ipython + jupyter-notebook are such killer applications. I use both daily for everything from trying out code, calculations & notes.
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#22It's a small detail, but after moving to iOS from Android recently I discovered Universal Clipboard: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT209460.
You copy text on one device and paste it on the other. A great piece of UX, and an example of the best interface being no interface at all.
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#23Sublime Text just oozes productivity.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm using it with https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst . It's ok and I couldn't manage without.
Thanks! I run Ubuntu on my personal machine and haven't found a suitable alternative yet. The more time I spend on my Mac work machine the more I'm thinking about switching my personal one due to this
I went from using i3 on my personal Linux machine, to my macOS machine for work. I've had the same thoughts about switching back, but it wasn't an option. Amethyst pulled me through the worst. It can't compare to i3.
There's also this: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai, but I haven't tried it out because of the disclaimer: "You acknowledge that you understand the potential risk that may come from disabling arrow_upper_right System Integrity Protection on your system"
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#25Harvest: https://www.getharvest.com/ Simple, discoverable, does not abuse the SPA paradigm, and lets you turn off features you don't need so it doesn't clutter the UI.
Terrible UX: If you cancel you lose all the time you paid upfront. Very shady.
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#26ipython + jupyter-notebook are such killer applications. I use both daily for everything from trying out code, calculations & notes.
They really hit a sweet spot of ease/accessibility, flexibility, and efficiency (Jupyter lab for me specifically)
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#27Step Two (https://steptwo.app) brings a smile on my face every time I copy a 2FA token from it.
Especially when coming from Authy, which has by far the most horrible UI ever created.
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#28MS Excel 2010
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#29Vim (recent versions) + the `term` command. All shells and REPLs as Vim buffers, also run any command asynchronously. Paired with the `sendtowindow` plugin, can have two-way communication between any REPL and any other buffer.
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#30The Julia REPL. Unicode, colored stacktraces, special modes for documentation and package management, accepts LaTeX commands to enter special characters, has paste mode:
“In Julia mode, the REPL supports something called prompt pasting. This activates when pasting text that starts with julia> into the REPL. In that case, only expressions starting with julia> are parsed, others are removed. This makes it possible to paste a chunk of code that has been copied from a REPL session without having to scrub away prompts and outputs.” → https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/REPL/