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Ask HN: For those that are developers what are your favorite brands/products?

6 points by brandonlipman 11y ago

Specifically, what products/services leave you feeling delighted. Also, what about those products/services is most delightful?

hacknat 11y ago
Linux, docker, emacs, GCC, golang, PostgreSQL. They are the best in class tools, making me much more productive and interested in software than any paid product ever could. They are free, as in beer.
kat 11y ago
Resharper (plugin for Visual Studio), I barely know how to use it, but it already makes me miles more productive with VS
blabla_blublu 11y ago
I love Airbnb - simple, straightforward and easy to use. Their app on the iPad needs some work though, but other than that their design is quite simple and easy to follow. Their customer support is awesome - the other day I had asked my renter to check if there was a key and she didn't find any. A few weeks later, when she found it, airbnb immediately reached out to me to let me know something was up.
anon987 11y ago
I love how Ask HN has turned into a place to take surveys.
- mtmail 11y ago
  In the last day you have complained about HN four times. I'd prefer to read real answers over snarky comments. 'Ask HN' was always a mix of good and bad/weird questions.
mtmail 11y ago
LEGO. I'd say on average developers/engineers like LEGO more than non developers. I'm a sucker for furniture that I can take apart and put together again. There's German brand (http://www.floetotto.de/en/products/profilsystem/ http://www.floetotto.de/en/products/profilsystem/) who make the same product line since 30+ years. Impressive resell value on ebay, I bought 20 year old spare parts. Same for http://baltonliving.de/baltonbroschuere_e.pdf http://baltonliving.de/baltonbroschuere_e.pdf and some product lines of IKEA (less durable). Maybe it's the adult version of LEGO?
coderKen 11y ago
As a front end engineer, I fell in love with Slack first time I used it. The UI is well crafted. Those buttons & their states...
ratfacemcgee 11y ago
Warhammer (both 40k and AoS). I'm literally powerless against it.
brandonlipman 11y ago
Thanks the the initial feedback. Let me clarify one thing. I am more interested in the services/tools that you use as developers during the development process. I'm just trying to get an idea of what companies/brands are doing a good job at capturing the developer community.
- lgieron 11y ago
  Most of the good stuff is free. The only paid for software I'm using is Sublime.
  - lgieron 11y ago
    Sorry, forgot about Total Commander.
fiftyacorn 11y ago
beer - most types and brands

6 points by brandonlipman 11y ago

Specifically, what products/services leave you feeling delighted. Also, what about those products/services is most delightful?

hacknat 11y ago

Linux, docker, emacs, GCC, golang, PostgreSQL. They are the best in class tools, making me much more productive and interested in software than any paid product ever could. They are free, as in beer.

kat 11y ago

Resharper (plugin for Visual Studio), I barely know how to use it, but it already makes me miles more productive with VS

blabla_blublu 11y ago

I love Airbnb - simple, straightforward and easy to use. Their app on the iPad needs some work though, but other than that their design is quite simple and easy to follow. Their customer support is awesome - the other day I had asked my renter to check if there was a key and she didn't find any. A few weeks later, when she found it, airbnb immediately reached out to me to let me know something was up.

anon987 11y ago

I love how Ask HN has turned into a place to take surveys.

mtmail 11y ago
In the last day you have complained about HN four times. I'd prefer to read real answers over snarky comments. 'Ask HN' was always a mix of good and bad/weird questions.

mtmail 11y ago

LEGO. I'd say on average developers/engineers like LEGO more than non developers. I'm a sucker for furniture that I can take apart and put together again. There's German brand (http://www.floetotto.de/en/products/profilsystem/ http://www.floetotto.de/en/products/profilsystem/) who make the same product line since 30+ years. Impressive resell value on ebay, I bought 20 year old spare parts. Same for http://baltonliving.de/baltonbroschuere_e.pdf http://baltonliving.de/baltonbroschuere_e.pdf and some product lines of IKEA (less durable). Maybe it's the adult version of LEGO?

coderKen 11y ago

As a front end engineer, I fell in love with Slack first time I used it. The UI is well crafted. Those buttons & their states...

ratfacemcgee 11y ago

Warhammer (both 40k and AoS). I'm literally powerless against it.

brandonlipman 11y ago

Thanks the the initial feedback. Let me clarify one thing. I am more interested in the services/tools that you use as developers during the development process. I'm just trying to get an idea of what companies/brands are doing a good job at capturing the developer community.

lgieron 11y ago
Most of the good stuff is free. The only paid for software I'm using is Sublime.
- lgieron 11y ago
  Sorry, forgot about Total Commander.

fiftyacorn 11y ago

beer - most types and brands