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supertron commented on Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?    · Posted by u/newswasboring
joshstrange · a year ago
In no particular order:

Prologue [0] - iOS Audiobook player, used Plex as a media source

Overcast [1] - iOS Podcast player

CleanShotX [2] - macOS screenshot/video/gif capture with annotation

Drafts [3] - iOS/macOS note taking tool

Paprika [4] - Cross platform recipe app

YNAB [5] - "You Need A Budget" - web/mobile budgeting app

1Password [6] - Cross platform password manager

Carrot Weather [7] - iOS weather app

Color Slurp [8] - macOS color picker tool

Phoenix [9] - macOS scriptable window manager

Alfred [10] - macOS app launcher

Bartender [11] - macOS menu bar organizer

Coderunner [12] - macOS tool to run snippets of code in a number of supported languages. Great for testing something quickly

DaisyDisk [13] - macOS disk space analyzer

iTerm 2 [14] - Rock solid macOS terminal

JetBrains IDEs [15] - Cross platform suite of IDEs

Rocket [16] - macOS emoji quick substitution tool

Transmit [17] - macOS SFTP/FTP/S3/etc tool

VLC [18] - Cross platform video player

CarbonCopyCloner [19] - macOS disk cloning/backup tool

Pixelmator Pro [20] - macOS photo editor

Preview [21] - Built-in macOS image/pdf viewer

QuickLook [22] - Built-in macOS file preview tool

[0] https://prologue.audio/

[1] https://overcast.fm/

[2] https://cleanshot.com/

[3] https://getdrafts.com/

[4] https://www.paprikaapp.com/

[5] https://www.youneedabudget.com/

[6] https://1password.com/

[7] https://www.meetcarrot.com/weather/

[8] https://colorslurp.com/

[9] https://github.com/kasper/phoenix

[10] https://www.alfredapp.com/

[11] https://www.macbartender.com/

[12] https://coderunnerapp.com/

[13] https://daisydiskapp.com/

[14] https://iterm2.com/

[15] https://www.jetbrains.com/

[16] https://matthewpalmer.net/rocket/

[17] https://panic.com/transmit/

[18] https://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[19] https://bombich.com/

[20] https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/

[21] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preview_(macOS)

[22] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Look

supertron · a year ago
Wow this is almost a list of everything on my machine.

Great list. I second these recommendations!!

Special mentions for: Alfred, Bartender, Daisy Disk and ColorSlurp

supertron commented on Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?    · Posted by u/newswasboring
supertron · a year ago
This might sound hyperbolic but as a .NET developer JetBrains Rider is a real joy to use IMHO. I think being paired with an M1 Mac is probably part of what makes the experience great for me.

That IDE/hardware combo beats anything I've ever developed on in my career. By a long way.

Shameless plug but I mention it and a few of my other favourite software tools here:

https://supertron.dev/tools

The other "sparks joy" software I use regularly are Sketch - which after a lifetime of using Adobe products felt like a breath of fresh air when I switched to it - and Proxyman which is hands down the best HTTP interception/proxy software I've used on the Mac (and iOS).

supertron commented on Cory Doctorow on Kagi Search   pluralistic.net/2024/04/0... · Posted by u/simonebrunozzi
jhbadger · a year ago
I get paying for a search engine rather than having it be ad-supported. And I get that running all those servers costs a fair chunk of change. But the cost just seems insane -- $10/month? That's on par with a streaming service that needs millions of dollars to make content. I just can't see even the best search engine either costing that much to run or providing that much value.
supertron · a year ago
What's insane to me is that Kagi is so good for the relatively little funding they have. Maybe when they have the subscriber numbers of Netflix they can reduce their monthly fee (not that I even personally think they need to), but for now I'm quite happy to pay them for a good service.

I'm increasingly a big fan of very direct revenue models. I pay for the product. I am *not the product*.

It's not just search either, their summariser tool is great, their Mac browser Orion is really impressive, and their attitude in general - eg. promoting signal over noise in everything they do (see Kagi Small Web), is just extremely refreshing.

supertron commented on Monodraw   monodraw.helftone.com/... · Posted by u/saikatsg
milen · a year ago
The main requests have been for:

- Plaintext format (in progress) - Dark mode support for the main canvas (in progress) - Auto/Dynamic Layout - Table support - ANSI export

supertron · a year ago
> Dark mode support

Hell yeah! I'm a long time user of Monodraw (thanks for the awesome work!) and this would be an instant upgrade for me :)

supertron commented on Monodraw   monodraw.helftone.com/... · Posted by u/saikatsg
supertron · a year ago
Monodraw is great. I occasionally use it to document system architecture in code comments and project READMEs etc. [0]

Also handy as a quick way to document CSS styles to help visualise which parts of a layout a given style targets [1]

[0] https://gist.github.com/supertr0n/f006a5f61b60160862ec13024e...

[1] https://gist.github.com/supertr0n/462325ec3f7fbea02780039150...

supertron commented on Lubricate Your Keyholes   practicalbetterments.com/... · Posted by u/DitheringIdiot
ldmosquera · 2 years ago
I lolled at the "egress optimization" tag, then followed it and found this other gem:

https://practicalbetterments.com/drill-holes-in-your-keys/

Makes sense in an XKCD kinda way.

supertron · 2 years ago
> How to drill holes in your keys

> Drilling holes in your keys is easy.

> 1. Find a partner whose father is a retired precision engineer who owns a pillar drill.

> 2. Ask him to do it.

> 3. Be very grateful.

Ok, I'm now subscribed to this joker's RSS feed.

supertron commented on Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)   zachholman.com/posts/only... · Posted by u/throwup238
supertron · 2 years ago
This is such a superb article. I'd forgotten about a lot of this.

I used to be a grandmaster of creating any layout imaginable with tables and 1x1 pixel Gifs...

So. Many. Tables...

supertron commented on Digital Ocean killed my droplets and gives a vague reply    · Posted by u/navalsaini
bun_terminator · 2 years ago
What are popular alternatives these days?
supertron · 2 years ago
I've had a great experience so far with UpCloud. Almost a comparable suite of products to DO and their support team is very responsive.

European based too which helps for some projects (GDPR etc) - though you can spin up instances in all the usual global regions.

https://upcloud.com

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supertron commented on Why did words that end in "tron" once sound so futuristic? (2017)   aeon.co/ideas/a-tale-of-t... · Posted by u/mon_
supertron · 2 years ago
> the suffix ‘tron’ became associated with technological supremacy

I couldn't agree more.

u/supertron

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