Gifts and seasons
Secret Santa, wishlists and gifts with a story.
Caret120 AI coding tools and agents, each with a checked official link.
Departures112 directories, communities, newsletters and subreddits that take indie product submissions.
Held133 apps and free resources for a baby's first year, from official health pages to shared parent logs. Every link checked; we do not retell medical advice.
InsertFigma plugins and widgets worth installing, grouped by the job they do.
Folio114 public design systems and UI libraries, each with a checked link to its docs.
Instead144 open-source stand-ins for paid software, each mapped to the product it replaces, with a link we checked.
HeadroomFree-tier limits for developer services, checked on each provider's pricing page.
StrideA checked start list of running plans, apps, calculators, podcasts, clubs and gear guides.
Specimen126 open-licence fonts and 24 foundries, each with a checked source and a live type specimen.
PrimerLearning apps and sites for kids, by age and subject.
ClearedFree design assets with the licence on the label. 120 sources for icons, illustrations, photos, mockups, textures and UI kits; a licence is stamped only when we have read it.
Notch146 small Mac utilities and menu bar apps, each with a checked link. Price and where to get it only when we have seen that on the official page.
Assist120 AI tools for product and UI designers, sorted by the job you need done. Every link checked, free plans noted.
Subscribed117 newsletters, podcasts and blogs for product designers and design engineers, each with the date it last published.
WorthWhat to charge as a freelancer. Your hourly and day rate from the money you want to keep, with every day of your year drawn.
EyelineHow high to mount your TV. Your sofa, eyes and screen drawn from the side, with the neck angle in degrees and the right size for your seat.
CoatHow much paint for this room? Litres or gallons turned into the tins to buy, with what is left for touch-ups. New plaster, texture and colour changes in.
RackedWhat goes on each side of the bar? Your plates drawn in their real colours, plus warm-up sets that are quick to load.
UnderfootWhat size rug for your sofa, bed or dining table? Every standard size drawn to scale under your own furniture, with a reason when it doesn't fit.
SkeinHow many skeins for that blanket, per colour? And halfway through, weigh it and see if the yarn you have will finish it.
RepeatHow many rolls of wallpaper? Your walls papered drop by drop, the pattern repeat and half-drop counted, and a cut plan for every roll.
RoundsHow much beer, wine, spirits and ice for your party? Guests and hours in, a shop list in packs out, ticked off at the shop.
PanfulRecipe for a 9×13, pan is an 8×8? See both pans to scale, the multiplier, and your ingredients scaled into cups and spoons.
CarveSay when dinner is on the table. Carve works back to every step of the roast, with oven changes, one-oven clashes and phone alarms.
ShelfWhich pack is cheaper? Type the shelf tags and see the price per kg, litre or sheet, with 3-for-2 and multipacks worked in.
LunetteThe moon on the nights that matter: birthdays, the night you met, every child's birth moon, as a print at 300 dpi.
MeridianA time zone meeting planner drawn as a dial: one ring per person, and the hours everyone shares light up.
TallyA score keeper for card night: Rummy, Hearts, Uno or Golf, chip towers you can read across the table, and it knows who deals next.
LullA baby nap schedule that re-plans as the day goes: tap asleep and awake, and the next nap and bedtime move to match.
RingsideAn interval timer you can hear across the room: Tabata, boxing rounds, EMOM or your own moves, with a bell and the next move said out loud.
QuartersSplit the rent fairly by room size and perks, couples included. Every amount adds up to the rent, with the maths shown.
SalonPlan a gallery wall with your own frames: salon, grid or row, every nail measured, and actual-size paper templates to print.
CrumbA sourdough schedule that works around your sleep and your job: say when you want bread, get a clock time for every step.
ClockworkA pace band for your goal time: even, negative split or your hilly course. Print it or keep it on your lock screen.
AfterglowWill tonight's sunset be colourful where you are? A chance of colour from the clouds, and which way to face.
Gold StarA chore chart your kids fill with gold stars on your phone, or print for the fridge.
HoopTurn a photo into a cross-stitch pattern, with the DMC floss and skeins to buy.
DibsA wishlist people can call dibs on, so nothing turns up twice and the surprise stays a surprise.
KeeperQR codes that never stop working, plus a check for printed codes that go through a redirect.
FoldA packing list that reads the weather for your dates and sizes everything to your trip.
HuddleRandom or skill-balanced teams from a list of names, with people kept apart when they must be.
PlatefulA potluck sign-up sheet. Guests claim a plate with just a name, everyone sees what is still missing.
True SizeA ruler and a ring sizer drawn at real size on your phone's screen.
Santa DrawDraw Secret Santa names without anyone's email. Everyone gets a private link.Nothing on that shelf matches. Try another word, or ask for the next tool.