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I wrote https://github.com/banga/git-split-diffs mainly to scratch an itch about not having side by side git diffs in the terminal, then ended up adding more fancy features like syntax highlighting and it got somewhat popular.
I made a webapp (sheetUI) that turns a simple google sheet into a beautiful webpage. I used it when I was apartment hunting, amongst other things. I tabulated the data of each apartment I found (fb marketplace, craigslist, etc), along with images, into a google sheet. Then I used my tool to display them as a grid of cards. There were auto generated filters on the top of the webpage that I could use to filter the card…
I have a small YT channel [1] and I used to spend 30-40 mins recording and then 2-4 hrs editing to get a final 10-15 min video. Then I fully scripted my video editing using Python+MoviePy [2]. The time savings are sweet. I just feed it my raw video and get the finished video a few minutes later. It cuts out all the dead air as well as the parts I don't want (which I indicate in-video). In general scripting video edit…
I was too lazy to learn how to use a packager so I built one in Node. It's dead simple and lacks features but works great. On my website: https://benergize.com/software/pyleon/ On git: https://github.com/benergize/pyleon
2. A content-as-code framework, to help me writing complex articles, mini-books. The ideas are visualized as a directed graph, so I’m sure I’m sticking to them, and the result is complete.
3. A color scheme generator for web sites, to help me creating themes with accessible typography.
4. Gravity point calculator, to help me localize the focus point of a web page / slide, to make sure the message is delivered.
5. Art directed images, displaying the same image in portrait/landscape, depending on the device/orientation.
6. Hand made web decorative elements, to make uniquely looking web sites.
Most of them are open source and also have extensive documentation and a screencast video going over them.
Here's a few examples:
- https://github.com/nickjj/notes
- https://github.com/nickjj/invoice
- https://github.com/nickjj/wait-until
And a few recent scripts to optimize very specific workflows:
- https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/using-ffmpeg-to-get-an-mp3s-d...
- https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/a-shell-script-to-keep-a-bunc...
- https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/bash-aliases-to-prepare-recor...
Made lots of other things but that's probably my fave and the strongest one for productivity.