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Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

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Re: Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

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Post by saeranv »

- WSLtty (https://github.com/mintty/wsltty)

Better than the Windows Terminal for WSL. You can work in tmux without getting strange visual artifacts, and allows you to view sixel graphics in console! Fair warning though, I only installed it about two weeks ago, so I can't claim I've battle-tested it though.

ETA: The one thing it doesn't allow me to do is change font programmatically, which would allow me to switch fonts to render non-english characters. I'm very much a beginner in terminals, so if anyone has a solution to this, I would love to hear it.

Re: Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

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Post by solarkraft »

isaacaggrey wrote: post #47
rr808 wrote: post #12

Windows Terminal has completely changed how I view Windows. Open a console and ssh to anywhere. Open a WSL console and use Linux on the desktop. Hard to believe.

Are you just saying that Windows users longer need to use PuTTY or similar? That sounds convenient but leaves me wondering what particularly about that quality of life improvement changes how you view Windows.

Back when I had to use Windows for work (around 2018) it boggled my mind how there was no terminal app that I liked. CMD: Sucks. Powershell: Sucks. Powershell ISE: Sucks. cmder: Not great but it's the best thing I found.

If I was starting out today I could just use Windows Terminal and worry about other things, making me view Windows not quite so unfavorably.

Re: Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

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Post by Cockbrand »

ushercakes wrote: post #35

Not especially extraordinary, and I'm sure there are tools that are better for other people, but, for my workflow, apple notes has been fantastic. Any time I think of something cool, see something cool, whatever - I add it / paste it into a long running note I have labeled "Cool stuff." Whenever I'm bored, I just read through it and usually find something I didn't have time to dig into more thoroughly before. Or, if…

I've only started using Notes.app this year, and I'm amazed how user friendly and useful it is. It's replaced many random text docs all over the place, as well as lots of very unorganized and frankly embarrassing notes on paper.

Re: Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

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Post by nylonstrung »

JacobHenner wrote: post #26

- Mastodon - Fedilab, a Mastodon client for Android - Traefik, a featureful HTTP reverse proxy, including dynamic configuration in Kubernetes or docker-on-host.

Traefik is cool- is there a reason you think it is preferable to Envoy proxies (Gloo for example)

Re: Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

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Post by Cockbrand »

alexisbear wrote: post #9

- Shottr, macOS screenshot app with a snipping tool for OCR. - NetNewsWire, FOSS macOS and iOS feed reader. - topgrade, CLI to upgrade most things on my systems. - Forklift, macOS client for file management, especially good with remote sources (SFTP, FTP, Google Drive, S3…) - Raycast, Spotlight replacement with better unit conversion and plugins - Infuse, macOS/iOS video player, can connect to remote sources like Jel…

I just remembered that I had a license for ForkLift the other day, inspired by the post on Directory Opus [1]. Started using it, and found out how nicely polished and un-bloated it is, and how it doesn't get in one's way.

And I'm a Raycast convert since I got a M1 Mac, having come from Quicksilver. I'm still not sure whether I actually like it better than QS, but it's also very polished and has many small and nifty features, like the quick creation of reminders or the powerful clipboard manager. Plus the extremely useful window management functions. And the list goes on…

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34162515

Re: Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

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Post by solarkraft »

mopsi wrote: post #30

Blender. Learned to use it over the year and its UI is so much better than 3ds max, which is particularly impressive for an open source project; they are usually weak in things that require cohesive overall vision.

IIRC Ton Rosendaal, Blender's creator, still leads the project, but while listening very closely to its users and their pains and a very interesting approach to software development.

The interview with BlenderGuru is great one: https://youtu.be/qJEWOTZnFeg

The last major redesign was started by a vision shared by the interviewer, who seems to be one of the many deeply invested artists.

(This is all very much "IIRC", based on stuff I've peripherally heard or seen years ago)

Re: Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

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Post by solarkraft »

kvark wrote: post #29

Tried Zed editor and never switched back to Sublime. Looking forward to see Zed on more platforms! Currently, it’s just macOS. https://zed.dev/

I like a lot about the manifesto on the front page. Looks very "sublime" and like they're committed to building a high-quality product.
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