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1. VidBee

VidBee is a modern open-source video download tool built on Electron and yt-dlp, supporting video and audio downloads from over 1000+ websites worldwide. It features a clean and intuitive interface, powerful download queue management, and RSS auto-subscription functionality that can automatically download new videos published by your favorite creators.

https://github.com/nexmoe/VidBee

2. Iran Internet Blackout - State Monitoring

Real-time monitoring and analysis of Iran’s internet blackout incidents, revealing the technical details and human rights impact behind a network blockade affecting 90 million people lasting 275+ hours through multi-dimensional data including BGP routing, network topology, and censorship technologies.

https://state-of-iranblackout.whisper.security/

3. Was Solar Worth It?

Based on real Duke Energy billing data and SolarEdge monitoring data, the author provides a detailed analysis of the ROI for their 8.16kWp solar system in 2025, calculating a 15-year payback period with approximately 6% annual returns, and discusses practical issues such as net metering pricing and battery storage economics.

https://blog.ktz.me/was-solar-worth-it/

4. What a Year of Solar and Batteries Really Saved Us in 2025

A full-year operational data report of a UK household energy system, including 14 solar panels (4.2kWp) and 3 Tesla Powerwall batteries. Through peak-valley electricity price arbitrage and photovoltaic generation, the annual electricity bill was reduced from a theoretical £3,632 to an actual £557, achieving an investment payback period of approximately 11 years with a 9% annual return rate.

https://scotthelme.co.uk/what-a-year-of-solar-and-batteries-really-saved-us-in-2025/

5. How Markdown Took Over the World

An in-depth retrospective of Markdown’s journey from its birth in 2004 to becoming an internet infrastructure, telling how John Gruber and Aaron Swartz created this simple text format, and how it evolved from a blogging tool to a ubiquitous markup language used everywhere from GitHub to AI prompts.

https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/how-markdown-took-over-the-world/

6. zot - OCI Registry

zot is a scalable, production-ready, vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry, built entirely on the OCI distribution specification. It supports standard OCI image formats and distribution protocols, providing a lightweight and standards-compliant container image storage solution for cloud-native environments.

https://github.com/project-zot/zot

7. A Diary of a Data Engineer

A deep reflection on a 20-year career as a data engineer, from SSIS in 2003 to dbt in 2025. While tools have changed, the problems remain the same — data modeling, business logic, data quality, and communicating with people are the eternal core. The AI era requires engineers who understand fundamental principles even more.

https://www.ssp.sh/blog/diary-of-a-data-engineer/

8. Wikipedia 25th Anniversary

Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary website, reviewing the development journey from 2001 to the present, showcasing the volunteer editing community, five pillars principles, consensus-based decision-making mechanism, and how it has grown into the world’s most trusted free knowledge base with 300+ language versions, 65+ million articles, and 15 billion monthly page views.

https://wikipedia25.org/en

9. Wallspace - MacOS Wallpaper App

Wallspace is a minimalist wallpaper application designed for macOS, offering a 4K high-quality wallpaper library with no login required, no ads, and free to use. It features a modern UI design, low CPU usage, power optimization, supports 4K displays and multi-screen setups, making the Mac desktop experience more elegant.

https://wallspace.app/

10. ThinkNext Design - ThinkPad Design Legacy

A portfolio of design works by David Hill, founder of ThinkNext Design, showcasing his iconic products designed for IBM/Lenovo from 1994 to the present, including the AS/400 server, ThinkPad TrackPoint, ThinkLight, X1 Carbon and other classic designs, as well as the evolution of the ThinkPad brand identity and design philosophy.

https://thinknextdesign.com/home.html

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