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Out the Window General web Window Tiling for the Win [github/kintaro] is a window tiling manager written in Rust. nanoscope [github/nanoscope] is a lens library for JavaScript, allowing you to peer into data structures and modify their contents. wysihtml [wysihtml] is a rich text editor for the modern web built in JavaScript. Libscore [libscore] scans the top million sites on the web and brings back interesting info on JavaScript usage.

Ipsummary Design Meet the Ipsums [meettheipsums] is a collection of some of the various flavors of dummy text the internet provides. Here’s a guide to using Parse to give your Framer prototypes superpowers [medium]. Here’s a look at how designers set up their Sublime Text [medium]. Remember: don’t blame the designer [medium].

I, Slackbot SitePoint First up on SitePoint today, we take a look at a reasonably important topic: what it takes to make a successful startup. Then we look at a great tool from Adobe — Dreamweaver 2014, which can surgically extract images, colors or CSS values from PSD to your coding window. Then there’s a guide to creating Slack bots. Also, we have a new course: Next steps in Foundation. Lastly for this section, here’s a useful set of tools for anyone involved in content marketing.

Block Busted News/business US intelligence officials have concluded the North Korean government was behind the Sony hack [nytimes]. The act of cyberterrorism was likely a response to Seth Rogen and James Franco film The Interview, which has now seen its release cancelled. Maybe it should be released online? [the verge] Something tells us that won’t be happening any time soon. Cuba and the United States are re-opening diplomatic relations, which means the country’s internet connectivity is set to improve dramatically [motherboard.vice]. Wired takes a look at how Skype built that amazing translator [wired]. Ninety per cent of Circa’s App Store ratings are 5-star. Here’s how the news app did it [medium]. A rare interview with Jeff Bezos [businessinsider]. And here are Campaign Monitor’s best email marketing campaigns of the year [campaignmonitor].

Off the Record Off-topic Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt gave terrible advice about Chrome’s Incognito Mode, mistakenly saying it can foil NSA interception [dailydot]. Maybe the secret to the success of the “sharing economy” is crushing inequality [qz]? Great! The New Yorker presents the best video games of 2014 [newyorker]. Finally, here’s an article about a vaguely scary/flawed, automated tool for judging programming ability [motherboard.vice].