Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

#1

Post by ziko » Wed, Oct 09, 2013, 1:29 PM UTC

Do you quickly check if you have a working internet connection by looking at CloudApp (exclamation mark on cloud = no internet connection)?

Do you ever write MON, TUE, ... in front of the task in things even though you're using the 'Today ' tab?

Do you misuse apps? How and how often?

Re: Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

#2

Post by AznHisoka » Wed, Oct 09, 2013, 3:03 PM UTC

I don't misuse apps.. although I do misuse APIs, if you catch my drift :)

Re: Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

#3

Post by LarryMade2 » Wed, Oct 09, 2013, 3:36 PM UTC

I use apps. They may not always be used for their intended purpose but my use of them provides my desired result either more efficiently, conveniently or cheaply than other methods available to me.

I think all of us do so daily without even knowing about it.

Re: Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

#4

Post by ryanthejuggler » Wed, Oct 09, 2013, 6:17 PM UTC

I don't think there's a sysadmin in existence who hasn't misused $(cat). It's really for concatenating 2 files, but only rarely have I ever used it or seen it used for anything other than quickly checking contents of a file; e.g., $(cat package.json | grep version).

Re: Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

#5

Post by frou_dh » Wed, Oct 09, 2013, 10:46 PM UTC

The one of these I'm conscious of is using the web browser's location bar as a quick text editing area, including pasting in to it then cutting out of it as a way to remove text formatting from something on the clipboard.

Re: Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

#6

Post by aidenn0 » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 6:15 AM UTC

ryanthejuggler wrote: post #4

I don't think there's a sysadmin in existence who hasn't misused $(cat). It's really for concatenating 2 files, but only rarely have I ever used it or seen it used for anything other than quickly checking contents of a file; e.g., $(cat package.json | grep version).

why not write $(grep version package.json)?

Re: Ask HN: Do you misuse apps?

#7

Post by visakanv » Thu, Oct 10, 2013, 12:34 PM UTC

frou_dh wrote: post #5

The one of these I'm conscious of is using the web browser's location bar as a quick text editing area, including pasting in to it then cutting out of it as a way to remove text formatting from something on the clipboard.

I do this all the time too.