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

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Post by Khao »

hack_edu wrote: post #32

ffmpeg and libav

I just started playing around with ffmpeg for a side project of mine. I'm sad because it's C++ (and I didn't write enough C++ in my life to be any good in it) and I was looking around for a good C# wrapper exposing a media player that I can simply use in a desktop app, but everything I found was extremely buggy and laggy.

I'm currently trying to make an exact copy of ffplay.exe (since the source code is available) in C# using an tiny SDL2-C# wrapper and a tiny ffmpeg-C# wrapper, instead of finding a library that does everything. I'm glad to hear that ffmpeg is reliable and solid, I hope I can make it work in C#! (I'll probably put everything up on github if it works)

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

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Post by thedudemabry »

jeffthespasm wrote: post #11

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.

Agreed on all three recommendations. My use of Trello grows and shrinks over time as project management influence shrinks and grows, but it's a great product. Instapaper and Inbox are just amazing.

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

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Post by conception »

Trying not to pick fan favorites/well knowns -

SecureCRT - SSH and more client (win)

Quicksilver - OSX launcher

Pathfinder - OSX finder replacement

Notepad++ - Win text editor

Gawor's LDAP Browser - still my favorite (Java)

Cog - OSX Music player (ala winamp)

GCalTookit - Doing Google Calendar Magic (Java)

Plex + ShowRSS + Catch - Netflix but better

Synology - Their NAS platform is pretty amazing. You can do just about anything with it.

Workflowy - Bulleted List Magic (web)

Xee - Simple and effective image browser (osx)

YNAB Classic - If you don't budget, you should. If you do, you should check out YNAB!

NFSManager - OSX NFS Manager

All of these apps do what they do well and I've never had any issues with them.

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

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Post by truncate »

ammobear wrote: post #26

Spotify. Very rarely do I run into performance issues or bugs on any platform.

I once random lost my complete library. Above that, there was no way to get it back. Spotify people however did recover my playlist. I do use Linux client though, which is not officially supported.

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

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Post by thedudemabry »

mohsinr wrote: post #83

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

VLC Player! I didn't even think to include it on this list because I rarely think about it, which is a great sign. I always install it on new OSs and make it the default media player. But it plays all the things I've thrown at it well and even changes its icon over the Christmas holiday to have a little santa hat!

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

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Post by quantumhobbit »

agentultra wrote: post #5

awk, grep, sed, and these days I add jq to my standard tool belt. I also really enjoy fish as my shell language of choice. Languages, runtimes, etc come and go but these programs remain as useful as they were 19 years ago when I first learned about them.

I used sed today to complete a "large story" in a single command. Felt like a badass.

The email to the product owner was more work than the "coding".

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