Ale Muñoz
@bomberstudios.com
Full Stack Product Designer / Swiss Army Knife / Chaotic Good (currently on sabbatical).
Rides bikes and drinks coffee (not necessarily in that order).
Always Happy to Help™
https://ale.today
Rides bikes and drinks coffee (not necessarily in that order).
Always Happy to Help™
https://ale.today
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Ale Muñoz
@bomberstudios.com
· Nov 27
Naranja Naranja
Cosas que me encuentro y quiero compartir. No es imprescindible que sean naranjas. Pero ayuda.
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Por aquí no lo había puesto aún, y me haría ilusión llegar a 100 subscribers antes de fin de año: si no tienes suficiente con las estupideces que digo aquí, tengo un canal en Telegram donde comparto las cosas que voy encontrando por el mundo (sean naranjas o no)
Do you use a DJI mic on your computer, and hate that you have to use their 2 Gb, mobile-only app to manage its settings?
Today is your lucky day, then: github.com/ShadowBitBas...
Today is your lucky day, then: github.com/ShadowBitBas...
GitHub - ShadowBitBasher/DJI-Mic-Control: Cross-platform control for DJI wireless microphones over USB — a desktop GUI, a command-line tool, and the shared Rust library behind both. No mobile app requ...
Cross-platform control for DJI wireless microphones over USB — a desktop GUI, a command-line tool, and the shared Rust library behind both. No mobile app required. - ShadowBitBasher/DJI-Mic-Control
github.com
September 8, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Do you use a DJI mic on your computer, and hate that you have to use their 2 Gb, mobile-only app to manage its settings?
Today is your lucky day, then: github.com/ShadowBitBas...
Today is your lucky day, then: github.com/ShadowBitBas...
Reposted by Ale Muñoz
Looks like I’ve found the holy grail for self-hosted ebook collection: bookorbit.app
It’s beautiful, works great, easy to run with Docker Compose, and integrates nicely with Readest and KOReader.
It’s beautiful, works great, easy to run with Docker Compose, and integrates nicely with Readest and KOReader.
BookOrbit - Your reading space
A self-hosted library and reading platform for ebooks, audiobooks, comics, and PDFs.
bookorbit.app
August 30, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Looks like I’ve found the holy grail for self-hosted ebook collection: bookorbit.app
It’s beautiful, works great, easy to run with Docker Compose, and integrates nicely with Readest and KOReader.
It’s beautiful, works great, easy to run with Docker Compose, and integrates nicely with Readest and KOReader.
I made a bunch of icons for my personal music playlists, and I can't stop looking at them 😚
August 29, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I made a bunch of icons for my personal music playlists, and I can't stop looking at them 😚
Proof that CSS is way more powerful than you think: a syntax highlighter built with CSS only daverupert.com/2026/08/micr...
Introducing Microlighter
I made a smol client-side syntax highlighter that uses the CSS Custom Highlights API called MicroLighter. I’ll talk about why I made it in a bit but first I wanted to… ahem… highlight… some of the fea...
daverupert.com
August 20, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Proof that CSS is way more powerful than you think: a syntax highlighter built with CSS only daverupert.com/2026/08/micr...
Why your spaghetti never breaks in two pieces, and how to fix that news.mit.edu/2018/mit-mat...
MIT mathematicians solve age-old spaghetti mystery
Researchers have long have puzzled over why it’s so hard to break a piece of dry spaghetti into only two pieces. A new MIT study follows up on the musings of physicist Richard Feynman, showing how and...
news.mit.edu
August 20, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Why your spaghetti never breaks in two pieces, and how to fix that news.mit.edu/2018/mit-mat...
Angine de Poitrine, remixed by deadmau5, you say? HIT PLAY
deadmau5 - Fabienk (deadmau5 Remake)
YouTube video by deadmau5
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Angine de Poitrine, remixed by deadmau5, you say? HIT PLAY
Modern life is amazing. And if you need a little reminder of what that means, check out this beautiful website: ordinaryabundance.com
Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
ordinaryabundance.com
August 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Modern life is amazing. And if you need a little reminder of what that means, check out this beautiful website: ordinaryabundance.com
Next time you’re tempted to loudly complain about gig workers and the vehicles they use, make yourself a favor and read this piece for context (and train your compassion a bit): www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/how...
How dwindling gig economy pay drives the trade for illegal vehicles
It's a Wednesday, only 10.30 in the morning, when we arrive at the City of London police station in Bishopsgate
www.cyclingelectric.com
August 12, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Next time you’re tempted to loudly complain about gig workers and the vehicles they use, make yourself a favor and read this piece for context (and train your compassion a bit): www.cyclingelectric.com/in-depth/how...
Can we *please* get YouTube to redirect all manosphere videos to this guy’s channel?
Positive masculinity at its finest:
Positive masculinity at its finest:
42 Things Everyone Should Learn How To Do
YouTube video by Speeed
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Can we *please* get YouTube to redirect all manosphere videos to this guy’s channel?
Positive masculinity at its finest:
Positive masculinity at its finest:
Reposted by Ale Muñoz
New on the Open Source Design job board: Front-end developer (UI) for Corro — an accessibility-first board & card game platform - Corro (volunteer)
opensourcedesign.net/jobs/front-end-dev…
#OpenSourceDesign #jobs
opensourcedesign.net/jobs/front-end-dev…
#OpenSourceDesign #jobs
August 10, 2026 at 10:32 AM
New on the Open Source Design job board: Front-end developer (UI) for Corro — an accessibility-first board & card game platform - Corro (volunteer)
opensourcedesign.net/jobs/front-end-dev…
#OpenSourceDesign #jobs
opensourcedesign.net/jobs/front-end-dev…
#OpenSourceDesign #jobs
A nice reading list if you want to put your designer skills to work for the greater good:
Books for people who want to work on hard problems
A curated reading list for designers moving into public health, climate change, healthcare, and the public sector — with our top picks and category-by-category recommendations.
www.hardproblems.com
August 4, 2026 at 8:08 AM
A nice reading list if you want to put your designer skills to work for the greater good:
Random shit I was not expecting to be reading about today: junior Japanese bikes from the 70s
昭和少年の憧れ！ スーパーカー自転車「エレクトロボーイZ」ここに降臨｜JAF Mate Online
昭和カルチャーを楽しく振り返る連載。今回は昭和の男児の憧れ！ フラッシャーが光る、スーパーカー自転車を紹介。
jafmate.jp
August 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Random shit I was not expecting to be reading about today: junior Japanese bikes from the 70s
This is the wildest headline you’ll see this week (and if it’s not, *please* share that with me because this one sets a pretty high bar)
Let Me And A Food Scientist Sample The Abandoned Fish Sauce Terrorizing A Small Canadian Town | Defector
Take capelin, a small silvery fish in the smelt family. Now add salt. Then throw those two ingredients in 110 vats, each of them about 10 feet tall, and let them sit in a defunct factory for over two ...
defector.com
July 31, 2026 at 8:08 PM
This is the wildest headline you’ll see this week (and if it’s not, *please* share that with me because this one sets a pretty high bar)
I’m 100% sure @aresluna.org is going to love this.
Gates (who makes a belt transmission for bikes) has an app that uses the phone mic to adjust the belt tension like a guitar tuner: www.gates.com/us/en/knowle...
It’s a genius way of solving a pretty complex problem!
Gates (who makes a belt transmission for bikes) has an app that uses the phone mic to adjust the belt tension like a guitar tuner: www.gates.com/us/en/knowle...
It’s a genius way of solving a pretty complex problem!
Gates Belt Drive Mobile App
This mobile app measures the Gates Carbon Drive™ belt tension on your bicycle or motorcycle sonically.
www.gates.com
July 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I’m 100% sure @aresluna.org is going to love this.
Gates (who makes a belt transmission for bikes) has an app that uses the phone mic to adjust the belt tension like a guitar tuner: www.gates.com/us/en/knowle...
It’s a genius way of solving a pretty complex problem!
Gates (who makes a belt transmission for bikes) has an app that uses the phone mic to adjust the belt tension like a guitar tuner: www.gates.com/us/en/knowle...
It’s a genius way of solving a pretty complex problem!
The description for this job position on LinkedIn is a great summary of the current state of the tech industry:
July 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The description for this job position on LinkedIn is a great summary of the current state of the tech industry:
I hope you don’t have anything important to do today before clicking this link (new word puzzle from Wordle’s creator)
Parseword - A tricky wordplay game
Transform phrases through wordplay to solve cryptic crossword puzzles.
www.parseword.com
July 28, 2026 at 9:23 AM
I hope you don’t have anything important to do today before clicking this link (new word puzzle from Wordle’s creator)
“A visual field guide to the chili peppers of the world, from wild origins to cultivated forms, illustrated with 176 hand-drawn peppers.”
Chili Peppers of the World: Cultivars, Species, and Heat
An illustrated guide to chili peppers of the world, organized by Capsicum species and cultivar, with notes on origin, heat, form, domestication, and global food history.
www.notesfromtheroad.com
July 27, 2026 at 12:38 PM
“A visual field guide to the chili peppers of the world, from wild origins to cultivated forms, illustrated with 176 hand-drawn peppers.”
I just read this on the docs for a documentation framework:
“a new type earns existence only when no existing recipe’s contract fits without breaking it”
My brain:
“a new type earns existence only when no existing recipe’s contract fits without breaking it”
My brain:
Pulp Fiction: English Mother******
ALT: Pulp Fiction: English Mother******
static.klipy.com
July 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I just read this on the docs for a documentation framework:
“a new type earns existence only when no existing recipe’s contract fits without breaking it”
My brain:
“a new type earns existence only when no existing recipe’s contract fits without breaking it”
My brain:
I was reading @hono.dev's documentation, and I kept thinking about Sinatra (which made me *very* happy back in the day, and shares this quality of ’small is beautiful’ with Hono)
Sinatra
sinatrarb.com
July 24, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I was reading @hono.dev's documentation, and I kept thinking about Sinatra (which made me *very* happy back in the day, and shares this quality of ’small is beautiful’ with Hono)
Someone has recreated Lemmings in PICO-8, and made it available for download for *free*, not only for PICO-8 but also for Mac, Linux, and Windows.
I know what I’ll be doing today:
I know what I’ll be doing today:
Lemmings by Buzzard
The Classic, Recreated in PICO-8
buzzard1337.itch.io
July 24, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Someone has recreated Lemmings in PICO-8, and made it available for download for *free*, not only for PICO-8 but also for Mac, Linux, and Windows.
I know what I’ll be doing today:
I know what I’ll be doing today:
I’m working on a mini web app for my phone, and when adding it to my iPhone’s home screen, iOS automatically adds a shadow to the icon that’s not there on the original.
Is there any way to avoid this?
Is there any way to avoid this?
July 23, 2026 at 8:18 AM
I’m working on a mini web app for my phone, and when adding it to my iPhone’s home screen, iOS automatically adds a shadow to the icon that’s not there on the original.
Is there any way to avoid this?
Is there any way to avoid this?
According to GitHub, their sponsors program has contributed $100M to open source over the last 7 years.
Which is more or less what the AI industry has spent in the last *50 minutes* (source: isaiprofitable.com)
Which is more or less what the AI industry has spent in the last *50 minutes* (source: isaiprofitable.com)
$100 million for open source: A milestone built by the community
Celebrating $100 million contributed by the community to the people who build and sustain open source every day.
github.blog
July 21, 2026 at 6:14 PM
According to GitHub, their sponsors program has contributed $100M to open source over the last 7 years.
Which is more or less what the AI industry has spent in the last *50 minutes* (source: isaiprofitable.com)
Which is more or less what the AI industry has spent in the last *50 minutes* (source: isaiprofitable.com)
Reposted by Ale Muñoz
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source! The IRC client that turned conversations into comic panels with illustrated characters, speech bubbles, and expressions — and introduced the world to Comic Sans. opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07...
July 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source! The IRC client that turned conversations into comic panels with illustrated characters, speech bubbles, and expressions — and introduced the world to Comic Sans. opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07...