Not 100 hours yet but I've been pleasantly surprised how effective ChatGPT is at giving me code that is 90-100% good to work with. Never used Copilot but now I'm warming up to this idea.
Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
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Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#132clickhouse-local is a really good tool for analyzing local data, as it supports a wide range of data formats and it's really fast. It can save you a lot of time, because there is no need to install a batch of packages to use it or setup a database server. Just download a binary/install one package and enjoy. It has developed rapidly in recent years and continues to improve.
https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/operations/utilities/clickhou...
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#133k9s makes me feel like (and look like to my coworkers) a k8s wizard, the parenthetical especially when I'm sharing my terminal and zipping around using keyboard shortcuts https://github.com/derailed/k9s
It looks intimidating but is very quick to get into. Essential k8s tool.
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#134Ultrafast, super lite file search on Windows, Voidtools "Everything": https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/ I haven't touched the Windows Search utility since I found it.
Everything paired with AstroGrep (or your favorite grep program) is the ultimate pair for searching on Windows. We pretty much force new devs to install these otherwise we watch them struggle for way too long.
Everything is a godsend and ought to be built into Windows.
Agent Ransack (free for commercial use) and FileLocator Pro (paid, has near-instant indexed search) are the go to grep alternatives for Windows on my dev team. https://www.mythicsoft.com/
I also hear VS Code has ripgrep built in, but I haven’t used it extensively.
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#135Microsoft Excel. Manipulating tens or hundreds of thousands of rows, including cross-referencing across tables, is just so satisfying and much faster than doing it with a DB or code. Alternative spreadsheet software do some things better, but they don't come close as a complete package, I don't regret paying for it myself for the first time in my life. It such a life saver in a pinch.
Obligatory Spolsky intro to Excel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nbkaYsR94c
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#136Looking at your list you may like VisiData (https://www.visidata.org/). See the demo from 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1CBDTgGtOU
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#137systemd-nspawn, f that hype train around over engineered container solutions.
Also WireGuard. Who has the mental stability to setup OpenVPN or similar these days, even with things like Openswan? Yuck.
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#138Q research software. Best survey analysis tool I’ve used by far. Saved way more than 100 hrs vs spss.
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#139https://ninite.com has saved me well over that over the years.
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#140One note, dump info once and search later, never fails