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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 5d

So many great enhancements to Bases in this upcoming release!

Obsidian @obsidian.md · 7d

Obsidian 1.10.0 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members with tons of improvements for Bases!

- New List view
- New Map view an official open source plugin
- Bases API for views
- Group results by property

Many new table view features: keyboard nav, copy/paste, summarize, undo

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 6d

It certainly did! I have a lot of love for flexbox as well for paving the way for grid.

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 6d

Man I love CSS Grid... The ability to just reorder things with the areas property is soo good.

Mad props to the team who created this standard and made our lives so much easier.

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 8d

Never thought that learning to question my own reality would end up being a very practical skill as I continue learning to navigate the complexities of learning how to leverage AI properly...

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Kate Holterhoff, PhD @kateholterhoff.com · 8d

“Good docs are still good docs” 🔥🔥🔥

I chatted with @taylorbar.net, Staff Product Manager at @netlify.com, & Lyle Schemmerling, Senior Software Engineer at @fusionauth.io, about LLMs and Developer Experience for this episode of @redmonk.com's MonkCast. redmonk.com/blog/2025/09...

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 9d

a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk and making a funny face .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk and making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

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Tom MacWright @macwright.com · 14d

a directory called 'docs/' filled with markdown files is 1000% better for internal documentation than notion

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Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 14d

We’re live!! My brand-new course, “Whimsical Animations”, is now available. 🥳🎉

whimsy.joshwcomeau.com

I’m so excited to share all of my animation tools and techniques with y’all. 😄

Whimsical Animations

Learn how to create charming interactions and delightful touches using the magic of CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and Canvas. I’m sharing all my tricks in this one!

whimsy.joshwcomeau.com

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 14d

best tutorial i've read all year!

anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...

How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog

“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!)  and I like working with ...

anniemueller.com

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 15d

a picture of an ostrich in the desert was animated by dunker k billiha

ALT: a picture of an ostrich in the desert was animated by dunker k billiha

media.tenor.com

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 15d

If you like Japanese / EDM-esque music, check this new one out which I'm absolutely vibing on:

open.spotify.com/track/79VtOK...

I'm not okay

open.spotify.com

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 15d

I don't know what new LLM magic just got injected to Spotify's Discover Weekly algorithm, but the recommendations are absolutely solid this week.

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Nuxt @nuxt.com · 15d

Nuxt UI v4 it out ✨

It unifies Nuxt UI and Nuxt UI Pro into a fully open-source library with:
- 100+ components
- 10+ free templates
- Figma Kit for everyone

nuxt.com/blog/nuxt-u...

Nuxt UI v4 · Nuxt Blog

Nuxt UI v4 unifies Nuxt UI and Nuxt UI Pro into one powerful, completely free library. With over 110 components, 12 templates, and a comprehensive Figma kit, all of this is available for free.

nuxt.com

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 16d

Vibe coding is fun and interesting in its own way, but I still get a ton of satisfaction building something from scratch and just typing things out the old-fashioned way.

kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room .

ALT: kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room .

media.tenor.com

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 19d

I just spent the last hour fighting build tools cause it kept trying to refer to a path to a .nvm package. 💀

Uninstalled the package... nuked nvm... purged the cache... nothing.

It ended up being a sneaky little file that had hardcoded the path... 💀

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kepano @stephango.com · 19d

On agents and Obsidian

AI agents built into cloud apps will always be sub-par compared to state of the art agents that you can use with Obsidian.

This is because your Obsidian data is in your control, in plain text formats that are ideal for LLMs to process.

You can choose to run any of the best-in-class agents and AI tools: Claude, Gemini, OpenAI Codex, etc. You also have the choice to run local models and privacy-preserving options. Or you can use none of these and enjoy not seeing sparkly AI buttons everywhere.

Remember that cloud-based note-taking apps are not end-to-end encrypted. This is inherently less secure, open to breaches, and allows companies to make your private thoughts part of their training set.

Obsidian is not working on adding agents because we don't have to. We'll let the AI labs focus on that. We're 4 developers and our focus is on making great editing tools for plain text Markdown files that are always in your control.

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 20d

I'm excited for this one!!! 🥳

Josh W. Comeau @joshwcomeau.com · 21d

My next course, Whimsical Animations, launches in “Early Access” in 1 week from today! 🎉

The most important thing to know is that registration will only be open for 7 days. You’ll be able to register from Sept 24th to Sept 30th. Otherwise, you’ll need to wait for the full launch, sometime in 2026.

Whimsical Animations

Learn how to create charming interactions and delightful touches using the magic of CSS, JavaScript, SVG, and Canvas. I’m sharing all my tricks in this one!

whimsy.joshwcomeau.com

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 20d

Second 8TB HDD installed in my first NAS setup! 🎉

Photo of my NAS machine from UGREEN with two hard drives installed

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Frontend Masters @frontendmasters.com · 20d

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 21d

Did you know that since 1972, keyboards have been responsible for generating 90% of all code?

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 22d

That made me legit lol 😆

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 22d

Excellent! Appreciate the second endorsement!

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 22d

This looks very promising for changing how users interact with their notes in @obsidian.md. Excited to try it out soon!

notebooknavigator.com

Notebook Navigator - Modern File Explorer for Obsidian

Transform your Obsidian workflow with dual-pane navigation, rich previews, and powerful organization features.

notebooknavigator.com

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 22d

Nice! Thank you for sharing!

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Ben Hong @bencodezen.io · 22d

I considered the Claude approach as well, but would prefer to avoid something that depends on a third party token which would incur costs for users.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

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