The 9 best open source finds for August 2019

Good autumn, ladies and gentlemen. I prepared for you a selection of the most interesting finds from the open source for August 2019.







For a complete list of new useful tools, articles and reports, you can contact my telegram channel @OpensourceFindings ( mirror link if the original does not open).







In today's issue.

Technologies inside: Python, Rust, JavaScript, Go.

Topic: web development, administration, developer tools.







heartrate



Simple visualization of the execution of your Python program in real time.

Written in and for Python.







Link







heartrate gif







npkill



A utility for finding and removing all node_modules



on your system. Cleans hundreds of megabytes of space!

Written in TypeScript.







Link







npkill demo







ciao



A utility for simple monitoring of HTTP addresses and status codes. And health checks. With a beautiful web interface.

Written in Ruby.







Link







ciao http







returns



A set of primitives for writing typed monads and methods for their transformation and composition.

Written in and for Python.







Link







returns demo







pastel



A utility for working with colors from the command line.

Written in Rust.







Link







pastel demo







chart.xkcd



Library for creating graphs in the style of xkcd.

It is written in JavaScript.







Link







chart.xkcd







portray



A utility for generating documentation from Python source code.

Written in and for Python.







Link







portray demo







nushell



New shell from Yehuda Katz (Ember.js) and Jonathan Turner (TypeScript, Rust). The main idea: everything inside = data.

Written in Rust.







Link

Creator Blog Intro Post







nushell







wtf



Dashboard inside your command line.

Written in Go.







Link







wtf







Bonus!



One of the most interesting articles over the past period (although it was actually written in July) is an article by Dan Abramov about Algebraic Effects. It is written simply, accessible, there are links to deeper materials: https://overreacted.io/algebraic-effects-for-the-rest-of-us/







That's all for today. For those who like the selection - subscribe to the channel. There are many other interesting projects. Suggestions for improvements, links to projects, feedback - write in the comments.








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