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Ask HN: “tools wiki”
Is there anything like a curated list or Wiki of Software Engineering tools; a place where you'd go to see what tools are used for a given task. For instance, tools for Configuration Management, frameworks for Web dev, Database systems, etc.
- rpeden 10y agoThe awesome lists you'll find on Github sound like they might be what you want, e.g. awesome-docker, awesome-flask, awesome-elixir, etc etc. You can find a curated master list of awesome lists here: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome
- GmeSalazar 10y agoThanks for sharing, that list of lists is great.
- p_b_r 10y agoZeef appears to have curation down to a science: https://zeef.com/ https://zeef.com/ Examples: https://linux.zeef.com https://linux.zeef.com and https://databases.zeef.com https://databases.zeef.com
- GmeSalazar 10y agoThanks for sharing!
- yonasb 10y agoWe've got a good number of tools on StackShare https://stackshare.io/categories https://stackshare.io/categories
- GmeSalazar 10y agoThis is also great, thanks for sharing. Very informative without being overwhelming.
- kluck 10y agoWhat is the purpose of such lists? Aren't you just going to search via google or directly on github anyway? My point is: A list is not worth much, if the criteria used for selecting the list's items, are not clearly stated.
- stephenr 10y agoHonestly I'd much prefer to see more "comparison" type sites/pages. Saying "use X for config management" does nothing but create a culture of followers who have no real idea why they do what they do. Instead, pick a topic and try learning about the pros and cons of the available tools/solutions, and then consider the implications of using it for your environment (or for different types of environments if you do client work for example, and then experiment with it.
- GmeSalazar 10y agoDefinitely. What I was looking for was a quick way to see what tools are trending in given niches. Stackshare achieves that.
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- GmeSalazar 10y agoThe awesome lists project is interesting as well, but it lacks some sort of ordering.