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Look out, Launchy - Cnet Goes for FARR
Small and swift, Find and Run Robot makes searching files and launching programs go faster than a Black Friday deal. Also known as FARR, the program is great for those who love options. Running in your system tray, FARR is innocuous and uses little RAM... the options are almost overwhelming. Users can do nearly anything with the app, from adjusting the font size, style, and color to monitoring your clipboard, taking basic screen captures, Web searches, customizing hot keys, and calculation functions. FARR is also fully portable, making this a must-have whether you're on a desktop or a laptop.

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We occasionally write articles on the site:

When Do Users Donate (2006)
An in-depth early article discussing the first year of DonationCoder, and reviewing our use of micro-donations; we were one of the first sites to try it and one of the few remaining sites employing such a model.
DonationCoder Infrastructure Remodel (2018)
An article discussing some major changes to our website and server infrastructure in 2018 (and the years leading up to it). Goes into the content management systems we chose and server hosting choices, etc.