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Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#81
post #34

Ambient Weather's weather stations are on sale (20% off some components, and some base stations). That never happens.

Sincerely curious question: Why would one want a home weather station?

Like, are you growing crops at home? Or just curious about hyper-local weather over time?

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#82
The best deals are usually in software. For physical goods, find a price tracker.

That being said, I grabbed a lifetime Laracasts subscription for $219 - about 2 years of the ordinary yearly price ($99, on sale at $54). Great resource for new & rusty Laravel developers.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#84
post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the use case for a device like this? E: Thanks for all the replies. I have a XPS 15 that was, maybe 5 years ago occasionally reliable for playing Doom 2014 at 1080p for half an hour before the gpu would shut itself down, maybe I could have benefited from one of these + a desktop GPU...

Adding a GPU to a Mac, or anything with TB3 really.

Keep in mind it won't work on Apple Silicon Macs though, and I think Intel Macs have limited support for nvidia cards in macOS

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#86

Some apps I really like are on sale. Here are some suggestions: Web Development: - ProxyMan - https://proxyman.io/ — web debugging proxy (30% off the first year) - Tower - https://www.git-tower.com/ — powerful Git Client (50% off the first year) - DevUtils - https://devutils.com/ — set of small developer tools (50% off) For overall productivity: - BetterTouchTool - https://folivora.ai/ — customize input devices (50%…

+1 for DevUtils

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#87
post #6

Create a list of the products you need and try to find deals for this list. Otherwise, there is a huge chance to buy something you don't actually need, just because it's a good deal. Then it will be a good deal for the seller :)

This. I have a "want list" in my notes and have a weekly check on a few retail sites (if it is a retail item) to see if it isn't suddenly in sale. By now I know the prices by heart so if it's a real deal, I'll notice. This also ensures that I don't get impulse charmed on a day like Black Friday, unless it is really significantly cheaper than what it was in the past 6 months.

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#88
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If anyone is thinking of buying a power bank, I strongly recommend those ones that can also start a car. Way less hassle than jumper cables

Can you give an example of one? It blows my mind that this is possible - I mean not the technology exactly, that makes sense, but just that something reasonably portable that I would carry around in case my phone dies can also have the level of utility of jumping my vehicle in a pinch. The future is pretty cool.

This type of thing: https://www.amazon.com/NOCO-GB40-UltraSafe-Lithium-Starter/d...

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#89

Some apps I really like are on sale. Here are some suggestions: Web Development: - ProxyMan - https://proxyman.io/ — web debugging proxy (30% off the first year) - Tower - https://www.git-tower.com/ — powerful Git Client (50% off the first year) - DevUtils - https://devutils.com/ — set of small developer tools (50% off) For overall productivity: - BetterTouchTool - https://folivora.ai/ — customize input devices (50%…

ProxyMan looks nice, is it better than Charles?

Re: Ask HN: Any good black Friday deals?

#90

Some apps I really like are on sale. Here are some suggestions: Web Development: - ProxyMan - https://proxyman.io/ — web debugging proxy (30% off the first year) - Tower - https://www.git-tower.com/ — powerful Git Client (50% off the first year) - DevUtils - https://devutils.com/ — set of small developer tools (50% off) For overall productivity: - BetterTouchTool - https://folivora.ai/ — customize input devices (50%…

Worth noting Affinity is a strictly one-time purchase valid forever (or while their licensing servers are up) while offering functionality on par with Adobe. I got their v2 suite at discount.
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