npm installs large dependency trees a lot faster. this is especially noticable over slow networks.
Running npm while offline will no longer insist on retrying network requests. npm will now immediately fall back to cache if possible, or fail. (npm/npm#15666)
installed npm modules always contain readmes.
npm install -g readmeThe
readmecommand will traverse both localnode_modulesdirectories from the current directory and will also pull up documentation for packages you've installed globally. You can even read the core docs offline:
You can download offline docs and search them. Mac users can use Dash, all others can use Devdocs.
SSB (secure scuttlebot) is a fully distributed log store and messaging system which can make very effective use of whatever limited internet is available to route messages among peers. You can write messages to your local log offline and sync up with other peers when you appear online later.
There are applications you can run that use the p2p sbot network:
patchbay/patchwork - social feeds (like twitter/facebook) git-ssb - git hosting and collaboration
Beaker is an experimental peer-to-peer Web browser. It adds new APIs for building hostless applications, while remaining compatible with the rest of the Web.
Beaker enables you to: share personal files, make webpages, hack on P2P apps or simply browse the Web. See more
If you are on the same wifi as somebody else, you can easily copy data from one computer to the other by typing
airpaste. This way you don't need to upload files to a server all the way across the internet just to copy some bits to a machine a few meters away.npm install -g airpaste airpaste < somefile.jpg airpaste > somefile.jpg
productivity tips for an offline world by @substack
and [working offline as JavaScript dev by derhuerst] (https://gist.github.com/derhuerst/014fe183bbf827645ffbd14f632da764)