Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by runiq » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:31 AM UTC

You oughtta go touch grass, friend. Trust me

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by vmfunction » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:32 AM UTC

Beautiful Dorena, but doesn't run on new mac os any more.

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by freetime2 » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:33 AM UTC

eternityforest wrote: post #31

Poetry, Pipx, VSCode, pre-commit, ruff, MyPy, Make(When used for non-C related stuff). Recent GIMP versions, Realthunder's fork of FreeCad, PrusaSlicer, neofetch, Ardour, SculptGL, Vorta/Borg, Git Cola

Never tried PrusaSlicer (only ever used Cura), but every time I go to 3d print something I am just astounded at how well slicers work at converting random 3d models to series of g-code instructions. Feels like magic.

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by fotcorn » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:36 AM UTC

Regolith Desktop (https://regolith-desktop.com/). A fully preconfigured Tiling Window Manager based desktop environment for Linux.

Uses i3 on X11, sway on Wayland.

No more fiddling with config files to make basics like system settings actually work under i3.

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by alganet » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:36 AM UTC

Desktop: VLC, Transmission (torrent client), Hydrogen (drum machine), DaVinci Resolve, VirtualBox, Inkscape, Encarta, Google Earth, curl, 7-Zip, Sticky Notes (macOS), World Clock (macOS).

Web based: The Pirate Bay, Wikipedia, Nebula, phpBB, Internet Archive.

Android: Google Maps, Musician (tuner & metronome app), Hacker's Keyboard.

Probably left a lot of good ones out.

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by freetime2 » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:37 AM UTC

joshstrange wrote: post #48

In no particular order: Prologue [0] - iOS Audiobook player, used Plex as a media source Overcast [1] - iOS Podcast player CleanShotX [2] - macOS screenshot/video/gif capture with annotation Drafts [3] - iOS/macOS note taking tool Paprika [4] - Cross platform recipe app YNAB [5] - "You Need A Budget" - web/mobile budgeting app 1Password [6] - Cross platform password manager Carrot Weather [7] - iOS weather app Color…

I’ll add Rectangle (window manager) as a great utility for Mac. The free version works great and doesn’t nag me at all to upgrade.

https://rectangleapp.com/

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by gryzzly » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:40 AM UTC

IA Writer, workflowy

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by blue_pants » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:44 AM UTC

voxadam wrote: post #42

Dark Sky, both on my phone and on the desktop, prior to Apple's acquisition were always enjoyable to use. Transit.app was once quite simple and elegant, though, that's less true these days. Jellyfin may be a little rough around the edges but it works well with almost no intervention on my part. uBlock Origin, I can't even imagine the web without it.

My weather app of choice is Today Weather. Its UI strikes a good balance between being informative and clean looking (and it can be customized a bit too)

https://todayweather.co/

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by freetime2 » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:45 AM UTC

andrewstuart wrote: post #30

ChatGPT.

ChatGPT is amazing. Even when it is completely hallucinating, the fact that it can do so with such a nicely worded response just puts a smile on my face.

Re: Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?

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Post by xtiansimon » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 10:46 AM UTC

I like to draw, so— Adobe Illustrator was a joy for me back in the day. Fast. Today, if I need to make a drawing, I like google draw.

That said, these days I’m making custom scripts in Python and I love Click for CLI. I love solving problems with scripting.

Everything else is just a struggle to get something done and go home.