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Ask HN: What perfect software did you discover of recent?

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Post by max_ »

Of recently I discovered three tools that I would describe as perfect i.e solving my problem exactly.

What services or products would you describe as perfect for your needs?

The first was Arbitrage Calculator [1]. Its. A tool I used for sports betting Arbitrage to compute the arbitrage conditions & payouts.

The second is Obsidian [2] This has completely replaced Google Keep as my notes taking app.

The third has been Lithium [3]. I currently do 90% of my book reading in this app. The ergonomics of epub copies is just perfect and this is a perfect epub reader.

Fourth is Scrivener. [4] Planning to write by first book with this. It's just perfect.

Last is Button Down [5] This allowed me to add a subscription page on my statically hosted blog. And the minimalistic nature of the service made it perfect.

[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ajinkyamankar.surebetarbitragecalculator

[2]: https://obsidian.md

[3]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faultexception.reader

[4]: https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview

[5]: https://buttondown.email/

Re: Ask HN: What perfect software did you discover of recent?

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Post by sandreas »

The tools I personally use and could not live without are:

  ncdu - disk usage stats
  KeePassXC - Offline password manager
  Pi-Hole - Ad blocker
  Thorium - Great ungoogled browser with a lot of tweaks
  ImgBurn - Burn utility for windows
  Immich - self hosted image backup (not perfect, but better than anything else)
  Preview - macOS Preview app, never found anything better on other systems (I miss it on Linux)
  Mail - macOS Mail app, never found anything better (I miss it on Linux)
  TestDisk/photorec - forensic recovery tool

Re: Ask HN: What perfect software did you discover of recent?

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Post by max_ »

sandreas wrote: post #2

The tools I personally use and could not live without are: ncdu - disk usage stats KeePassXC - Offline password manager Pi-Hole - Ad blocker Thorium - Great ungoogled browser with a lot of tweaks ImgBurn - Burn utility for windows Immich - self hosted image backup (not perfect, but better than anything else) Preview - macOS Preview app, never found anything better on other systems (I miss it on Linux) Mail - macOS Ma…

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Post by tomcam »

max_ wrote: post #3
sandreas wrote: post #2

The tools I personally use and could not live without are: ncdu - disk usage stats KeePassXC - Offline password manager Pi-Hole - Ad blocker Thorium - Great ungoogled browser with a lot of tweaks ImgBurn - Burn utility for windows Immich - self hosted image backup (not perfect, but better than anything else) Preview - macOS Preview app, never found anything better on other systems (I miss it on Linux) Mail - macOS Ma…

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+2 nothing comes close to apps in that category

Re: Ask HN: What perfect software did you discover of recent?

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Post by SushiHippie »

Vaultwarden - self-hostable Bitwarden, written in rust, compatible with all official bitwarden clients

ncdu - disk usage stats

fzf - fuzzy finding for everything in your shell

helix - tui editor, basically a mix of (neo)vi(m) and kakoune, with batteries included i.e. LSP support, written in rust, and you don't need to configure much

zfs - not really software, but a filesystem

jellyfin - self hostable media server, i.e. streaming movies and music, which automatically fetches metadata for your movies and music

Re: Ask HN: What perfect software did you discover of recent?

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Post by jnrk »

speedylight wrote: post #4

If you have a Mac, Rectangle on is an excellent open source solution for window management. It’s almost like I never left windows with some bounces sprinkled on top. - https://rectangleapp.com

I would also recommend Raycast. It’s a launcher, but it can also windows management - and so much more.

https://www.raycast.com/

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