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

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Post by mr-debil »

dieselgate wrote: post #31
frozenport wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

also get a vertical mouse, best $30 buck you'll ever spend

interesting, had considered it but hadn't heard much pros about it. does it work well with mac? use a magic mouse at the moment

I revert back to my Magic Mouse because I love the touch gestures, but most can be recreated with vertical mouse. I use the Logitech one, it's nice, but the 1 or 2 finger gestures on the Magic Mouse are too nice and can't be replicated on any other mouse, I always revert back to it. I actually rotate the Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad and Logitech mx vertical, usually last a few weeks or a month before switching to another.

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

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Post by web3-is-a-scam »

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.

My Kinesis Freestyle 2 Keyboard was life changing, my hand issues are non existent now.

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

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Post by skrtskrt »

Kagi Search search engine. Unless I’m doing “food near me” type searches, Kagi is 100x better than the garbage heap Google is now. Then Jetbrains. Then one of the ProtonMail subscriptions although I only use the mail and sometimes the VPN for streaming. I still use gmail too mostly for junk mail/signups/loyalty programs but I wanted to support an email service that’s not Google and Fastmail wasn’t doing it for me.

Beyond that, if I want cloud stuff I usually am going to put it on DigitalOcean.

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Post by cyberge99 »

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.

I use Typora along with Upnote as an Evernote replacement. Haven’t looked back. The Ipnote devs are very responsive and it’s almost at parity with EN.

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

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Post by I_am_tiberius »

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.

I bought it but am disappointed because it doesn't recognize .mdx files.

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

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Post by zeroc8 »

zabzonk wrote: post #25

i pay a yearly sub for jetbrains (very good), but i would pay more for a modern version of visual c++ 6.0 - so fast, so simple to use, even back when. visual studio (although impressive) is just too fat for me and, along with jb a bit too slow.

Same here. The Jetbrains stuff is great, but snappy it isn't. And the modern versions of Visual Studio are even worse.

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

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Post by kcartlidge »

madmod wrote: post #37

Wallaby.js is so nice for instant as you type evaluation of unit tests. Its magical and improves my productivity immensely. Vitamin R is a great hack for the ADHD brain.

Seconded for Wallaby, as I don't often see it mentioned.

And even if you don't need instant feedback on tests whilst you're writing code, it's great during general development - set up a single test with the result you want and start doing some TDD-style coding, and Wallaby doesn't just show you the test outcome but also shows the values of all variables as hints decorating the lines in the editor itself whilst you type, making it much easier to get to working code.

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