Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

Great thread. Important to keep perspective.

So far the responses seem desktop-centric, but I'm going to throw out a few web apps that I have a lot of respect for:

- Instapaper

- Trello

- Google Inbox

And, on the desktop side I have to give credit to Garageband and Logic, which I honestly can't recall having crashed or let me down in recent memory. YMMV.

For me, probably dwm. I almost forget that I'm using it, but in a good way. It has merged with my muscle-memory and never, ever fails.

- LaTeX

- OS X & iOS

- (GNU) coreutils (sed, cat, grep etc)

- GNUplot

- Mathematica

Primary usecase for listed software is studying chemistry. I enjoy using DALTON (quantum chemistry software) and Dwarf Fortress, but neither is really that reliable (yet).

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