Pay no attention to the [[Profile|man behind the curtain]]. What we make can change the world.
- I believe in human-scale programming.
- I want to embellish all the things.
- I build a web for everyone, not just pros.
This place started out as a mirror of [another website](https://nosycat.notimetoplay.org/). It was meant as an experiment, but worked out better than the original. My goals were:
- test a new kind of web design and page organization;
- have a place to arrange text before giving it a more permanent home;
- fool around with underused [[web apps]].
That was then. Now it's mostly a [home away from home](index.html). Welcome.
Profile
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I'm just a cat, alone in a big scary world.
I'm not a social media profile, or an end-point where you can push replies, but a person. Talk to me:
- [Neocities](https://nosycat.neocities.org/) 🐱
- [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/nosycat) ⛰️
- [SpaceHey](https://spacehey.com/nosycat) 👨🚀
- [PeerTube](https://cuddly.tube/a/nosycat) 📽️
- [Open Game Art](https://opengameart.org/users/nosycat) 🎮
"The links page is the powerhouse of the web." – [matt bee](https://mattbee.zone/p/)
## Colophon
[[Home|This wiki]] is made with [Siteleteer](https://alamantus.codeberg.page/siteleteer/#About%20siteleteer).
Illustrations by the author; handcrafted SVG.
web apps
Native apps are almost always preferable in [[Profile|this author's]] opinion, but if you're the kind of person who permanently keeps a browser open, then it can't hurt to have a few simple tools a bookmark away. Notably, most if not all are open source.
## Text-based tools
- [Browserpad](https://browserpad.org/) is just what it sounds like: a plain text editor with almost no features, that auto-saves to local storage. It just works; that's what makes it useful.
- If you need a little more oomph, [notepad.js.org](https://notepad.js.org/) provides an entire suite of little tools, including a rich text editor, task list and card-based note-taking app. [little tested]
## Graphical tools
- To work with pixel art rather than writing, try [Piskel](https://www.piskelapp.com/). It's friendly and lightweight, with a balanced set of tools, and supports animations.
- For vector graphics, try [SVG-Edit](https://svgedit.netlify.app/editor/) instead. Nowhere near as full-featured as Inkscape for example, but much lighter and faster despite running in a web browser, and capable enough. [little tested]
- Last but not least, [Draw.io](https://www.drawio.com/) is a rich diagram editor with lots of features. Kind of clunky and with a learning curve, but probably worth the effort. It integrates with a number of online services such as Cryptpad.
Last but not least, [Omni Tools](https://omnitools.app/) is an ample collection of tools to work with everything from plain text, through CSV and JSON, to PDF and various image formats.