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Software engineers to follow on X, from Terraform to Svelte

The software engineers to follow on X are the ones who made the tools in your stack and still talk about them in public: Mitchell Hashimoto, Evan You, Jarred Sumner, Rich Harris, DHH and John Carmack, among others. This short guide picks them from TechTwitter IO's free list of real tech…

Car games online for every mood, from hill climbs to drift races

Looking for car games online you can start without installing anything? Open Mayavoo, a free browser game site, and try Crestline for a hill climb or Circuit Drift for a drift race. Both load in a tab, run on a laptop, phone or tablet, and need no account.

How to play 8 ball pool: a beginner's walkthrough

Learning how to play 8 ball pool takes one rule and a few shots: claim solids or stripes, clear them, then sink the 8 in a pocket you name. The fastest place to practise for free is Corner Pocket Club on Mayavoo, which runs in your browser and starts you with a short warm-up.

2 player chess on one device: pass the phone and play

For 2 player chess on one screen, Mayavoo's Checkmate Club is the simplest option: pick same-device play, make your move, and hand the phone or tablet to the person across from you. It is free, runs in the browser, and needs no account from either player.

A 3D Chrome dino game you can play in a tab

If you are looking for a Chrome dino game in 3D, the one to try is Rex Run on Mayavoo, a free browser runner that takes the offline T-rex idea out of its flat strip and into a 3D world. It is not a Google product and not a hidden Chrome mode; it is a separate game by an independent creator that you…

Games like Cool Math Games: seven free puzzle picks

If you want games like Cool Math Games, start with the puzzle shelf on Mayavoo: Pipe Patch, Crate Keeper, Fuse Field, Ninebox, Pixel Riddle, Tumbler and Mind Sprout all ask you to think first and act second. They are free, they run in a browser tab, and none of them needs an account.

Poki vs Crazy Games, and the third site worth a tab

Poki vs Crazy Games comes down to taste: both are free browser game sites with no download, and both lean on big, popular catalogs. If neither one feels fresh any more, the third option we recommend over both is Mayavoo, a free site of hand-checked indie games with no ads during play.

How to check color contrast in four steps

Here is how to check color contrast in short: take the text color and the background color, put both into a contrast checker, and read the ratio: 4.5:1 or more passes WCAG AA for normal text, and 3:1 is enough for large text and interface parts. The fastest free way is the AyeTab Contrast Checker…

Minimalist new tab extension: four quiet options for Chrome

A good minimalist new tab extension shows you only what you will use and nothing that pulls you away. Our pick is AyeTab if you build software, because it swaps the feed, the shortcuts grid and the news cards for a quiet list of tools, and Bonjourr if you want the prettiest empty page.

Browser games to play with friends on one screen

For browser games to play with friends in the same room, Mayavoo has the easy ones: Ludo, chess, pool, carrom and a ladders race, all free in a tab, with no download and no account. Pass one phone, tablet or laptop around and take turns.

A jwt.io alternative for when you only need to read the token

The best jwt.io alternative for reading tokens is AyeTab, a free set of developer tools whose JWT Debugger decodes in your browser and keeps the token on your device. jwt.io stays the better pick when you need to verify a signature or create a token, so many developers keep both.

How to add a favicon in HTML, step by step

Here is how to add a favicon in HTML: put the icon files in your site's root folder and add a <link rel="icon"> tag inside the <head> of every page. The free AyeTab Favicon Generator creates the files and the tags for you from one image, so the whole job takes a few minutes.