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Ask HN: What are your must-have apps/software?

• deleted 3y ago
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• kleer001 3y ago
  I'm the opposite of what you're asking. I've been trained by dozens of years on dozens of systems to accept the BS that's built in as much as possible. The only thing I carry is my data (on dropbox, I know) and my begrudging ability to jump through arbitrary hoops and guardrails that someone somewhere somehow thought were helpful.
• TooSmugToFail 3y ago
  I’m on Mac, and I find Obsidian and Raycast to be two of my probably most used apps. Little Snitch is useful, and so is occasionally Numi.
  • mraza007 3y ago
    What’s numi
• BrittonR 3y ago
  On MacOS: Helix Yabai Nix
• KomoD 3y ago
  Solaar, 1Password, Autokey
• sandwichbop 3y ago
  right now it's chrome, vscode, python, intellij, homebrew, and whatever C/C++ toolchain is on the system so for me rn is Xcode. I warn that my must-have change very often, I can't stand digital clutter and I often factory reset my machines and change devices often (this week I been mostly on my mac mini but the past month I was on an ubuntu machine and a chromebook) so if it takes too long to setup I don't bother with again.
• rochak 3y ago
  I’m on Mac and use Alfred, Swish, Contexts, iTerm2, ItsyCal, AppCleaner, DaisyDisk.
  • vpaulus 3y ago
    I don´t know either Swish or Contexts, but both looks like a window manager. Can you tell me, why do you need both? I use Spectacle, but sometimes it feels like I need some more flexible. Edit: Nevermind, my bad. Contexts is a switcher, not a manager
    • rochak 3y ago
      Swish is for when you want to quickly organise windows using gestures. It’s the gestures that sold me on it. As for Contexts, it is only an app switcher but really useful if use multiple windows of the same application. Fast jumping between them by the name of the application or content of the title or anything else fuzzily is incredible. Do note that all of these make sense if you are a heavy keyboard user.
• vpaulus 3y ago
  On Mac: Alfred (w/ Powerpack), Spectacle, iStat Menus, Vanilla, BeFocused, Warp And some programming related stuff, but that very depends on my job.
• warrenm 3y ago
  on my Mac: - browsers: Firefox, Opera, Waterfox, Chrome - community: Discord, Slack, Telegram, Signal, Teams - productivity: M365, the Apple apps (Pages, Numbers, Keynote), Obsidian - misc: Dropbox, Nextcloud, OneDrive on my iPhone: - browsers: Firefox, Chrome - community: same as Mac - travel: airline apps, map choices (W3W, Google, Waze...), rideshare - shopping: Amazon, Costco, GasBuddy - a/v: podcasts, Kindle, Pandora, Tailor, Canva - misc: cell carrier app, Dropbox, Nextcloud, OneDrive Probably others ... but skimming both my Dock and the app folders on my phone, these are what jump out
• skydhash 3y ago
  Not really must-have, but I've built an ecosystem around these: Alfred: Start point of every task. Keyboard Maestro: Improve workflow withing apps Rectangle: Window Management Bartender: Cleaner menu bar Things 3: Task Management and General Inbox for stuff Bear: Personal Knowledge Management Anybox: Bookmarks Management Secrets: Password Manager Reeder: RSS and Read-it Later Calibre: E-Books Management Cleanshot: Screen Capture
• pinguin3 3y ago
  SelfControl, LeechBlock, and uBlock Origin because they are effective tools that help reduce distractions and improve productivity, as supported by various studies published in peer-reviewed journals. These tools have been found to improve academic performance, increase the ability to focus and resist temptation, reduce website clutter, and improve website usability.
• umtksa 3y ago
  I dont know why people hate it but for me it's Clean My Mac