129 Diagrams on Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Machine Learning

This is some great perspective! For the small usage I’ve taken from it, I also really like Typst and prefer it vastly over LaTex!

via: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44350322

via: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44350322

Also see: https://github.com/iamgio/quarkdown

Markdown-based slides creator for developers. Features:

• Themable with many ready-to-go themes.
• Code block highlighting and types hover.
• LaTex support through KaTex.
• Diagram support through Mermaid and PlantUML
• Vue component support (with some already built-in like Tweet and Youtube).
• Draggable elements.
• Click and motion animations.
• Clickable table of contents.
• Keyboard shortcuts for navigation.
• Exports to PNG, PDF, PPTX, SPA.

a blog series about using LaTeX for ttrpg design

I still prefer typst for modern technical writing, but this article has one of the coolest graphs of all time at the bottom.

Take your first steps with LaTeX, a document preparation system designed to produce high-quality typeset output.

Article I read in freshman year that really made me see linux as a desire. rip castel :(

From markdown.sile’s documentation.

With Djot and Markdown being made first-class citizens in SILE, you can now write your documents in these lightweight markup languages. … there is no need for you to delve into SILE’s default language or Lua programming. Yet, these options remain available under the hood for those seeking a blend of possibilities.

I keep forgetting the name of this app.

Everytime I wrestle with ConTeXt I’m like “this is the last time” but of course it never is because I have made so many templates that I want to keep using even as they keep breaking. But I’ve been looking for something for new projects and I’m leaning towards SILE over Typst or some of the CSS based options I’ve looked at (and also forgotten the name of). Not sure yet.