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Ask HN: How do you find tools?
Hi,
I wondered how you discover new tools
or find existing ones for your needs very quickly?
Using Google or searching in Github
can become quite time consuming.
Currently I use
- Hacker News (of course)
- https://www.libhunt.com
- https://sysadmin.libhunt.com
- https://awesomeopensource.com
- https://directory.fsf.org
- https://repology.org
- https://debtags.debian.org
- Awesome Lists on Github
- YouTube Channels where
tools are shown/recommended...
- dolmen 4y agoI write my own.
- patoroco 4y agoLink?
- thisGuyFlicks 4y ago
- zzo38computer 4y agoI also write my own; often the existing ones are not good enough, or I cannot find any, etc. But, sometimes I will find something suitable in the package manager.
- mdaniel 4y agoDon't overlook the "topics" of GH and GL; they (currently) require the repo owner to apply those labels, so it can be hit-or-miss but often works pretty well * e.g. https://github.com/topics/aws https://github.com/topics/aws * https://gitlab.com/explore/projects/topics/aws https://gitlab.com/explore/projects/topics/aws
- MattyMc 4y agoGoogle search: '[topic] awesome'. For example, 'react awesome' or 'web dev awesome'. Next, look for a github repo. You can also add "site:github.com" to your search, such as, "image editing awesome site:github.com". This was a great tip given to me by a friend. I've found some amazing tools and resources because of it.
- sleepymoose 4y agoYou mean you've found some... ~awesome~ tools from it?
- MattyMc 4y agoOne could say that :)
- ZonkedEdge 4y ago
- akudha 4y agoThere are sites like stackshare.io Many of these are quite shallow content, but they should be good for a quick search
- marc_io 4y agoWeb Tools Weekly is a good one [1]. I've discovered – and used – all sorts of useful tools through it since I signed up. https://webtoolsweekly.com/ https://webtoolsweekly.com/
- annagrigoryan2 4y agotwitter, producthunt, hackernews mostly. But twitter is more spot on.
- ZonkedEdge 4y ago
- matrix8967 4y agoThis maybe a bit redundant -- but IMO it's always worth a quick stop at `https://alternativeto.net/ https://alternativeto.net/` since you can specify OS & License types, etc and read a few reviews. I've also started to find some neat stuff with `https://github.com/trending https://github.com/trending` - has been good for finding some good jumping-off points for subjects where I don't always have my finger on the pulse. It's nice to get out of the echo-chamber and see what the other side of the shop is innovating. It helps me solve problems in ways I might not have come up with - and I've thankfully made lots of friends in Art, Design, UI/UX, and FrontEnd now because of it...so it's easier to keep up with for me now. I don't think that's an especially hot take on HN though, but just putting it out there in case someone needed to hear it.
- Komodai 4y agoAlternativeTo is terrible, riddled with fake reviews and so blatant as well.
- matrix8967 4y agoI don't entirely disagree.