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Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by knbknb » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 8:16 AM UTC

PHP Intellisense Extension for VSCode (10€ once)

DBeaver database mgmt 12€/mth (with intermissions)

github copilot 10€/month

NimbusNotes 40€/year

Cloud Platform (GCP), various services up to 60€, with intermissions

Youtube Premium 10€month

various MOOC and learning platforms

donations to Wikipedia when they're campaigning (with intermissions)

some fun services (streaming)

Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by lexoj » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 8:29 AM UTC

whitepoplar wrote: post #4

dieselgate wrote: post #3

I received a Kinesis keyboard in the mail today - maybe not what OP had in mind but my hand issues were to the point of contemplating leaving computer work. Not sure how much it’ll change with the new keyboard - but my response is ergonomics.

Try reading Sarno. Sounds nuts but it works.

Can you elaborate, what is Sarno?

Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by tmikaeld » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 8:31 AM UTC

stavros wrote: post #47

tmikaeld wrote: post #36

ChatGPT Plus - 20$/mo Myriad of servers/cloud services - > 999$/mo SetApp (Multiple apps in one) -> 9.99$/mo Using these apps: - RapidAPI (API Testing) - Forklift (Multi-tab explorer) - Dropshare (Screen recording) - Mate Translate (Translation tool) - CodeRunner (Code playground) - SQLPro Studio (Database manager) - Hype (HTML5 animations editor) - Prizmo (OCR scanner) - Ulysses (Writing) - MindNode (Brainstorming/m…

Jesus, what are you doing that you're spending $1000/mo on servers? I have a $20 server running fifteen production apps, what are you running, Netflix?

I run a business, so mostly API servers. Personally it's like 200$/mo on lab servers.

Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by stavros » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 8:33 AM UTC

tmikaeld wrote: post #53

stavros wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Jesus, what are you doing that you're spending $1000/mo on servers? I have a $20 server running fifteen production apps, what are you running, Netflix?

I run a business, so mostly API servers. Personally it's like 200$/mo on lab servers.

Ah OK, that makes sense. I took it as a "side project server" thing.

Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by dgellow » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 9:38 AM UTC

jmkni wrote: post #40

dgellow wrote: post #39

You already mentioned JetBrains, but more specifically I happily pay for Resharper for C# and C++, it’s such a productivity boost if you’re using Visual Studio.

I used to do this, but more recently have found that VS includes most of the same functionality and ReSharper and VS end up fighting with each other to do the same thing for you, which gets annoying. Rider is great though!

I never tried Rider. Would you recommend it over VS + Resharper? Or do you then need both Rider and VS, to still have access to VS design mode or other visual studio features?

Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by rrgok » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 9:59 AM UTC

_trackno5 wrote: post #29

Git fork: https://git-fork.com/ Best git client i’ve tried, even though i hate it’s tabbing system. RemedyBG: https://remedybg.itch.io/remedybg Excellent debugger for Windows. Sublime Text: To this day I have not found any text editor that works better than this. 100% worth the money

Does Git fork support remote repository? Like if I have a remote visual studio code, with a project in a remote VPS, can I manage it?

The only git clients that allows that i know of are

- Magit

- Git CLI

- VS Code

Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by Fire-Dragon-DoL » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 10:58 AM UTC

Note taking app (logseq), I pay for that even though it's open source and free (and I don't really need paid features)

Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by srgpqt » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 12:07 PM UTC

dieselgate wrote: post #3

I received a Kinesis keyboard in the mail today - maybe not what OP had in mind but my hand issues were to the point of contemplating leaving computer work. Not sure how much it’ll change with the new keyboard - but my response is ergonomics.

Try using a better keyboard layout, like Dvorak or Workman.

I've been using dvorak for over 20 years and never had pain.

Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by jon9544hn » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 1:01 PM UTC

Helmut10001 wrote: post #9

I payed for Typora (a Markdown editor). The price is very reasonable and fair and the product and support is very good. This is the only tool I ever payed for. I do support OSs initiatives through donations.

My favorite MD tool ever. Used it in beta and also paid once released. No regrets!

Re: Ask HN: Dev productivity tools you would pay for

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Post by patwoz » Sat, Jun 10, 2023, 1:23 PM UTC

I pay for

- ChatGPT

- proxyman.io (Debugging Proxy - life safer for development!)

- CleanShot (screenshots, screen recordings)

- PixelSnap (measuring distances, rectangles on desktop...)

- Little Snitch (Firewall but also good for network debugging, e.g. turn off network for specific app)

I donate to

- zig language (not using at the moment but looks really nice!)

- lunarvim (ready to use neovim configuration)

- neovim

- brew

- Asahi linux (linux for apple silicon)

- Minisim (menubar tool to lunch android emulators and iOS simulators)