Ask HN: What browser extensions are a must-have for HNers in 2021?

#Email #Productivity #Chrome Extensions 14 social mentions

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SponsorBlock

These are not that well known, but I highly recommend them (Firefox): * Bypass Paywalls Clean - the name says it all - https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean * Web Archives - easy access to cached websites, also useful for paywalls and sites heavy in JS - https://github.com/dessant/web-archives * Vimium - use keyboard for browsing - https://github.com/philc/vimium * SponsorBlock for YouTube - skip in-video ads - https://sponsor.ajay.app/ * Old Reddit Redirect - use old reddit design - https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect * Reddit Enhancement Suite - https://redditenhancementsuite.com/.

#Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 360 social mentions

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Reddit Enhancement Suite

These are not that well known, but I highly recommend them (Firefox): * Bypass Paywalls Clean - the name says it all - https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean * Web Archives - easy access to cached websites, also useful for paywalls and sites heavy in JS - https://github.com/dessant/web-archives * Vimium - use keyboard for browsing - https://github.com/philc/vimium * SponsorBlock for YouTube - skip in-video ads - https://sponsor.ajay.app/ * Old Reddit Redirect - use old reddit design - https://github.com/tom-james-watson/old-reddit-redirect * Reddit Enhancement Suite - https://redditenhancementsuite.com/.

#Social Networks #Social News #Marketing 1302 social mentions

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Firenvim

#Web Browsers #Text Editors #Web Development Tools 35 social mentions

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Country Flags & IP Whois

#Geolocation #IP Data #IP Geolocation 2 social mentions

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Pinboard

Https://pinboard.in/ It's run by idlewords here on HN, who also gives great talks and writes on https://idlewords.com/.

#Bookmarks #Bookmark Manager #Favorites 67 social mentions

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Momentum

#Habit Tracker #Habit Building #Productivity 10 social mentions

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Refined GitHub

An iPad extension would be cool :) (like Refined Github https://github.com/refined-github/refined-github#install).

#Developer Tools #Software Development #Git 12 social mentions

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Recipe Filter for Chrome

Https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/recipe-filter/ahlcdjbkdaegmljnnncfnhiioiadakae?hl=en I made the recipe-filter extension you mentioned, which has the source available on GitHub at the link you gave and thus is trivial for others to fork, modify, install locally, and so on. All extensions wind up as an archive with JS that one could modify, but I've made this one especially transparent. With your ExtensionPay, I could add a check to see if someone has a subscription for some new features I'm working on, but it feels like something's missing checking in that code into a public repo with no server necessary for the processing the extension requires. The trust is handled in the JS running on the users' browsers. > As Mozilla recommends, it's better to focus on making a good product for the majority of users that won't hack your extension. It's fairly popular (a bit over 58K active users) and someone already forked+modified the extension for another browser. It seems like if I charge some amount for the new features, it would be trivial for someone to fork it, remove the subscription check, and distribute it as a new extension. Similarly, they could add their own payment system and charge for the clone by changing just a few lines. As it stands, giving it away for free means there's nothing at stake. Adding a payment check in plain JS feels like it would generally work but incentivizes other putting in the time to crack it or clone it for profit and there's no great way back from that point.

#Productivity #iPhone #Health And Fitness 42 social mentions

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Syncthing

I'd recommend [SingleFile](https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile) for saving web pages, [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) for taking notes and [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) for syncing between devices. Combining these can let you access any saved pages or notes on any device.

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #File Sharing And Backup 826 social mentions

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Obsidian.md

I'd recommend [SingleFile](https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile) for saving web pages, [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) for taking notes and [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) for syncing between devices. Combining these can let you access any saved pages or notes on any device.

#Knowledge Management #Knowledge Base #Markdown Editor 1453 social mentions