Utilities
The internet is an incredible tool, and it's full of even more incredible tools! Some may be a bit niche, but there's no doubt you'll find something useful in this section.
Web Dev & Design
Create random color palettes for creative work. Has some other functionality, and you can save palettes for later.
This super-useful website lets you tinker with the exact colors you want for your own websites by letting you update the colors and fonts of THEIR website in real time. Combo: use Coolers to generate a palette and then see how it looks in Realtime Colors.
Design your own fonts!
A simple utility that lets you test your html, css, and js before putting it out on the web. Like many websites these days, it has fallen prey to the chatbot plague and now offers a vibe-coding function. Thankfully it's easy to ignore.
Glass UI Glassmorphism Generator
If you're into glassmorphic design and want a little translucency on your webpage, this little tool lets you play with sliders to get the effect you want in real time, then provides you the code that makes it happen.
A second website that does the same thing but different.
Allows you to check the contrast of text color against background color.
Provides you with the alpha (opacity) codes for colors, in case you want translucent overlays on your website.
A website that adds glitch effects to images you upload. Could be useful for an art project.
Style Stage is a community CSS project where people submit webpage styles (CSS files) and you can test them out on the website itself. You can view the style sheets of any you like and use them yourself!
A collection of tutorials for CSS flexboxes. I use flexboxes on every page on this site, so have a look if you want some more flexible (hah?) site design.
Instead of sending someone a link directly, this creates a small coding problem that the link recipient needs to solve before continuing to the actual link.
An interactive collection of common html coding necessities. Just copy-paste what you need if you can't remember it! Also links to simmilar cheatsheets for CSS, JS, and more.
Sample and customize CSS animations, then download the code for yourself.
Data, Info, & Tracking Utilities
This website tracks the supply chains of large companies.
Tracks the movement of politicians and other forces that affect the stock market.
Want to boycott a company? This application will tell you which companies are owned by that company, and which companies own that company, so you can fully divest yourself.
A fascinating website that shows changes in Google search terms during US presidential election years.
Tracks satellites and the space station in real time.
A database of lobbyists in the EU and what they get up to.
Misc.
A massive collection of photos, images, and audio for free use.
Search any term, and this website will provide you with common searches for that term on several search engines.
An extensive collection of soundscapes for focus, relaxation, calming pets and children, and much, much more.
Can't think of a word, but know something about it or similar to it? This tool can help you figure it out.
Maps free campsites, including reviews and applicable links. Mainly focused on the USA.
Powerful reverse image search. Upload an image to see where it appears on the web.
A tool to help determine if a photo has been doctored.
A simple website providing user-submitted pictures of people at different heights and weights. Good for a visual reference for writers, artists, and roleplayers.
This site summarizes Terms of Service (TOS) agreements and then rates them on privacy.
Type in an artist that you know, and the website will provide similar artists for you to listen to.
Pick a muscle that you want to work out, and this website will provide instructions for exercises to work that muscle.
Compares quality of life and other factors across different countries.
Skincare & Cosmetics Ingredient Checker
Analyzes the ingredient in skincare products and explains what they do.
"Heavyweight lets you create important-looking letters in seconds", claims the website. If for some reason you need to write a letter that looks it comes from a century-old law firm, this is the perfect tool.
A free, open-source video converter.
Automatically copy special characters into text with a click. ☃
Removes lyrics from songs, with some other functions too.
Skirt paywalls to see news articles.
An extensive search engine for US court cases.
Use this to create a skill tree - resembling the sort you'd see in World of Warcraft - to break down skill & knowledge goals into smaller chunks and flows.
This tool calculates the measurements of various parts of your bicycle.
AI Hallucinations Cases Database
A search engine for cases in which lawyers were caught using generative AI, what went wrong, and how the offenders were punished.