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Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations you have experienced?
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#12I think clipboard managers (like flycut for mac) are under rated. I regularly use the last 3-5 clips.
Heck, it'd be great if clipboard history was baked into the OS.
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#13Banking apps(avoid going to bank to deposit check, or going to post office to pay bills)
Podcasts (alternative is reading a blog)
Airbnb (alternative is hotel or possibly a BnB)
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#14To my chagrin:
1) Robinhood for normal stocks
2) Disney+ vs AmazonPrime/Netflix
-> HDR for no additional fee, remastered exclusive content, a very full non region-locked (AFAIK) library, consistent streaming quality, straight-to-VOD shows, and premium movies.
->Some might argue not 10x, I can be convinced to agree. It's a solid 1.5x at a minimum though.
3) AWS Workspaces vs RDP
-> Ease of use out of the box is just unparalleled.
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#15Here's one case where I clocked an over 3x improvement when measuring time only. Probably would go as a 10x improvement in some cases (accessibility, intuitivity etc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2gwzTWADns
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#16- Internet - fibre - email - Smartphones - gpus - starlink will be one More personal: - language servers/linters - Package Management - a mouse - dictation
Great list. I agree with pretty much all of them but I'd also add the following to my list:
- Multi-Core CPUs which enabled switching between applications pretty much instantly.
- Solid State Storage
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#17Gmail.
Using web-based email clients was a nightmare before Gmail. They had limited storage space, and the UX was pretty bad, they were hard to search, etc. You spent all your time figuring out what you wanted to delete, or seeing your emails bounce when people had full inboxes. If you didn't log in for a while, your account would disappear.
And then suddenly, you got a GB of storage. For free. No questions asked. And its UI was simple and easy-to-use. And you could search it.
A lot of other products are 10x better in individual areas. For instance, Google Sheets was much more portable/shareable than Excel when it launched. But even today there's no comparison, Excel is superior for actual spreadsheet functionality. But Gmail was better on every axis, even against local clients like Thunderbird and Outlook.
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#18running slack, skype and zoom in a browser tabs instead of 3 extra electron apps
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#19I think clipboard managers (like flycut for mac) are under rated. I regularly use the last 3-5 clips. Heck, it'd be great if clipboard history was baked into the OS.
Check out Alfred.
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#20User experience is usually the 10x differentiator.
An Uber and a regular Taxi will both get me to my location with similar time and cost. The difference was that I could get an Uber by pressing a couple buttons on my phone and monitor the entire process from an app. A taxi required (at the time) phone calls, waiting around for a taxi to arrive, trying to communicate location, and other hassles that disappeared when using Uber.
Same final product (car transportation between points) but the experience was 10x better.