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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)

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Post by greazy »

yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #212
Apreche wrote: post #16

Of all the software I can think of quickly, the one I think may have saved the most time in my life is Google Maps.

I use and enjoy Google Maps, but some of the features are baffling, like insisting on switching you to a "faster" route even after dismissing the proposal several times. This almost got me into trouble a couple of months ago when I was driving from Odessa to Chisinau. One route goes through Transnistria which is currently controlled by the russian military. I'm not sure if Google is aware that there is a war on curre…

Personally i think gmaps actively tries to get your attention and interact with the app. Which is extremely dangerous and in my country can result in a big fine if you even touch the phone.

Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)

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Post by blep_ »

spariev wrote: post #243
orthecreedence wrote: post #7

Vim. I can never leave modal editing now. Been using it since 2010 and I think in vim when editing. It lets me enter a flow state so much easier. My brain maps into writing and editing.

Just a reminder that you _can_ leave modal editing with :q (sorry couldn’t resist)

What is the shell if not just another editing mode?

Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)

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Post by rgavuliak »

jodrellblank wrote: post #98
hedora wrote: post #58

Each of the following is in the 1000 hours saved club (in no particular order): jq, perl, grep, gnu textutils, gnu parallel, bash, xargs, gkrellm, nload. Make deserves a special shout out. If you think it's only useful for building software, you've completely missed the point (similarly, if you think some language-specific tool is superior, you're doing things completely wrong): Anyway, this document saved me at leas…

> " If you think it's only useful for building software, you've completely missed the point " I clicked on your link with 16 pages of just contents links to find what the point is, and found "the make utility automatically determines which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled, and issues commands to recompile them". What's the point you see?

I think OP meant data analysis/one-offs as not building software that is technically true I guess

Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)

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Post by signaru »

allisdust wrote: post #423
dougdonohoe wrote: post #159

Gotta say IntelliJ, which isn't just for Java. It's a great coding platform and I used it for Scala, Go, Python, Bash, Java, PHP, Perl, you name it. I know many people like to hate on IDEs, but IntelliJ (and/or its language-specific variants like PyCharm or GoLand) has great support for all the debuggers in the above languages. It has awesome search/replace. Being able to "drill down" in to code, including 3rd party…

If only it would not gobble up so much memory. For an ide that has been around for this long, one would have assumed they would have switched to a more performant non gc language by now.

Exactly what keeps me away from "J" IDEs and Electron. But if productivity is compelling, I might just consider that my machine is powerful enough and that my daily web browser is just as resource greedy.

Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)

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Post by 28304283409234 »

npteljes wrote: post #167

I find good use of my skill in the following: DBeaver: use a consistent interface for practically any data store. Wanna SELECT and JOIN CSVs? It can do that too. https://www.mail-tester.com/ - Fantastic email server settings troubleshooter. Excel / Calc / Gnumeric: I don't even know macros, just the functions, sorting, filtering, and pivot tables enable good productivity. And sometimes fun, I chose my current video c…

Gnumeric. I still mourn Ray. One of the kindest people I have met. Almost ten years ago he passed away at age 40. 12 Years of gnumeric and 18 years of Debian contributions. Thank you Ray, where ever you are now.

Re: Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? (2022 edition)

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Post by sincarne »

npteljes wrote: post #187
Apreche wrote: post #16

Of all the software I can think of quickly, the one I think may have saved the most time in my life is Google Maps.

Turn-by-turn navigation in a completely foreign place can be invaluable, and save much frustration. I personally use Organic Maps (MAPS.ME), and I'm fortunate that it never led me astray or on horrible roads etc.

My family and I were on a “star safari” last night, and our guides gave us a Google Maps location for a parking lot on a volcano. Google struggled, as did Here. Organic Maps? No problem! So thank you; you’ve set me up with my new offline map!
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