Awesome Dev Fun

A curated list of fun libs/packages/languages that have no real purpose but to make a developer chuckle.

For now this is a really short list, so please contribute. Read the guide and make a pull request or just ping me on Twitter @mislavcimpersak with some funny stuff.

Contents

• Android
• CSS
• Elixir
• Golang
• Haskell
• HTML
• Java
• JavaScript
• PHP
• Python
• Ruby
• Esoteric languages
• SaaS
• Browser extensions
• CLI
• DevOps
• Miscellaneous

Android

• Stevie Wonder Simulator - Feel for a moment as the great Stevie Wonder with this simulator for Android.
• Mindf@*k Keyboard - Terrible terrible soft-keyboard that randomises keys on every press.
• holdr - Solves the problem of knowing when you're holding your phone.

CSS

• DICSS - Directly injected CSS

Elixir

• OOP - OOP in Elixir!

Golang

• gomatrix - Connect to The Matrix and display it's data streams in your terminal.

Haskell

• hackertyper - "Hack" like a programmer in movies and games!

HTML

• retina-spacer-gif - Spacer gif for retina displays

Java

• FizzBuzzEnterpriseEdition - A no-nonsense implementation of FizzBuzz made by serious businessmen for serious business purposes.

JavaScript

• ComcastifyJS - Sometimes images just load too damned fast.
• Elevator.js - Finally, a "back to top" button that behaves like a real elevator.
• Echochamber.js - Commenting without the comments - providing a single-sided user comments just stored in local storage.
• Fapfap.js - Handcrafted JavaScript framework for DIY enthusiasts.
• FuckitJS - JavaScript Error Steamroller.
• Autocomplete from Stack Overflow - Autocomplete your JS from Stack Overflow.
• Object.toSting() - Logs an image of Sting to the development console.
• Sarcasm - Sarcasm is easy-as-pie, batteries-included, non-opinionated, simple-to-get-started, lightweight, reliable, convenient, dead simple, user friendly, super-sonic, hipercharged, kick-ass JavaScript library on steroids.
• Batonnet.js - Universal, intercultural and user-friendly way to display numbers.
• HTML9 Responsive Boilerstrap JS - H9RBS.js (v0.0001) is a flexible, dependency-free, lightweight, device-agnostic, modular, baked-in, component framework MVC library shoelacestrap to help you kickstart your responsive CSS-based app architecture backbone kitchensink tweetybirds.
• vapor.js - The World's Smallest & Fastest JavaScript Library.
• fattest-cat - Script to find fattest cat currently up for adoption at SF SPCA.
• fartscroll.js - Everyone farts. And now your web pages can too.
• Groot Ipsum - Generates random texts containing "I am Groot".
• cannot-even - A module that refuses to even.
• undefined-is-a-function - "undefined is not a function"? — It is now!
• is-thirteen - Check if a number is equal to 13.
• Pettier - Prettier config that randomizes options and arbitrarily switches between spaces and tabs 🙄

PHP

• Phpunit VW - VW makes failing test cases succeed in continuous integration tools.

Python

• PyTest-VW - VW makes failing test cases succeed in continuous integration tools.
• left-pad - Python's solution to infamous npm problem.

Ruby

• Nyan Cat RSpec Formatter - Nyan Cat inspired RSpec formatter!
• Base - The universal Base class you've always wanted.
• Table Flipper - Add table flip to Ruby exceptions.
• Cat Facts - Adds random cat facts to HTTP response headers. 🐈

Esoteric languages

• ArnoldC - Arnold Schwarzenegger based programming language.
• TrumpScript - Make Python great again.
• Vigil - Vigil, the eternal morally vigilant programming language.
• Spooky - The Programming Language of Fear 🌚.
• OnlyToday - A date and time based programming language.
• Rockstar - A dynamically typed computer programming language, designed for creating programs that are also song lyrics.

SaaS

• Fuck off as a Service - Provides a modern, RESTful, scalable solution to the common problem of telling people to fuck off.
• Booleans as a Service - Create, read, update & delete boolean.
• /dev/null as a Service - The first DaaS provider.

Browser extensions

• Cloud to butt - Chrome extension that replaces occurrences of 'the cloud' with 'my butt'.
• Outcognito Mode - Incognito Mode for extroverts.
• NonAd Block - Blocks any content that is not an ad.
• Youtube Notch Mode - Youtube Notch Mode is a chrome extension that adds the ugly, black cut out seen at the top of the iPhone X to every Youtube video. Why? Because it's more beautiful.
• Github XP - Microsoft + GitHub = ❤️. Make it official by giving your GitHub experience some Windows XP flair.

CLI

• Pong-command - Pong is Not Ping.
• Alice - Alice sings when you mistakenly type al.
• cmprss - IrrvrsbleCmprssionForTxt.
• lolcat - Rainbows and unicorns!
• evil.sh - Subtle and not-so-subtle shell tweaks that will slowly drive people insane.
• lolcommits - Git-based selfies for software developers.
• sl - SL (Steam Locomotive) runs across your terminal when you type "sl" as you meant to type "ls".
• genact - 🌀 A nonsense activity generator for your shell.
• fat - Expand your files.
• No More Secrets - A command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect seen in the 1992 movie Sneakers.
• sudont - Grants superuser permission, then does nothing.
• Sudo-Productivity - Boost your "productivity" to the max! A productivity suite made for slackers by slackers.
• pipes.sh - Animated pipes terminal screensaver.
• Chucknorris - A Chuck Norris fortune plugin for ZSH.
• git-blame-someone-else - Blame someone else for your bad code.
• cmatrix - Make it digital rain in your terminal like The Matrix.
• Gosleap - Make Ryan Gosling jump across your screen.

DevOps

• No Code - The best way to write secure and reliable applications. Write nothing; deploy nowhere.
• Volkswagen - 🙈 Volkswagen detects when your tests are being run in a CI server, and makes them pass.

Miscellaneous

• Filefile - File to keep track of all the files you have in your repo that end in "file" eg. Filefile.
• Xkcd Excuse - The easiest way to get your slacking excuse in hip xkcd format!
• Shrugapillar.js - A library for generating shrugapillars.
• quinedb - A quine that is also a key-value store. Breaking down the walls between code and data.
• πfs - π contains every possible digit sequence in existence. I'm sure your data is in there somewhere.
• parrot.live - 🐦 Bringing animated parrots to terminals everywhere.
• Slack Typing - A very good program that makes it so it says I'm typing when anyone else is typing.
• eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (archived).
• awesome-awesome-awesome - Awesome list of repositories of awesome lists 🤷