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

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Post by kowdermeister »

artimaeis wrote: post #211
SchizoDuckie wrote: post #123

Total Commander. I've been using it since the first versions that came out for Windows 3.1 and it provided a smooth Windows transition from Norton Commander for DOS. The changelog goes back all the way to 2002, but it's been there for waaay longer. ( http://ghisler.com/whatsnew.htm ) I hope he continues to make a healthy income from it. It's litterally the best piece of shareware in the world in my eyes, that i've ha…

I've seen this program come up a few times in the last couple of years - but every time I look at it I can't see a use case that sticks out. I've looked through the FAQ and installed it and I just can't seem to get why I'd use that opposed to Windows Explorer, 7Zip, and WinSCP. Can you share why you find it useful? Thanks!

I hate the Windows explorer, but WinScp is not bad. Bunch of windows are hard to work with and even slow when moving files.

It has tabs, which is great for development and quickly jumping between directories in the same window.

http://imgur.com/a/4toXv

The two panels allows me to quickly switch also in different contexts. Lots of handy hotkeys are available.

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

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Post by lucb1e »

Windows: "Everything" (that's the name). A lightweight, fast and advanced (if you want it) file search engine.

Linux: Most tools of course, as they are made with the Unix philosophy, but these days I'm most surprised by print drivers for Linux. Where in Windows the printer is always magically offline or slow, from Linux I can print and scan very reliably.

Vim is also worth learning, it makes editing much more... relaxed I guess. No longer have to move your mouse to the arrow keys or even the mouse/touchpad to scroll or select. It also helps that it exists on nearly every Unix system you'll ever connect to.

And finally I recently discovered LaTeX, which could be described as markdown on steroids. A little more difficult to get into, but it's easy to create professional documents and have a plain text source (which works nicely with git and other unix tools). If you have trouble getting started in LaTeX, ask me (comment here or see my profile), I also didn't know how to get started for a while.

Edit: Another Windows tool is Notepad++. I have not seen the likes in Linux when it comes to robustness. It has all the basics you need for handling any sort of file that involves manual editing, binary or plain text. If there is no binary editor available for your file of choice, or if you just want to have a quick peak, Notepad++ will do just fine. Beware of really huge files, although I have seen it handle some big things on low RAM machines too.

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

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Post by lucb1e »

virmundi wrote: post #201

RabbitMQ. It just works. We're operating with in the normal use case for it. We turn it on, transfer 50k or so messages a day, then forget about. The memory is fairly low, CPU is low and constant. The connections for month or year long clients stay open.

We had to use a message queueing system for school, they recommended some Oracle thing. Other systems were allowed though, and most of the people chose RabbitMQ.

Can confirm, it's extremely easy to make Python, Java and PHP talk to each other. I haven't found anything it can't do yet, and it's not hogging resources either.

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

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Post by reitanqild »

Draiken wrote: post #174
reitanqild wrote: post #161

Netbeans IDE. Cannot remember one serious crash. Have emptied the cache twice that I can think of over the years I have used it. (And most importantly: I have less problems than my colleague who uses IntelliJ.) Also as others have mentioned I've had major stability problems with eclipse, mostly in connection with the perforce plugin.

Man times must have changed... Had to use Netbeans on college and it was literally the worst IDE I've ever used. Crashed so often I just gave up. Decided to work with Gedit for a good period before I was introduced to vim. Have never even tried to use other IDEs unless I'm kind of forced to (like android development) and made sure to stay away from Netbeans.

As I have pointed out elsewhere sometimes some piece of software isn't a good match for someone.

Me personally I don't like Mac OS X or Ubuntu Unity. I don't say they are bad but I will make an effort to avoid having to use them. (And I can tell you why.)

I can clearly see how some people might have similar issues with my favourite software.

That said: if last time was a few years ago and you youch upon Java code again you could give it another try; maybe it works better on a modern machine?

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

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Post by brightball »

KeepFlying wrote: post #124
conception wrote: post #105

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 abo…

I love that you suggested YNAB here but I have one significant problem with it that doesn't have a consistently good workaround. Reimbursements. When I m out with friends and the restaurant doesn't split the bill I'll often cover it then get paid back with cash or PayPal. YNAB doesn't seem to handle this very well. Then wirh longer term reimbursements it gets worse. Either you forget that you are owed or you float th…

YNAB looks very close to the Dave Ramsey approach to finances.

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

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Post by softawre »

artimaeis wrote: post #211
SchizoDuckie wrote: post #123

Total Commander. I've been using it since the first versions that came out for Windows 3.1 and it provided a smooth Windows transition from Norton Commander for DOS. The changelog goes back all the way to 2002, but it's been there for waaay longer. ( http://ghisler.com/whatsnew.htm ) I hope he continues to make a healthy income from it. It's litterally the best piece of shareware in the world in my eyes, that i've ha…

I've seen this program come up a few times in the last couple of years - but every time I look at it I can't see a use case that sticks out. I've looked through the FAQ and installed it and I just can't seem to get why I'd use that opposed to Windows Explorer, 7Zip, and WinSCP. Can you share why you find it useful? Thanks!

Two __girls__ windows at the same time! What more could you want.
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