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Ask HN: What is the best money you have spent on software?
I pay for a few services such as 1Password and Fantastical. Both these services are very much worth the money for me. I was wondering if there is any other paid software / SaaS that is a must have for some.
- MoYasse 6y agoAdespresso Might be the only digital marketer comment here, but it was defiantly worth the 39$, saves tons of times and generate a lot of data that is needed for my testing
- scott31 6y agoA donation to GNU project was the best money I spent on software
- stockkid 6y agoInteresting point. While I sympathize with the cause, I personally wouldn't find it the best money spent, had I donated, because it is impossible to measure the impact of the money spent.
- java-man 6y agoBeyond Compare (a cross-platform file/directory comparison tool) [0] is an absolute marvel. Extremely useful, and a very user-friendly license. [0] https://www.scootersoftware.com/ https://www.scootersoftware.com/
- the_only_law 6y agoHuh, we have licenses for this at my job, but I haven't used it much so far. I'll have to look more into it.
- dredmorbius 6y ago$10 or so for a Red Hat Linux book circa 1996, which included an install CDROM.
- deostroll 6y agoTasker. But, it's an android app. Helps automate your phone.
- runawaybottle 6y agoVery little is coming to mind, so much good free stuff out there.
- ng-user 6y agoYNAB - it seems unnecessary to some.. but I've got into an awesome routine after using it for 4+ years.
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- fiftyacorn 6y agoHave u looked at buckets? It's the same principle but it desktop software. I think it lacks bank integration
- digianarchist 6y agoYNAB bank integration isn't anything to write home about. Barely works in Canada.
- dalacv 6y agoA few that come to mind: FullConvert - for automating database conversions Beyond Compare - for comparing Folders, Files, Tabular Data
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- billylo 6y agoDivvy: Super efficient window management https://mizage.com/divvy/ https://mizage.com/divvy/
- ystad 6y agoJet brains license, Viscosity, Sublime, Lastpass, Little Snitch
- raptorraver 6y agoAbleton Live and Dorico for making music. Both worth every penny.
- animesh 6y agoNova launcher, pro version. PyCharm
- diehunde 6y agoMy favorites: - Jetbrains software - 1password - Divvy - Dash (for docs)
- striker_axel 6y agoSynthesia: Piano midi software During the lockdown i thought of learning the piano and this software really helped me. Since all the classes were online now. https://synthesiagame.com/ https://synthesiagame.com/
- flytram 6y agoiOS app Photo Pills (https://www.photopills.com/ https://www.photopills.com/) to plan for Astrophotography.
- larrykubin 6y agoPixelmator ($39, one time) - for image editing ScreenFlow, ($129, one time) - for recording/editing videos Sublime Text ($59, one time in 2011) - have since moved on, but used for many years
- O_H_E 6y agoLittle less than a must have, but Sublime Merge (from the makers of SublimeText) has been a great Git GUI. Especially since Linux lacks an initiative snappy one.
- 2rsf 6y agoI hardly ever pay for software, but my best one was a very subsidized MS Office one time purchase.
- cotsog 6y agoTextSniper[0]: allows you to copy/paste text from images aText[1]: keyboard shortcuts app Super cheap (~5$) and can't work without them! [0] https://www.textsniper.app/ https://www.textsniper.app/ [1] https://www.trankynam.com/atext/ https://www.trankynam.com/atext/ Edit: formatting
- NumberCruncher 6y agohttps://cvcompiler.com/ https://cvcompiler.com/ high ROI investment
- potta_coffee 6y agoReaper DAW has been phenomenal and is quite affordable. I've used it constantly for probably 10 years now. https://www.reaper.fm/download.php https://www.reaper.fm/download.php
- Tw9875 6y agoAnyone bought a bot for buying high demand items online? Is it worth it?
- marm7 6y agoYes, but building one is better.
- HomeDeLaPot 6y agoFastmail, to remove a fat Google dependency from my life. It's been great. Its aliasing features are cool. Bitwarden has met all my password management needs for several years now. (Donation/pro version, can't remember.)