Japanese

• JPDB: Japanese learning platform. Provides flashcards decks and difficulty analysis of animes, mangas, novels, etc.
• All Japanese All the Time: The guide I chose to follow. Has an extensive resources page.
• TheMoeWay: An alternative guide. Also contains a resources page.
• Kaishi 1.5k: A basic Anki vocabulary deck. I use this deck to learn basic words and grammar.
• Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese, a guide for grammar: Very good grammar book.
• Sakubi: A “from scratch” grammar guide. I haven’t read this personally.
• Ixrec’s Guide to Japanese: Media recommendations
• Nyaa: Easy access to Japanese media.
• Jisho.org: A popular online Japanese dictionary. Convenient for quick look-ups.
• Jiten: A local version of Jisho.org
• ichi.moe: Can be used to break down a simple sentence.

Social platforms

• Qiita: Japanese blogging platform focused on technology and programming. Recent articles are more into AI, though.
• Hatena: Japanese blogging platform for all kinds of topics.
• zenn.dev: Another tech-focused blogging platform
• Lobste.rs: Technology blog sharing platform. Alternative to Hacker News.
• https://bvll.neocities.org/ccd0/: Interactive list of imageboards
• Neocities: Community of indie websites. A resurrection of Geocities.

Privacy / Security

• BrowserLeaks: Comprehensive IP checker and various checks for your browser

Game - Information

• Prydwen: Detailed guides and informations for some gacha games.
• Azur Lane Wiki: A wiki for Azur Lane. I dropped the game a long time ago, but the wiki is worth mentioning for its quality.
• SanityGone: A pretty site to view details of Arknights’ operators.
• An Arknights Tier List - Dead Site Edition: Tier list for Arknights’ operations. A recreation of the now-defunct GamePress Arknights page.

Softwares

• copyparty: Extremely bloated web-based file manager.
• puremania: Like copyparty but less powerful and written in Go.
• dired-hacks: Collection of useful Emacs’ dired additions
• LibrePods: AirPods liberated from Apple’s ecosystem
• shimizu: Library for interfacing with Wayland at a low level in Zig.
• GoldenDict-ng: A powerful native dictionary app. Setup guide for Japanese.

Stores

• FairySailor: A Japanese shop selling uniforms of all kinds. They also sell various types of clothings on different domains.