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Re: Ask HN: Your most useful purchase of under $100 in 2018?

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Post by pasbesoin »

afarrell wrote: post #24
jakamau wrote: post #21

$90 8qt Instant Pot It's dramatically reduced the number of times I eat out for convenience rather than enjoyment. It's larger than I need but perfect for bulk cooking/meal prep.

A chest freezer costs more than $100, but is a great way to build on top of this strategy.

I've been eyeing 7 cubic feet (IIRC) chest freezers, a number of which are around the $250 mark.

I have a friend who's big-time into growing and harvesting locally, including as a part-time job. The trouble is to keep up with the influx; I'm thinking of freezing some of it for the colder, lower harvest months.

P.S. Through them, I've discovered this significantly suburban county is teaming with... I don't know, sort of a sub-culture of like-minded folks. It's been a rather interesting year.

Re: Ask HN: Your most useful purchase of under $100 in 2018?

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Post by Cymen »

partisan wrote: post #12

I just bought a monthly subscription for a Mac Postgres client called SQL Pro for Postgres. After wrestling with PgAdmin 3 and 4, I threw in the towel and paid for a proper client. It’s 5.99 a month and as much as I hate rent-seeking, it allows me to try the software before paying the 139$ lifetime license.

Did you try Postico? I think it has a free / demo option. I bought a license a while ago. I like it -- curious if SQL Pro offers something it doesn't but I'm generally happy with it. There is also a github repo with feature requests as issues. I'd lover for Postico to show JSONB fields more nicely but not really a huge issue.

Re: Ask HN: Your most useful purchase of under $100 in 2018?

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Post by andrei_says_ »

partisan wrote: post #12

I just bought a monthly subscription for a Mac Postgres client called SQL Pro for Postgres. After wrestling with PgAdmin 3 and 4, I threw in the towel and paid for a proper client. It’s 5.99 a month and as much as I hate rent-seeking, it allows me to try the software before paying the 139$ lifetime license.

I can recommend datagrid. You pay yearly but after the first year you can stop paying as long as you’re ok with not getting further updates.

Re: Ask HN: Your most useful purchase of under $100 in 2018?

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Post by Doxin »

vram22 wrote: post #16
krageon wrote: post #7

I bought a water flossing machine. I've been flossing for more than a year, but there were always bits of my gums that stayed kind of sensitive. According to my dentist it was "possible to do it right, but hard", which I took to mean I was bad at flossing. Now I floss in the evening after dinner with regular floss and use the water flosser twice a day. Works like a charm, I would have gotten one ages ago if I knew th…

Is it the same as or similar the Waterpik product?

Same thing. Effective but overpriced for what it is in my opinion.
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