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Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?

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Re: Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?

#21

Post by qolop »

A terminal based IDE that has quick startup time, vim's keybindings and plugin ecosystem, and just works out of the box without me spending hours on configuration.

I'm currently using LunarVim, which is poorly documented, painful to install, update and configure, and with lots of tiny issues that I've spent hours trying to fix. But, it's still the best thing out there!

I would pay a ton of money to whoever can solve this problem.

Another thing I would pay money for is a terminal based python REPL that resembles a jupyter notebook. The IPython repl doesn't cut it for me and is missing a bunch of features, and projects like Euporie are missing things that I like in IPython. So something that borrows the best of both worlds would be incredible.

Re: Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?

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Post by stolenmerch »

stevewodil wrote: post #18
stolenmerch wrote: post #13

A simple content management system that lets me take a photo of an object using my phone, add some quick metadata or category about it, then have it sync to the cloud where I can later add more detail from my laptop. Ideally I'd have fine-grained control of collections and share images between collections. Bonus points if it can use some sort of ML to learn about my objects and make metadata suggestions. Extra bonus…

So, Google Photos?

No, not really. Google Photos functions as a simple photo album. A CDM has extensive metadata at the file, item, and collection level.

Re: Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?

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Post by Davidbrcz »

qolop wrote: post #21

A terminal based IDE that has quick startup time, vim's keybindings and plugin ecosystem, and just works out of the box without me spending hours on configuration. I'm currently using LunarVim, which is poorly documented, painful to install, update and configure, and with lots of tiny issues that I've spent hours trying to fix. But, it's still the best thing out there! I would pay a ton of money to whoever can solve…

So emacs with a distributor like doom-emacs ?

Re: Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?

#25

Post by torstenvl »

I want a first-class open-source local-first password manager. Like Enpass or legacy 1Password, without needing to trust my passwords to "the cloud." I paid for a full "lifetime" license of 1Password 4, and 6, and 7. I paid for a full lifetime license of Enpass. I'd gladly pay ~$70 for something with as good a UI as BitWarden but without a need for a server.

EDIT: pass and KeyPass are not even close to the same league, please don't suggest them.

Re: Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?

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Post by 55873445216111 »

torstenvl wrote: post #25

I want a first-class open-source local-first password manager. Like Enpass or legacy 1Password, without needing to trust my passwords to "the cloud." I paid for a full "lifetime" license of 1Password 4, and 6, and 7. I paid for a full lifetime license of Enpass. I'd gladly pay ~$70 for something with as good a UI as BitWarden but without a need for a server. EDIT: pass and KeyPass are not even close to the same leagu…

KeePass?

Re: Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?

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Post by mabil »

torstenvl wrote: post #25

I want a first-class open-source local-first password manager. Like Enpass or legacy 1Password, without needing to trust my passwords to "the cloud." I paid for a full "lifetime" license of 1Password 4, and 6, and 7. I paid for a full lifetime license of Enpass. I'd gladly pay ~$70 for something with as good a UI as BitWarden but without a need for a server. EDIT: pass and KeyPass are not even close to the same leagu…

https://www.passwordstore.org/

Re: Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?

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Post by acranox »

torstenvl wrote: post #25

I want a first-class open-source local-first password manager. Like Enpass or legacy 1Password, without needing to trust my passwords to "the cloud." I paid for a full "lifetime" license of 1Password 4, and 6, and 7. I paid for a full lifetime license of Enpass. I'd gladly pay ~$70 for something with as good a UI as BitWarden but without a need for a server. EDIT: pass and KeyPass are not even close to the same leagu…

If you’re on an Apple product, Strongbox might fit your requirements. https://strongboxsafe.com/

Re: Ask HN: What tool would you buy to make your life easier?

#29

Post by superasn »

_frkl wrote: post #10
superasn wrote: post #8

Github copilot everywhwre. I love the way how it completes the code and even helps write documentation. But I think it could do equally well for say when you're at the bash terminal, or even writing this comment, the app should just get the context and start auto-completing everywhere I can type, intelligently like copilot. That would be amazing!

Sidenote: McFly does something in that ballpark (for bash)

Both these suggestions are amazing. Loving mcfly and it's going to be one of thing I'll always install
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