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testedmedia /

seo-command-center

Open-source, self-hosted SEO dashboard that runs on –$4/mo of API credits

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raoofha /

pr

A single character turns primitive recursion into general recursion

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20#362
YogiSotho /

dense-image-gen

Skill > ~2.5-3X PNG > OCR > paint in QR

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git-up /

GitUp

GitUp v1.5.0

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nexu-io /

codex-slides

Codex Slides: open-source AI slide studio powered by Codex. Prompt, repo to deck

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elpinyeknom /

negative-squaring-

Negative squaring – pre-tilted 3-bit quantization beat naive 4-bit

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WallabyDesigns /

windows-telemetry-guard

Got tired of being tracked by Windows, I built an open source telemetry blocker

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nanochess /

Am29000

Am29000 emulator for windowed OS in machine code (1996)

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ka1rav6 /

logx

LogX: A simple professional one file logger for every major language

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welcome-to-the-sunny-side /

misa77

misa77 - a codec that decodes 2x faster than LZ4 (at better ratios)

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regularkevvv /

ty-extended

Ty-extended – a Ty fork with plugin support

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Evandsimon /

three-body-problem-cipher

Three-Body Problem Cipher – chaos-based encryption built to be broken

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segaboy /

vulkan-netbsd

Vulkan is now available on NetBSD

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bluesky-social /

proposals

Private Data in ATProto: Permissioned Data Proposal

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20#374
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The18thWarrior /

tzro

TZRO – A Free Local AI Task Offloader

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sixvolts /

familiar

Familiar – Local AI Workspace with Chat, Notes, Wiki, and Automations

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klaussilveira /

neortcw

Neortcw: Return to Castle Wolfenstein SP/MP/ET in a Single Build

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HashLoad /

boss

Boss – Dependency Manager for Delphi and Lazarus

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20#378

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