Cool Links Vol. 14: August, 2025

Hi there! This month's Cool Links are coming in a little bit later because I'm in the middle of moving. Which means, this is the last issue of Cool Links written in Brazil, at least for a while!

As I write this, my wife and I are resting a bit after 4 days of packing, selling, donating, and moving stuff over from the apartment we used to rent and into my parents' house. We're staying here until the 12th, when we actually depart to our next home, in Italy!

Without further ado, let's check out the links of the month:

Fun

GAMER CHURCH

What exactly is this site? I don't know. But it looks awesome.

Tech

uBlock Origin Lite for (iOS) Safari

Finally! I’ve been using uBlock Origin on my desktop browsers since it’s existed, and it makes the commercial web usable. Now it’s 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.

Obsidian Bases

Obsidian, my note-taking, second-brain and 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, it's pretty powerful!

I'm already using it to manage Cool Links, and looking forward to use it for more of my stuff in the future.

Are people’s bosses really making them use AI tools?, by Andy Bell

Time and time again, we've been seeing companies that go all-in on AI in hopes of not falling behind or standing out while the bubble doesn't 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.

Dev

Better CSS layouts: Time.com Hero Section, by Ahmad Shadeed

Sharing Ahmad Shadeed's posts here kinda feel like cheating at this point. They're 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.

5 Useful CSS functions using the new @function rule, by Una Kravets

CSS is finally getting functions! And if you're struggling to think of good use cases for them or thinks they don't make sense at all Una will change your mind real quick.

Too bad they're still only supported in Chromium and are probably ways off from being usable in production. But it's nice to get a glimpse of what the future holds.

An Interactive Guide to SVG Paths, by Josh Comeau

I always have trouble understanding SVGs, but thanks to this article, I will have teensy bit less trouble than before. Josh's articles are always a gem with all the interactivity and this is no exception.

Wrapping up

Hope you enjoyed the cool links from this month, and see you on the next!