
Cool Links Vol. 14: August, 2025
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Links to the best stuff I've read or watched during the month of August, 2025
A chronological view of everything I've posted here, since the beginning of time (or the blog's inception, whichever comes first).

Cool Links Vol. 14: August, 2025
3 min read
Links to the best stuff I've read or watched during the month of August, 2025
Are peopleās bosses really making them use AI tools?
Time and time again, weāve been seeing companies that go all-in on AI in hopes of not falling behind or standing out while the bubble doesnāt burst. This article has some real life testimonies of employees that are being forced to use AI in their work - even if it makes things harder and makes the results worse.
Obsidian, my note-taking, second-brain, CMS app just got a huge feature: Notion-like databases, here simply called Bases. You can use them with any files in your vault and in my initial testing, itās pretty powerful!
Iām already using it to manage Cool Links, and looking forward to use it for more of my stuff in the future.
An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths
I always have trouble understanding SVGs, but thanks to this article, I will have teensy bit less trouble than before. Joshās articles are always a gem with all the interactivity and this is no exception.
5 Useful CSS functions using the new @function rule
CSS is finally getting functions! And if youāre struggling to think of good use cases for them or thinks they donāt make sense at all Una will change your mind real quick.
Too bad theyāre still only supported in Chromium and are probably ways off from being usable in production. But itās nice to get a glimpse of what the future holds.
Better CSS layouts: Time.com Hero Section
Sharing Ahmad Shadeedās posts here kinda feel like cheating at this point. Theyāre always a gem!
This one goes extremely in-depth into redesigning the hero layout of Time.com. Ahmad explains his thought process on every step of the way, and dives into a lot of fun, new-ish CSS principles like container and style queries, :has, grid and even text wrapping!
A masterclass, really.
uBlock Origin Lite for (iOS) Safari
Finally! Iāve been using uBlock Origin on my desktop browsers since itās existed, and it makes the commercial web usable. Now itās finally available for iOS Safari (maybe on the Mac too?)
Safari has had some ad blockers for a while, but none were as good as this one. This one blocks ads, trackers, and even allows hiding some page elements you select, just like the desktop version.
A must-have in all my web browsers.

The Quest for a Good Arc Replacement
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Iāve been trying to find a good replacement for Arc and got reminded of how hard it is to find a good option for a browser.