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zsh, vim, git, tmux, ssh, curl, less, rsync, mosh, ag VLC player deserves extra credit because it's a big, messy, cross-platform GUI app.
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Or for folks like me: I just want to play my video files no fuss, no muss. Something other major media players seem to have more trouble with than they should. But not VLC! 100% of the time it works every time!
On my low end machine VLC struggles with H265, where KMP doesn't. (But I still strongly prefer VLC for everything else.)
VLC. There have been so many times I thought "man it would be great if there were this crazy hypothetical feature in my media player" only to find out it's like a stable long-established feature that's a keypress away from activation after a quick google search or glance at a dropdown menu.
1Password on Mac - phenomenal UX, all around joy to use Not as pleased with the Windows version, but it's serviceable
I'm actively looking at alternatives now.
Beyond Compare. An amazing/cheap file comparison tool. - http://www.scootersoftware.com
Meld is the equivalent under Linux.
Postgresql. Such a marvel of reliability and good design. All features just logically and consistently work with each other.
And the documentation is good too! (And that means that it's good, not like most software with "good documentation" where "good" means that it has reasonable feature coverage.)
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/tutorial-install....
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/installation/
PostgreSQL tells you "If you are installing a pre-packaged distribution, such as an RPM or Debian package, ignore this chapter and read the packager's instructions instead" whereas MongoDB actually lists specific instructions for each platform (including distro).
It's similar all the way through. They tell you "why" something was done but not necessarily "how" to get something done. And the manual format with chapters simply isn't suited for the web. There is fantastic content there. It just needs someone with a UX hat to structure it in a way to make it easier to use.
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I've installed Alfred before but just kept using Spotlight. I never saw why it amazes so many people. What does it do that Spotlight can't?
It can be "taught" to do things. If you want to open something with 1-2 letters you can just repeat yourself a few times (2-4?) and it will learn and remember. Spotlight just does not do this.