[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Products/Services you swear by - Dec. 2022
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Ask HN: Products/Services you swear by - Dec. 2022
I've been happy using/buying products recommended in previous
threads and I figured I'd get another one started for the end of
the year. So HN: what are some items you bought or services you've
started using (could be paid apps, OSS projects, etc.) this year
that you swear by?
Author : impish9208
Score : 32 points
Date : 2022-12-26 18:37 UTC (4 hours ago)
| Zizizizz wrote:
| https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit (My favourite git
| interface. Can be used in neovim as well)
|
| https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim (Fuzzy finder
| plugin that uses ripgrep and fzf)
|
| https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide Smart replacement for `cd`
|
| https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka My favourite font for coding,
| it's width lets me fit more text on the screen
| [deleted]
| fsflover wrote:
| I have finally received my preordered Librem 5 (GNU/Linux
| smartphone) and am very happy with it. While it certainly has
| rough edges (mainly the battery life of 10-12 hours, because
| suspend to RAM is still in development), it feels amazing to be
| in full control of my mobile device and to run a full desktop OS
| on it.
|
| Sent from my Librem 5.
| aussieshibe wrote:
| The Librem 5 looks great.
|
| The thing that kills is for me is the lack of NFC. I haven't
| carried a wallet / cards with me since about 2018 and I'm not
| super eager to go back.
| silisili wrote:
| Minisforum UM690. Such featureful, fast little miniPC. I've
| loaded it with Linux and using it as my work computer currently.
|
| Also got my first robot vacuum to test the waters, so didn't want
| to go all in. Got a Eufy LR20 on sale. It's not perfect, but wow
| was I wrong. I always thought robot vacs were gimmicky, but this
| thing saves us so much time sweeping and vacuuming.
| tracker1 wrote:
| Using an HX90 here.. actually have a few friends on them for
| their primary/secondary usage. Mine is a simple home server
| with ProxMox and a few Linux VMs.
| edmundsauto wrote:
| Supabase. They have a great free plan, and provide the missing
| glue that makes postgres awesome. For the first time, I'm using
| triggers and functions to implement core application logic that
| would be unweildy to put elsewhere.
| MaxLeiter wrote:
| I love Supabase for all their features, but something I think
| is overlooked is they're the simplest way to get a free
| postgres DB up and running for demos/PoCs/side projects. You
| don't _need_ to use their fancy features or API clients, you
| can just spin up a DB without messing with a VM or temporary IP
| (looking at you, Oracle)
| xupybd wrote:
| Jetbrains Rider. I've been against IDEs in the past but only used
| free ones, Eclipse and Visual Studio. Rider is so much better. It
| uses less ram, feels faster and requires less setup.
|
| NopCommerce is an amazing free platform. I've worked with a few
| web frameworks in the past but not with ASP.net (the framework
| Nop is built on). Nop is a really nice platform. The speed is
| incredible and figuring out how the code works is intuitive.
| Almost everything you need for an online store is there out of
| the box, or available as a plugin. Writing your own plugins is
| easy.
| playingalong wrote:
| Funny. As a non native speaker I kind of thought "things you
| swear by" would mean something totally negative. I was surprised
| to see positive reviews.
| marssaxman wrote:
| That is funny. The phrases "things you swear _by_ " and "things
| you swear _at_ " sound very similar but have entirely different
| meanings.
| repsilat wrote:
| By Vim I will never abandon ye
|
| I swear to Havaianas I've never met her before
|
| With Amazon Prime as my witness I'll pay you back
| harryvederci wrote:
| You gotta be duckduckgo-ing kidding me.
| AussieWog93 wrote:
| That's hilarious. In this case, the "swear" uses the old-
| fashioned definition (to give an honest testimony/promise; as
| in "swear on my mother's grave") rather than rude words.
|
| If you're ever in Australia, don't forget to ask for a "Golden
| Gaytime". ;)
| natebc wrote:
| - ZSA Moonlander mechanical ergo keyboard.
|
| - Sublime Text
|
| - Proxmox
|
| - wasabi s3
| poyu wrote:
| Fastmail. Been a loyal customer for more than 6 years. Using my
| own domains with it, the best part is you get to use more than
| one domains, with total of 600 alias addresses you can attach to
| your account. Great spam filter, doesn't try to be smart
| categorizing your emails like Google. For $50 a year, it's one of
| the cheaper subscription that I have while providing high value.
| helph67 wrote:
| I second your comments!
| MaxLeiter wrote:
| Copilot. I get it for free, but I'd absolutely pay $10/month for
| it. Outside of its professional usefulness, it's been a great
| help for messing with new languages and libraries. Plus, as long
| as you have your relevant code open in a tab, writing certain
| tests becomes incredibly easy.
|
| Github's Copilot labs is also doing some cool stuff with their
| code explaining and refactoring tools. I don't use them much yet
| but I'm sure they'll continue to improve.
| Msurrow wrote:
| - The iCloud 50GB ($0.99) plan. Used for backups. Its _so_ cheap
| and no hassel.
|
| - Sublime Text.
|
| - Proton Mail. Its good, its secure, and its gdpr compliant.
| softwaredoug wrote:
| Peloton
|
| It's the streaming service I use the most. Easy to do a 10 minute
| workout from my desk between meetings. Generally good software
| and hardware quality. Interesting new products like lanebreak,
| peloton guide, etc.
| johnwalkr wrote:
| - Pinecil soldering iron. It works really well, is cheaper than
| anything comparable and is powered by usb-c. Since I got one I
| don't use any of my other ones. It sits in my desk drawer and I
| just unplug my laptop for a while when I use it.
|
| - icloud... on windows. Cloud drive works well, chrome plugin for
| passwords works well, and all Of the webapps were recently
| updated and work good enough there's no annoyance for an apple
| person to have a windows machine too.
|
| - Barrier for using one keyboard and mouse with multiple systems
| with different OSs.
| ramg wrote:
| Pinecil: Would you recommend this if the soldering job were
| more than just a few wires (e.g. circuit assembly)? I've had a
| couple of cordless soldering irons in the past and they were a
| bust - took too long to heat up, didn't hold their temp very
| well.
| johnwalkr wrote:
| Yes, for any basic PCB assembly it works as well as, if not
| better than my Hakko 888 (70W) and TS100 (60W). It also works
| as well as the $2000 soldering station I have access at work
| (admittedly that has a lot more features such as
| desoldering).
|
| It's not cordless/battery power but rather uses usb-c power
| delivery directly. It's up to 60W on "normal" usb-c, but
| supports up to 88W with newer usb-c standards your charger
| probably doesn't support. I think even higher if you really
| want to push it. Even using it at 45W with a usb-c battery
| pack, it heats up in a few seconds. And since it has an OLED
| screen, you can understand what power it's getting with your
| battery pack and change settings like temperature and idle
| temperature easily.
|
| It's also based on RISC-V and you can get a $4 breakout board
| to turn it into a dev kit.
|
| Finally, it's $26. Don't forget to add a high-temp silicon
| cable ($3.50) and extra tips (4 for $25). I'm so excited just
| writing about this I think I am going to buy 5 or so as go-to
| gifts for nerdy people.
| tracker1 wrote:
| Bitwarden, absolutely fantastic password manager. Open-source and
| you can self host, though I pay for their service.
| impish9208 wrote:
| Bitwarden is one if those things that seem too good to be true.
| That being said, I'm a loyal user.
| atmosx wrote:
| Fastmail (location is a problem though), 1Password, Bartender,
| LittleSnitch, clamXAV, iStatmenus, iTerm, oh-my-zsh, vim are the
| first ones that come to mind but there are quite a few more on
| all fronts (paid, oss, etc.).
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