Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by Yetanfou » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:11 PM UTC

The Linux kernel! It runs just about everywhere from dishwasher to modem to thermostat to PC to mainframe. One size fits all? Well, not if you want to optimize to the last bit, but within a very wide spectrum it actually does.

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by nickpsecurity » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:12 PM UTC

Someone should thtow in some non-UNIX software. So, OS/400: the OS of AS/400's. I know they can crash but I've never seen it or met someone face-to-face who has. Those jokers just seems to always work for years. OpenVMS was a competitor that also ran years at at time under load with cluster record being 17 years. These are still sold.

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by mohsinr » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:12 PM UTC

Git, Filezilla, VLC Player they just work have been using for years!

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by gosukiwi » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:13 PM UTC

Vim and Chrome :)

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by aserafini » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:13 PM UTC

Reaper DAW. Tiny executable, rock-solid reliability, low RAM and CPU usage, effortlessly configurable. It's closed source so it's just a gut feel but it gives the impression of being 'well made' under the hood.

I call it my 'Vim of audio'. It was written by the creator of Winamp.

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by nekopa » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:13 PM UTC

Goodreader on iOS. I still keep my iPad 1 around for this software.

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by aiPhie5u » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:13 PM UTC

Debian, Vim, Python, Nginx, NTPd, sshd.

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by andthat » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:14 PM UTC

Ableton Live.

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by BruceEel » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:15 PM UTC

Glad to see you folks coming up with many examples. For me it's more like a journey of constant sorrow, i'm hardly put coming up even with one example, but maybe:

- übertime on iOS = i hate time tracking, this rock solid app makes it bearable.

- Brief (under DOSBox) just to remind myself that good, reliable, general-purpose text editors did exist at some point...

Re: Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using

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Post by gglitch » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:16 PM UTC

ArkyBeagle wrote: post #48

Tcl. Everything about it is reference-grade.

Can you say more about this? Is there any particular problem space you like it for?