Ask HN: What is the best enterprise software you use every day?

#1

Post by bonfire » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 7:31 PM UTC

A few days ago there was a discussion about worst enterprise software. What is the BEST one?

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#2

Post by bonfire » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 7:33 PM UTC

For me, I have to say it, it's MS Outlook. I do e-mail all day every day and I use VBA macros and all sorts of shortcuts to make it very useful. Love it.

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Post by diehunde » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 7:42 PM UTC

I don't know if it counts as enterprise software but I use Jetbrains' products everyday. Goland, IntelliJ and PyCharm are great tools.

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Post by thehappypm » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 7:52 PM UTC

I love using Tableau. It has completely changed the way I analyze data -- things that would have taken me a minute or two in Excel takes literally seconds in Tableau.

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Post by adrianbordinc » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 7:56 PM UTC

Datadog - the amount of observability we have in our infrastructure is insane.

I can find out what’s wrong within a few seconds.

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#6

Post by toomuchtodo » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 8:09 PM UTC

Excel

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Post by sokoloff » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 8:17 PM UTC

Excel, Box, and Zoom. Would vote for Cloudability as well, but that's not something that I use anywhere near every day.

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Post by closeparen » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 8:20 PM UTC

Phabricator

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#9

Post by client4 » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 8:25 PM UTC

I'm not sure it counts as enterprise software, but Fiberstore is one of the best websites I've ever interacted with. It's clearly laid out, gives recommendations, and is quick and simple. I make weekly purchases and it's always easy.

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Post by leokennis » Thu, Jul 16, 2020, 8:44 PM UTC

Two:

- UltraEdit. What Photoshop is to images, UltraEdit is to text. The weird thing is, it’s not a super flashy or even immediately intuitive tool. But once you get the hang of it, it never fails to deliver.

- Excel. It’s insane the breadth of stuff you can do with it. And as a tool, it’s equally handy and “oh my God this will save me so much work” for a school teacher as it is for a data analyst and stock broker. It sort of scales infinitely, there is always one more level of complexity/usefulness to unlock.