this is basically just a bunch of links to resources that i think are useful.
web browsing
- 12ft.io – bypasses news paywalls
- scribe.rip – alternative frontend to medium
- vxtwitter – makes twitter link previews easily viewable on discord
- vxtiktok – same as above but for tiktok links
- unpaywall – browser extension that bypasses academic article paywalls
- ublock origin – best adblocker extension (in my opinion anyway)
- easylist – filter lists for ublock origin
- clearURLs – extension that removes tracking elements from URLs
- classic mode for wikipedia – extension that brings back the old wikipedia theme
- return youtube dislike – extension that lets you view dislike counts on youtube videos
- auto tab discard – extension that speeds up your browser by “discarding” unused tabs
- recipe filter – extension that makes it way less painful to look at recipe websites
- don’t accept image/webp – extension that discourages websites from replacing JPEGs and PNGs with webp images
website discovery
webring lists
web dev stuff
many of the things on this list are from sadgrl’s webmaster links.
accessibility
full disclosure, i’m still working on making my own website more accessible.
- a11y’s color contrast tool – tool that checks color contrast on a website
- field guide to web accessibility
- sadgrl’s responsive website guide
- WAVE web accessibility tool
- W3’s web accessibility evaluation tools list
fonts and typography
- coollabs fonts – replacement for google fonts
- atkinson hyperlegible – one of my favorite fonts! made for accessibility
- butterick’s practical typography – great typography guide
archival
hosting
- neocities – my host of choice
- leprd.space – another free host (for hobbyists)
- landchad.net – tutorials on setting up your own hosting and shit
HTML and CSS
- sadgrl’s tutorials
- HTML cheat sheet
- W3schools
- free code camp
- josh w. comeau’s tutorials
- kale’s light/dark mode snippet
site features
- riku – free, open source form response collection
- giscus – comments system based on github discussions
- ayano’s comment widget – doesn’t work for non-supporter neocities accounts unforch
- goatcounter – open source web analytics (i don’t use this)
misc/other
- penpot – open source web/ui design tool. they sent me annoying emails LOL.
- 32-bit cafe’s resource list – excellent and very large list of web resources!
- 32-bit cafe’s guide to interacting on the web
- roadmap.sh – lists of skills to learn for particular developer jobs (not applicable to me but useful for some people)
- hugo – the static site builder i use
- lugo – the hugo theme i use
- free web gallery of tile-able website backgrounds
- caesium – image compressor
- psychcool’s personal web map – map of resources, tools, websites, etc. for the personal web
- faircamp – static site generator for audio people
- ecwid – ecommerce thingy
- thirtybees – open source ecommerce thingy
subreddits i find useful or nice sometimes
- r/buyitforlife – all about buying nice instead of buying twice
- r/puer – tea enjoyers
software and stuff
visual art
- marco bucci’s youtube channel – my favorite youtube channel for art lessons
- proko’s youtube channel – another great channel for art lessons
- brattyxbre’s youtube channel – great videos about making zines
writing
fiction
- localscriptman’s youtube channel – my favorite guy for writing advice
- character map – actually useful character sheets for fiction
poetry
- r/ocpoetry’s wiki – wiki full of useful writeups on the craft of poetry