Practical Open-Source Tools Released by Individual Developers

오픈소스 | Sun Aug 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) | 2 sources

An interactive map for the August 12 total solar eclipse and a LinkedIn feed-blocking extension were released as open source.

Analysis

[Eclipsefan] open-sourced an interactive map for the August 12 total solar eclipse ^[1]

• Interactive map for the August 12 total solar eclipse
• Released as open source
• URL parameters allow specifying observation point latitude/longitude and zoom level
• Supports multi-layer combinations and transparency adjustment

[LinkedIn Feed Blocker] released an open-source Chrome extension that blocks only the LinkedIn home feed ^[2]

• Hides the entire main feed on the /feed page
• Blocks infinite-scroll feed pagination requests
• Keeps other features such as profiles
• job listings
• search
• messages
• and notifications intact
• Uses feed.css to hide the mainFeed DOM element via CSS
• Uses rules.json to selectively block only LinkedIn's mainFeed pager requests
• Chrome Web Store review in progress
• with manual installation available on GitHub

Sources

• [1] Open-source interactive map for the Aug 12 total solar eclipse - Hacker News
• [2] LinkedIn Feed Blocker - Hacker News