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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)
#22ChangeDetection https://changedetection.io. Self-hosted website change detection.
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#23The pure power of ripgrep + emacs to speed up refactoring _probably_ offsets the lots of game time i've spend diddling with my editor. at least that's what i tell myself.
care to share your .init etc, I still having figured how I want to couple the two
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#24The pure power of ripgrep + emacs to speed up refactoring _probably_ offsets the lots of game time i've spend diddling with my editor. at least that's what i tell myself.
I have a bash function that mashes sed and rg together and it's dreamy.
"hey, change all these to that, and don't make it complicated"
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#25The Mosh SSH client for intermittent connectivity ( https://mosh.org/ ) has definitely saved me at least 100 hours. Too bad that it's only available for Windows as a Chrome extension, and Chrome will discontinue support for it starting in the new year. Really not looking forward to having to search for an alternative...
I've switched from Mosh to Eternal Terminal (https://eternalterminal.dev) because of its excellent native scrolling support.
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#26JetBrains software.
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#27Matrix Docker Ansible Deploy [1] allows me to unify all chat networks that I use under one single server (and, therefore, one single client), avoiding switching windows. I do believe it saved me hundred of hours...
[1] https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#28Sioyek: https://sioyek.info
It's a PDF viewer that automatically finds and previews references in documents, even when the PDF doesn't have links. Makes reading some math books a very enjoyable experience instead of a chore.
Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)
#29mpv, mpvacious [1], and anki
I've been learning spanish, and since hitting the intermediate stage outside of talking I mainly watch spanish shows or dubbed shows (Star trek TNG). I can create flash cards of difficult to understand phrases, or new words in seconds.
I usually still edit them slightly depending on my purpose for the flashcard, but having > 2000 cards right now, I can't imagine what doing this by hand, or manual review would have cost me.