Lifesaving Programs By Guys Named Dan
Aug. 20th, 2026 08:48 am(Post title is a lie; only one of these programs is by a guy named Dan.)
Nowadays, it is expected that every program you need will come from a centralized depository, or “the app store,” guaranteed to be functional and trusted. But crusty garage salers we, we sometimes enjoy using third-party software gotten from websites that look like they haven’t had a style update in twenty years, run by a random guy named Dan. Blessings upon the Dans of the world, who have made our computing experience infinitely better! And what is a blog for if not to advertise these random programmers?
(All of these programs are for Windows. Linux had all these things either built in or easy to get.)
( wonderful mostly-free programs by randos sometimes named Dan )
EDIT: BuildBooklet by our friend Leaf. She made this so we could make print-order PDFs of our comics using DrRacket (a bigger project she worked on). Doesn't work on Windows XP, but it works on Linux and Windows 7 and later! It does exactly what it's supposed to do! A+ work helper that freed me from having to rely on Adobe!
So here’s to the Dans. Cheers! Do you have any “guy named Dan” programs that you swear by?
Nowadays, it is expected that every program you need will come from a centralized depository, or “the app store,” guaranteed to be functional and trusted. But crusty garage salers we, we sometimes enjoy using third-party software gotten from websites that look like they haven’t had a style update in twenty years, run by a random guy named Dan. Blessings upon the Dans of the world, who have made our computing experience infinitely better! And what is a blog for if not to advertise these random programmers?
(All of these programs are for Windows. Linux had all these things either built in or easy to get.)
( wonderful mostly-free programs by randos sometimes named Dan )
EDIT: BuildBooklet by our friend Leaf. She made this so we could make print-order PDFs of our comics using DrRacket (a bigger project she worked on). Doesn't work on Windows XP, but it works on Linux and Windows 7 and later! It does exactly what it's supposed to do! A+ work helper that freed me from having to rely on Adobe!
So here’s to the Dans. Cheers! Do you have any “guy named Dan” programs that you swear by?
