Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

#1

Post by sc4th1s » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 5:25 PM UTC

I just started creating a list and I'm sure there are some hidden gems:

rip ripgrep fzf tmux

Re: Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

#2

Post by lcall » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 6:45 PM UTC

My organizer: it is how I think & keep track of things, efficiently. For me, like GTD only very efficient and ~"infinitely" nestable & fast. I wrote it because it is what I wanted. AGPL. Details under "About" at: http://onemodel.org

Re: Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

#3

Post by SixSigma » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 7:20 PM UTC

I try to depend on as little as possible.

A text editor & access to some sort of programming language. If my terminal dies I want minimum downtime. If my laptop dies, ditto.

That's not to say tools aren't useful but relying on them is trouble.

Re: Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

#4

Post by altern8 » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 7:29 PM UTC

Atom, Google Chrome, Google Inbox, GitHub, Whatsapp, Spotify.

Re: Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

#5

Post by jxy » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 7:37 PM UTC

SixSigma wrote: post #3

I try to depend on as little as possible. A text editor & access to some sort of programming language. If my terminal dies I want minimum downtime. If my laptop dies, ditto. That's not to say tools aren't useful but relying on them is trouble.

Essentially relying on:

   as
   cc
   cp
   ed
   ld
   ln
   ls
   mv
   ssh

and a reliable terminal.

Re: Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

#6

Post by tedmiston » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 7:39 PM UTC

For dev tasks nothing fancy -- a terminal, browser, and Sublime mostly.

For non-dev tasks, I spend a ton of time reading with a Safari Books subscription, Instapaper, and the Kindle app for iOS.

For business tasks, I use Reminders.app as a tickler file (GTD) and Due for OS X / iOS. Google Keep is pretty nice for re-usable checklists.

Re: Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 7:40 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

#8

Post by brak1 » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 7:41 PM UTC

On my local machine for normal work stuff: Phpstorm, git, rsync, vim, os x terminal, chrome, firefox, omnifocus, sequel pro, photoshop, 1Password, etc

Less common stuff, but thing I install on any new computer (os x) - I think they are all from the App Store for a few dollars each:

Color picker (puts an icon in bar at top of screen, i click it then click anywhere else and it puts the colour hex code in the clipboard.

CommandQ - makes me hold down command + q to quit an app. I hate the default OS X way of clicking command + q to quit an app. Not from app store - https://clickontyler.com/commandq/

Flycut - remembers 100 clipboard items. Cmd+shift+v, then i can 'scroll' through 100 previous clipboard items with left/right arrow keys.

Disk inventory X - see what kind of files are taking up space

Skitch - for quick screenshots with nice annotations (from evernote)

Re: Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

#9

Post by niosus » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 7:43 PM UTC

Apart from sublime text and terminal for work and a browser, there is a nice piece of software called pomello. It works with trello and essentially builds a pomodoro timer on top of it. It helps me very much with getting things done.

Re: Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

#10

Post by SixSigma » Tue, Oct 25, 2016, 7:52 PM UTC

jxy wrote: post #5

SixSigma wrote: post #3

I try to depend on as little as possible. A text editor & access to some sort of programming language. If my terminal dies I want minimum downtime. If my laptop dies, ditto. That's not to say tools aren't useful but relying on them is trouble.

Essentially relying on: as cc cp ed ld ln ls mv ssh and a reliable terminal.

No ed, just

       % > file

and type