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Re: Ask HN: What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

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Post by Spartan-S63 »

seneca wrote: post #65
CraftThatBlock wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why use 3 different ones when IntelliJ can do all of the features of the listed editors? PyCharm is IntelliJ locked with Python plugin, etc.

There are slight differences, I believe. IntelliJ is also a little more cumbersome, since you have to map the modules to specific languages. I do mostly just use IntelliJ with plugins these days though. I always feel a bit silly, because I pay for their "all products" pack, but only really use IntelliJ, because I bought it before realizing the plugins really were 99% the same as the specialized IDEs in most cases (CL…

The only reason I keep paying for the “All Products” pack is because I like to use CLion for Rust and come light C and C++ work. Goland is also different enough to justify paying for at least CLion and Goland, but at that point, the “All Products” pack still makes sense.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

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Post by wenc »

Things that we pay for.

SQL Server: it's not cheap, but it's genuinely good. Live query plans, clustered columnstore indices, linked servers, rich SQL features.

Tableau: more than a dashboarding tool, it's actually a really good multivariate exploratory data analysis (EDA) tool. You can use it to visualize multidimensional data easily. I do use Jupyter (seaborn, plotly) and R (ggplot2) which are good, but Tableau lets you touch your data and move stuff around in a more fluid fashion. The UI lets you really interact deeply with your data. I find that on a new dataset, I can get usable results out of Tableau faster than if were to muck around with ggplot2's syntax, even though I'm familiar with the latter. There is a learning curve for Tableau though, especially around how to structure your data for visualization (you have to think in SQL-like operations). It's not just dragging-and-dropping -- a certain mindset is required.

Active Directory: it's just there. It's pretty decent.

Visual Studio: I don't use this every day, but I do maintain a complex C# codebase from time to time (among other things), and Visual Studio (not VS Code! though I like VS Code too) is genuinely a pleasant IDE. I'm a big fan of the C# language and the integration with dev tooling is unparalleled e.g. solid refactoring, peeks, referencing, Intellisense, etc. The IDE supplies a ton of guards to help avoid human errors.

Splunk: it's good. Not the cheapest though.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

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Post by blondin »

CraftThatBlock wrote: post #22
diehunde wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard that before but I'm skeptic about if it's exactly the same.

The only one that is different is Rider, since it has much deeper C# integration (might be others such as DataGrip, but never used it). PyCharm and GoLand are just plugins (same as WebStorm, PhpStorm, etc)

datagrip is very different from the integrated database/SQL editor included with most jetbrains IDEs. it has more features and is a real pleasure to use. using datagrip is like using a dedicated mp3 player to play your mp3 collection while using pycharm, webstorm, etc., is like using your phone to play your mp3 music collection.

so happy to see jetbrains receive some love here.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

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Post by seneca »

Spartan-S63 wrote: post #71
seneca wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are slight differences, I believe. IntelliJ is also a little more cumbersome, since you have to map the modules to specific languages. I do mostly just use IntelliJ with plugins these days though. I always feel a bit silly, because I pay for their "all products" pack, but only really use IntelliJ, because I bought it before realizing the plugins really were 99% the same as the specialized IDEs in most cases (CL…

The only reason I keep paying for the “All Products” pack is because I like to use CLion for Rust and come light C and C++ work. Goland is also different enough to justify paying for at least CLion and Goland, but at that point, the “All Products” pack still makes sense.

Yeah, I use CLion as well for C work. Good to know it's useful for Rust as well, I hope to take that dive at some point. I feel slightly better about my purchase now, thanks!

Re: Ask HN: What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

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Post by closeparen »

mrslave wrote: post #50
dave_sid wrote: post #23

Not Jira. Hahahahaha.

Is anyone just using Git{Hub,Lab,Tea} issues and being fine with it? Is the absence of a Kanban board a deal breaker? Perhaps for management.

Git-adjacent issue trackers are communication tools for developers. JIRA is a surveillance and control mechanism for senior executives. It just depends on the size of your company.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

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Post by sergiotapia »

adrianbordinc wrote: post #5

Datadog - the amount of observability we have in our infrastructure is insane. I can find out what’s wrong within a few seconds.

-1 datadog. Unless you have an SRE on payroll, it's obtuse, expensive as hell and you can never tell what exactly you're paying for. I don't like it much. It took a LOT of man hours to set up.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

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Post by noema »

CraftThatBlock wrote: post #11
diehunde wrote: post #3

I don't know if it counts as enterprise software but I use Jetbrains' products everyday. Goland, IntelliJ and PyCharm are great tools.

Why use 3 different ones when IntelliJ can do all of the features of the listed editors? PyCharm is IntelliJ locked with Python plugin, etc.

Personally I like having separate installations for each language-specific IntelliJ flavor just to reduce confusion when toggling between different windows. The slight GUI differences also help to "code-switch" (in the linguistic and literal senses).

Re: Ask HN: What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

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Post by cosmotic »

irrational wrote: post #43

Jetbrains IntelliJ. I use it for html, JS, CSS, Vue, node.js, Python, Java, SQL, etc. I’ve tried visual studio and some other IDEs, but find intellij to be superior in every way.

Although I have the hots for intellij IDEA too, does it count as enterprise?
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