use.
• Prometheus - Open-source monitoring system.
• Homematic - Smart home devices.
• Ledger - Double-entry accounting on the command-line.
• Uncopyright - Public domain works.
• Crypto Currency Tools & Algorithms - Digital currency where encryption is used to regulate the generation of units and verify transfers.
• Diversity - Creating a more inclusive and diverse tech community.
• Open Source Supporters - Companies that offer their tools and services for free to open source projects.
• Design Principles - Create better and more consistent designs and experiences.
• Visual Regression Testing - Ensures changes did not break the functionality or style.
• Theravada - Teachings from the Theravada Buddhist tradition.
• inspectIT - Open source Java app performance management tool.
• Open Source Maintainers - The experience of being an open source maintainer.
• Calculators - Calculators for every platform.
• Captcha - A type of challenge–response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human.
• Jupyter - Create and share documents that contain code, equations, visualizations and narrative text.
• FIRST Robotics Competition - International high school robotics championship.
• Humane Technology - Open source projects that help improve society.
• Speakers - Conference and meetup speakers in the programming and design community.
• Board Games - Table-top gaming fun for all.
• Software Patreons - Fund individual programmers or the development of open source projects.
• Parasite - Parasites and host-pathogen interactions.
• Food - Food-related projects on GitHub.
• Mental Health - Mental health awareness and self-care in the software industry.
• Bitcoin Payment Processors - Start accepting Bitcoin.
• Scientific Computing - Solving complex scientific problems using computers.
• Amazon Sellers
• Agriculture - Open source technology for farming and gardening.
• Plotters - Computer-controlled drawing machines and other visual art robots.
• Product Design - Design a product from the initial concept to production.
• Prisma - Turn your database into a GraphQL API.
• Software Architecture - The discipline of designing and building software.
• Connectivity Data and Reports - Better understand who has access to telecommunication and internet infrastructure and on what terms.
• Stacks - Tech stacks for building different apps and features.
• Cytodata - Image-based profiling of biological phenotypes for computational biologists.
• IRC - Open source messaging protocol.
• Advertising - Advertising and programmatic media for websites.

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