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We all love our text editor or IDE of choice, but sometimes it's too easy to get stuck in a rut using the same one because it's comfortable, and it might be worth challenging yourself with something new. In this video, I look at seven alternatives, old and new, macOS-native and cross-platform, feature-packed and more focused, to see if there's anything I might consider to wake myself from my VSCode-shaped hole.

JetBrains is well known for its IntelliJ family of IDEs and has always bundled smart assistive tools. Now, like other vendors and tools, the company has added a privacy-first AI assistant to its full suite. How does it compare to competing tools like Copilot? Does quality suffer for privacy and data sovereignty? I'll take a look!

I've been using @parallels Desktop for a while, but with @vmware making Fusion pro free for personal use, I thought it was time to look at alternatives for running #windows #linux and other operating systems on #macos In this video, I look at Parallels Desktop, VMWare Fusion, UTM, QEMU, Crossover from @Codeweavers-Ltd , Wine, and Whisky.

#Git may be the source of many developers' productivity and frustrations, but its branch concept is fundamental. @gitbutlerapp wants to change this, allowing developers to easily create and switch between changes on virtual branches. It's a slick new desktop app written in #Rust and #Tauri. How well does it work? Do we need it? I take a look.

Almost every time you install an audio plugin for a DAW you end up with multiple copies of it as a vst2, vst3, and au file. If you’re like me and want to maintain a clean and tidy computer, all these duplicates that basically do the same thing probably irritate and annoy you, staring at you and teasing you every time you scroll a plugin list.

I'm back at the preeminent event for synths and electronic instruments to try and dig out some of the stranger and more interesting instruments rather than room after room of dial-twiddling cable-patchers. Enjoy!

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I speak with Thomas Labarussias of @sysdig about Falco, a cloud-native security tool designed for Linux systems. Falco uses custom rules on kernel events, enriched with container and Kubernetes metadata, to provide real-time alerts and help you gain visibility into abnormal behavior, potential security threats, and compliance violations, contributing to comprehensive runtime security.

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I have a little fun and try messing around with animating some boring images of myself using Dreamface's AI-powered mobile app. 00:00 Intro music 00:03 Intro 00:34 Intro to the app 00:46 Creating a speaking avatar 01:31 Creating a singing picture 01:54 Creating a dancing picture 02:19 Image manipulation 02:55 Creating a singing picture 03:00 Reviewing my creations 04:12 Creating a speaking avatar 04:54 Outro 05:51 Outro music

In this interview and demo, I speak with @CerbosDev about their open source and commercial tool for implementing one of the most tedious of developer tasks more easily, adding roles and permissions. It has a real-time browser-based tool for writing and testing policies and integrates with dozens of hosting and authentication options and programming languages.

In this interview and demo I speak with Ruan from Fiero about how their two person team has built an amazing browser-based tool that helps game designers and developers to build 2D games in the browser but distribute them to a wide variety of native platforms including desktop and mobile. https://fierogameengine.com

AsciiDoc is a popular markup language amongst technical writers, but tooling options are limited compared to markdown. adoc studio aims to fill that gap, and in this video, I take a look at how it compares to using AsciiDoc plugins in VSCode or an IntelliJ-based IDE.

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Embracing "standard" Markdown, HackMD lets you collaborate using everyone's favourite plan text format. How does it compare to the bigger, shinier competition? I take a look.

Serenade lets you write code with your voice. You heard that right. Is it faster than typing? Is it annoying? I take a err, speak?

There are a lot of screen recorders available, so what does Screenity offer over all of the others? I take a look.

Apple's new DocC documentation compiler converts Markdown-based text into rich documentation for Swift applications. How does it compare to other language-specific tools? I take a look.

Dockerslim claims to increase the performance and security of docker images with no effort on your part. How realistic is the claim? I take a look.

I looked at raycast a few months ago and the product and community has developed so much since I thought it was time to see what’s new.

Streamlit turns data scripts into shareable web apps in minutes. All in Python. All for free. No front‑end experience required. Too good to be true? I take a look!

The Estate of Baron Archambaud, an Ingrate is a self-contained, single-player card adventure in which players use a deck of standard playing cards to explore the Baron's estate and retrieve an heirloom from his vault.

I love note taking applications… How does Joplin compare to the myriad options now available, and does open source hinder or help its usability? I take it for a spin and see.

The Buried is a Wretched and Alone game, based on the SRD by Chris Bissette. In this solo journaling game it begins with you trapped underground, and you will struggle to make it out alive.

Audiate makes recording and editing your voice as simple as editing text in a document. How does it compare to options such as Descript, and Simon Says? I take a look.

How can slim.ai help you create production-ready containers quickly? I speak with CEO, John Amaral to find out how.

I play a disenfranchised spellcaster who works in a droll environment. Work is too boring, but maybe there is a way to make it all a bit easier. Using 1D6, and a single game sheet, craft the best spells to make your work easier!