Software I’m thankful for (2021) • Hacker News Board

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by sigmaml » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 5:15 AM UTC

Here is my quick list.

- Linux + GNU: My servers would never have been the same without them.

- Emacs: So many varied use cases over the years. I can type in Telugu (my mother tongue) and Devanagari so seamlessly ... bliss!

- LaTeX: From papers to books to presentations.

- Helix: A very recent discovery that replaced Vim for me in just a week!

- Kitty terminal: I no longer use GNU screen or tmux locally.

- Go, Ruby, Python: They have been paying my bills for so long.

- KDE: The other half of the Linux spirit!

- ffmpeg: Such a boon!

- Homebrew: So convenient.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by zuhsetaqi » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 5:19 AM UTC

dividedbyzero wrote: post #126

The fish shell, makes using the shell feel almost painless. Hammerspoon, I use it to automatically switch audio devices based on context, so every call uses the best microphone currently available, window management via keystrokes, limiting media keys to Spotify, tons of other things. Indispensable. Arduino, I don't think I would be able to tinker with microcontrollers as much if I had to write C and use obscure tool…

Do you mind sharing your Hammerspoon config?

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by lake_vincent » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 5:22 AM UTC

zuhsetaqi wrote: post #402

dividedbyzero wrote: post #126

The fish shell, makes using the shell feel almost painless. Hammerspoon, I use it to automatically switch audio devices based on context, so every call uses the best microphone currently available, window management via keystrokes, limiting media keys to Spotify, tons of other things. Indispensable. Arduino, I don't think I would be able to tinker with microcontrollers as much if I had to write C and use obscure tool…

Do you mind sharing your Hammerspoon config?

I second the motion

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by AdityaSanthosh » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 5:30 AM UTC

muttantt wrote: post #223

One piece of OSS I will be forever grateful for is Freeswitch. I built a massively successful business on top of it.

Thanks for mentioning this. It looks interesting

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by honest-teorema » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 5:37 AM UTC

billyhoffman wrote: post #371

_ink_ wrote: post #44

JetBrains IDEs. I need to work with three different languages and it is just a blessing that every IDE works exactly the same.

Last week I learned some cool mouse and keyboard shortcuts in JetBrains, only to then discover they also did the same action in Visual Studio! No more “right click-go to definition” for me! I was presently surprised at how polished it was

Do toy have a link?

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by PointyFluff » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 5:48 AM UTC

That post was empty and vapid and spammy.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by PointyFluff » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 5:49 AM UTC

sleepycatgirl wrote: post #262

Let's see.. Software I am thankful for.. there is a fair amount of such. Anki - Software, that helped me build up habit, and made learning language an easier task Emacs - Wonderful text editor, made interacting with system a bliss. Nix/NixOS - Distro, that made updates a painless, and fearless task. I love it. ZFS - Filesystem that I love, for it has many wonderful features, and they all just work. (Also cute compres…

This was better and more thought out than the OP's blog post.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by antman » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 5:58 AM UTC

Python because it provided me with a great living

Google ortools because life and work needs optimization

Pysot because life and work needs optimization

Pocket because it is the only thing that allows me to organize my online research

Google colab because it allowed me to punch far above my weight in terms of computational resources

Microsoft office because although a vendor lock in it is lingua franca

Jupyter notebook

Dolphin browser fir android because it is the only one that allows plugins anymore sldo ublock also bypass paywall clean

Anki because learning

Obsidian because it takes note taking to the extreme Gmail

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by oska » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 6:06 AM UTC

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF wrote: post #92

Dalewyn wrote: post #20

Strangely enough: Windows. Yes, I fucking hate Windows 10/11 for several laundry lists' worth of reasons, but you know what? At the end of the day, Windows is the only desktop OS that enables me to use my computer to do the shit I need or want to do. So long as that fundamental principle as a tool is not violated, I will forever be thankful for Windows regardless what criticism I might have for it.

I can't disagree, even if I would prefer something else. Easily the most compelling argument I've heard for Windows is Tom Scott's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIFE7h3m40U .

I'm not sure why we're linking to, let alone deferring to, an entertainer like Tom Scott on HN.

(Tom Scott's fine, but I would never look to him for technical advice or direction.)

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by pulvinar » Sat, Sep 24, 2022, 6:06 AM UTC

nl wrote: post #366

musicale wrote: post #341

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It may depend on what you're used to. Whenever I use Windows 10 I feel like I'm fighting a window manager which is constantly trying to eat up the whole screen, even for simple things like settings. I don't get that feeling on macOS or any of the Linux desktop environments that I use.

I do get that the fact you can't Cmd-Tab between windows of an app as well as apps is annoying.

There's always Cmd-` (backtick) to cycle through an app's windows. Easy with the key being just above the tab key.