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Hey Fellow Weirdos,

You might notice that this newsletter got a bit of a makeover. We’re working to give you more of the biggest news in developer tools and AI, while still keeping things weird. We’d love to hear what you think, so please hit that feedback form at the bottom of the newsletter if you have a moment!

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LEADERBOARD TOPPERS

deco.cx wants to make front-end dev less complicated

Remember when front-end development meant just saving an HTML file on the server? Front-end devs may yearn for the simplicity of older days, but there’s a ton to do before building and when you’re ready to move to production. You have to think about where to deploy, setting up a CDN, analytics, monitoring, and A/B testing.

What if there was a platform where you could manage your whole front-end build while keeping your superpowers? 

deco.cx is an integrated front-end platform that combines the collaboration of Figma with the experience of VSCode and the extensibility of WordPress. Developers write components and functions using Deno, JSX, TypeScript, and Tailwind. deco.cx automatically generates a visual admin UI from the TypeScript code. Devs can also choose to self-host or to use deco.cx’s edge infrastructure, which includes CDN, hosting, analytics, and more to simplify operations.

But wait, what’s with the capybara? The deco.cx team is from Brazil, home to the largest capybara population in the world. On that note, their demo video is worth the watch for the memes alone and got my upvote!

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WEIRD. WHY? AND WOAH!

Talking points from Planet Internet

🤖  Babe, wake up. Boston Dynamics dropped its latest, improved robot and it’s a contortionist. See it move.

🖱️ Logitech made a mouse with an AI button. It launches an assistant that helps do things like rephrasing text to fit a word count. You can also customize your own prompt “recipes” to get the mouse to do specific tasks you do often.

LAUNCH HIGHLIGHT

OnlyPython, please

“Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. Web dev is one of the most popular applications of programming. So why can’t we make full-stack web apps using just Python?” asked maker Nikhil Rao.

Reflex lets you do that — i.e. build web apps in pure Python and deploy with a single command. It generates React under the hood: ”We don't do server-side rendering, all the UI is compiled up front and your state lives on the server in Python,” explain the makers.

MORE TOOLS

DEV TOOLS

• Cal.com launched a headless scheduling, API-powered, plug & play react components.

• CodeRabbit gives you automated, AI-powered code reviews.

• Unlogged is a tool for Java devs for mocking, testing & optimizing.

• Glazed turns Figma designs into a visual tracking & management tool for events. 

• Tailscan is to build, design, and debug any Tailwind-based website within the browser. 

• Shorebird lets you fix bugs in production instantly in your Flutter apps.

NO-CODE

• Goptimise Beta is a no-code, AI-powered, scalable backend builder.

• Shopyflow lets you build headless Shopify stores in Webflow.

OTHER/SUPPORT

• Prelaunch AI Idea Validator turns your idea into a product page in 3 minutes.

• Ramen.tools shows you what tools other indie makers are using.