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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 acapybara »

npteljes wrote: post #174
huijzer wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a Linux user, using Excel via the web interface or via a virtual machine is not so satisfying nor much faster than alternatives.

Yeah, as someone who doesn't pay for MS, I'm basically using a combination of Calc and Gnumeric, because G can open larger files (handled larger files than Excel in fact), but Calc has more features, and it's more similar to Excel which I was used to. ONLYOFFICE's sheets can also be handy, if MS Excel compatibility is wanted.

Try: visidata on a sqlite file.

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

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Post by kondor6c »

flobosg wrote: post #352
kondor6c wrote: post #211

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There also is quite browser, which is similar (not an extension though) it has some very cool features like domain conditional proxies and other settings

Do you mean qutebrowser? https://qutebrowser.org/

yup

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

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Post by matijash »

esperent wrote: post #328
xmonkee wrote: post #6

RedwoodJS https://github.com/redwoodjs/redwood I launched my startup from 0 to first customer in 3 months thanks to this guy. Most of my time saved was because of a solid collection of libraries, brilliantly integrated together (backend to frontend), and I didn't have to suffer analysis paralysis every time I needed something.

I've just been researching this the last few days. There's a couple of other similar tools that I'm also checking out: Refine.dev Wasp-lang.dev I'm quite early into researching these so I don't have anything much to say about them yet. Wasp is a DSL so it's a bit different.

Wasp DSL creator here, let me know if any questions :)

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

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Post by eitland »

P5fRxh5kUvp2th wrote: post #486
eitland wrote: post #480

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It is also the simplest refactoring, and my point is no command line tricks I have can seen can even reliably do this. Refactoring support in modern IDEs goes far beyond renaming public fields and methods.

I've had this exact conversation so many times over the years. In truth, you just don't know the tools that well. And that's ok, but as someone who does and regularly does these things in both IDE's and in vim, you're wrong. But I'm not going to bother trying to convince you, the same way I'm not going to try and convince you that my gf of 11 years is pretty awesome. I don't need you to get better to know that you're…

Good for you. 17 years since I met my gf here.

And I started on vim a long time before IntelliJ :-)

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

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Post by [deleted] »

Sugimot0 wrote: post #425
daniel_reetz wrote: post #48

Ultrafast, 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.

I switched to linux a long time ago so now i use plocate, but on windows everything was a must! Also directory opus was a nice file manager, not sure if there's a new/better foss alternative yet.

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

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Post by silentguy »

temende wrote: post #391
beernutz wrote: post #326

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If you like Vimium, you should check out SurfingKeys. It is similar but seems to have even more going for it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/surfingkeys/gfblio...

What do you like about SurfingKeys over Vimium? At a quick glance, seems to have many of the same commands, maybe SurfingKeys just has a few more.

Surfingkeys is more customizable and has more features. You can use Surfingkeys API with javascript to add more customizations. It's good for adding custom keybindings to certain websites. Look at this config repo to see what's possible with Surfingkeys: https://github.com/b0o/surfingkeys-conf It also supports neovim editing in browser, markdown previewer, pdf previewer with key bindings, etc.

Vimium is more robust as they have resisted the temptation to open their apis and allow unlimited customization. It's good for you if you don't have the need to add more customization or if you don't know programming.

Surfingkeys require you to know javascript a bit add advanced customization. And, it requires some troubleshooting when your config goes wrong. It's like Vimium for power users.

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

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Post by geekraver »

Dual-pane file managers like Midnight Commander. Been using these since the days of Norton Commander on DOS; I even wrote my own for Unix/DOS in those days before Midnight Commander came out and I got lazy (https://github.com/gramster/gc3). I would live in Midnight Commander if not for the constant “the shell is already running a command” bugs.

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

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Post by gala8y »

thiht wrote: post #477

SmartTubeNext[1] In installed it on my Android TV instead of the official Youtube app and it saved me literal hours: - it blocks ads - it includes SponsorBlock, so sponsored segments, intros, "plz subscribe" are skipped - it allows me to block Shorts Anytime I have to use an official Youtube app, I remember how unusable it was. I even gave Youtube premium a try at some point, but SponsorBlock is just too good to igno…

No root required? I thought TV's didn't allow side loading anything. TIL.

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

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Post by codesnik »

liotier wrote: post #252
OrvalWintermute wrote: post #181

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110% agreement on Excel The ability create a relational database in Excel with vlookups and hlookups, then capture it all into a macro is amazing. I've really enjoyed using Excel as a Postgres frontend, with a real Postgres DB instance handling data, and then using the report functionality to dump to Word. While a pro reporting engine and cutting out MS Office altogether would be a better longterm solution, it is har…

> The ability create a relational database in Excel with vlookups and hlookups, Do yourself a favour and ditch vlookup and hlookup in favour of the recently introduced xlookup, which even obsoletes index/match ! I try to keep my exploratory joins out of Excel, but I admit that I often don't resist the immediacy of Excel's poor man's joins located right where I need them.

Took them long enough to add it.

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

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Post by SuperSandro2000 »

towawy wrote: post #135

Microsoft 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 Exce…

And for me excel wastes 100 hours a month.
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