Ask HN: What software is so good you are surprised it is free? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What software is so good you are surprised it is free?

#41

Post by eitland » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:22 AM UTC

The free (as in free beer) version of Manic Time.

#42

Post by csharpminor » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:25 AM UTC

#43

Post by jakebasile » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:26 AM UTC

Well there's Vim. OBS[1] is pretty rad, too.

If we're including programming languages under "software": Clojure.

If we're including libraries under "Software": Lacinia[2] and Reagent[3].

If we're including databases: ArangoDB[4].

#44

Post by dudado » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:27 AM UTC

Mac OS X

#45

Post by sametmax » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:31 AM UTC

Postgres and redis.

#46

Post by eitland » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:33 AM UTC

Visual Studio Code

#47

Post by eitland » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:35 AM UTC

Netbeans, Eclipse

#48

Post by blesswinsamuel » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:35 AM UTC

Telegram.

#49

Post by lessclue » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:39 AM UTC

sametmax wrote: post #45

Postgres and redis.

No piece of software has surprised me like Redis has. The sheer elegance, performance, and reliability is mind boggling. Long live antirez!

#50

Post by ahendy » Sat, Feb 17, 2018, 8:41 AM UTC

lichess.org