Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#1

Post by vaporup » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 3:15 PM UTC

Hi,

I wondered how you discover new tools or find existing ones for your needs very quickly?

Using Google or searching in Github can become quite time consuming.

Currently I use

  - Hacker News (of course)
  - https://www.libhunt.com
  - https://sysadmin.libhunt.com
  - https://awesomeopensource.com
  - https://directory.fsf.org
  - https://repology.org
  - https://debtags.debian.org
  - Awesome Lists on Github
  - YouTube Channels where
    tools are shown/recommended...

Re: Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#2

Post by dolmen » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

I write my own.

Re: Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#3

Post by mdaniel » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 4:31 PM UTC

Don't overlook the "topics" of GH and GL; they (currently) require the repo owner to apply those labels, so it can be hit-or-miss but often works pretty well

* e.g. https://github.com/topics/aws

* https://gitlab.com/explore/projects/topics/aws

Re: Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#4

Post by MattyMc » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 4:35 PM UTC

Google search: '[topic] awesome'. For example, 'react awesome' or 'web dev awesome'. Next, look for a github repo. You can also add "site:github.com" to your search, such as, "image editing awesome site:github.com".

This was a great tip given to me by a friend. I've found some amazing tools and resources because of it.

Re: Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#5

Post by akudha » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 5:01 PM UTC

There are sites like stackshare.io Many of these are quite shallow content, but they should be good for a quick search

Re: Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#6

Post by marc_io » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 5:11 PM UTC

Web Tools Weekly is a good one [1]. I've discovered – and used – all sorts of useful tools through it since I signed up.

https://webtoolsweekly.com/

Re: Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#7

Post by annagrigoryan2 » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 5:31 PM UTC

twitter, producthunt, hackernews mostly. But twitter is more spot on.

Re: Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#8

Post by patoroco » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 5:57 PM UTC

dolmen wrote: post #2

I write my own.

Link?

Re: Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#9

Post by thisGuyFlicks » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

dolmen wrote: post #2

I write my own.

No post body was provided.

Re: Ask HN: How do you find tools?

#10

Post by sleepymoose » Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 7:24 PM UTC

MattyMc wrote: post #4

Google search: '[topic] awesome'. For example, 'react awesome' or 'web dev awesome'. Next, look for a github repo. You can also add "site:github.com" to your search, such as, "image editing awesome site:github.com". This was a great tip given to me by a friend. I've found some amazing tools and resources because of it.

You mean you've found some... ~awesome~ tools from it?