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Useful Links
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IoT
===

* `EMQX <https://www.emqx.io/>`_ is MQTT broker for IoT (MQTT broker is a server that receives all messages from the clients 
  and then routes the messages to the appropriate destination clients)
  
  - `Hackster page <https://www.hackster.io/emqtech>`_

* `ThingBoard <https://thingsboard.io/>`_ is an open-source IoT platform for data collection, processing, visualization, and device management

* `Grafana <https://grafana.com/>`_ is the open source analytics & monitoring solution for every database


AI/ML
=====

* `Hugging Face <https://huggingface.co/>`_ is a platform for sharing and deploying natural language processing models and datasets.

* `Kaggle <https://www.kaggle.com/>`_ is a data science competition platform and online community of data scientists and machine learning practitioners

* `Edge Impulse <https://www.edgeimpulse.com/>`_ is a platform for building and deploying machine learning models on edge devices.

* `AlwayAI <https://www.alwaysai.com/>`_ is a platform for building and deploying computer vision models on edge devices.

* `Google Colab <https://colab.research.google.com/>`_  is a hosted Jupyter Notebook service that requires no setup to use and provides free access 
  to computing resources, including GPUs and TPUs.

* `LM Studio <https://lmstudio.ai/>`_ is an easy to use desktop app for experimenting with local and open-source Large Language Models (LLMs)

* `LangChain <https://langchain.com/>`_ is a framework to build with LLMs by chaining interoperable components.

* `LlamaIndex <https://llamaindex.com/>`_ is a simple, flexible data framework for connecting custom data sources to large language models.

* `Chatbase <https://www.chatbase.co/>`_ Build a custom GPT, embed it on your website and let it handle customer support, lead generation, engage with your users, and more.

* `Flowiseai <https://flowiseai.com/>`_  is an open source low-code tool for developers to build customized LLM orchestration flow & AI agents

* `Replicate <https://replicate.com/>`_ is a platform that collects various open-source large language models (LLMs). Platforms allows developers 
  to use models via APIs, making it easy to integrate their applications or projects with AI services.

Tools and Libraries
-------------------

* `Cog <https://cog.run/>`_  is an open-source tool that lets you package machine learning models in a standard, production-ready container (Docker) and deploy 
  them anywhere e.g. on replicate.com

* `Pydantic <https://docs.pydantic.dev/latest/>`_ is data validation library for Python.


Robotics
=========

* `Foxglove <https://foxglove.dev/>`_ is a tool for visualizing and debugging robotics data.

* `Rerun <https://rerun.io/>`_ is an SDK, time-series database, and visualizer for temporal and multimodal data. It’s used in fields like robotics, 
  spatial computing, 2D/3D simulation, and finance to verify, debug, and explain.

* `Roboflow <https://roboflow.com/>`_ is a platform for building and deploying computer vision models. Good for annotating images

* `URDF Creator <https://www.roboeverything.com/>`_ online tool to create URDF files for ROS robots. Exports URDF, SDF and complete ROS packages 
  (robot_description, launch files, etc.)


Design and Prototyping
======================
  
* `Hackster <https://www.hackster.io/>`_ is a community dedicated to learning hardware, from beginner to pro

* `Fridzing <https://fritzing.org/>`_ is an electronics design and prototyping platform for makers, hobbyists, and educators

* `Thingiverse <https://www.thingiverse.com/>`_ is a popular online platform for sharing digital designs for 3D printing

* `Figma <https://www.figma.com/>`_  is a collaborative web application for interface design

* `Fusion360 <https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview>`_ is a cloud-based 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE platform for product design and manufacturing

* `Imgur <https://imgur.com/>`_ is a free image hosting and sharing service


Rapid Software Development
==========================

* `Replit <https://replit.com/>`_ is an AI-powered software development & deployment platform for building, sharing, and shipping software fast

* `Voiceflow <https://www.voiceflow.com/>`_ is a platform for building AI agents (Chatbots)

* `Gradio UI <https://www.gradio.app/>`_ Gradio is an open-source Python package that allows you to quickly create easy-to-use, customizable UI components 
  for your ML model, any API, or even an arbitrary Python function using a few lines of code

* `Streamlit <https://streamlit.io/>`_ is an open-source Python framework for data scientists and AI/ML engineers to deliver interactive data apps – in only a few lines of code.
  No front‑end experience required.


Communities, Forums, and Blogs
=============================

* `Articulated Robotics <https://articulatedrobotics.xyz/>`_ is a place to learn about engineering, mathematics, and robotics.
  It's run by Josh Newans, a mechatronics engineer from Newcastle, Australia.


CI/CD, Testing, Documentation, Project Management
=================================================

* `Swagger <https://swagger.io/>`_ is a tool for designing and documenting RESTful APIs.

* `TypeDoc <https://typedoc.org/>`_ is a documentation generator for TypeScript projects.

* `Nx <https://nx.dev/>`_ is a build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations with frontend frameworks.


Frontend
========

* `Next.js <https://nextjs.org/>`_ is a React framework for building server-side rendered (SSR) web applications.

* `Shadcn UI <https://ui.shadcn.com/>`_ is a library of pre-built components that you can drop into your apps.

* `Tailwind CSS <https://tailwindcss.com/>`_ - styling library


Hosting
=======

* `Vercel <https://vercel.com/>`_ is a platform for building and deploying web applications.
  Free tier available.

* `Netlify <https://www.netlify.com/>`_ deploy any modern frontend stack, from marketing sites to AI apps.
  Free tier available.


Other
=====

* `Docusaurus <https://docusaurus.io/>`_ is a modern static site generator that makes it easy to build and maintain 
  open source project websites

* `ngrok <https://ngrok.com/>`_ - a cross-platform application that creates secure tunnels (paths) to localhost machine. It enables 
  developers to expose a local development server to the Internet with minimal effort


Cursor tips and shortcuts
=========================

* `Ctrl + Alt + B` - to open side panel with chat and composer

* Select code line and press `Ctrl + K` - to get a chat with the code (Pres button 'Generate' or 'Quick question')

* In terminal `Ctrl + K` to get a chat with the terminal (e.g. ask to list files or to run a command)

Rules for AI
------------

**Project rules** offers a powerful and flexible system with path specific configurations.
Project rules are stored in the .cursor/rules directory and provide granular control over AI behavior in different parts of your project.


**Global Rules** are stored in the .cursor/rules/global.yaml file and apply to all projects.


https://cursor.directory/ - directory of Cursor rules