Ask HN: What kind of online tools are you using, missing or can be improved?

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RegExr

Regext is one that I find quite helpful at times as well. https://regexr.com/.

#Programming Tools #Regular Expressions #Productivity 360 social mentions

#File Management #Merge Tools #Online Services 35 social mentions

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rubular

I find myself using Rubular (https://rubular.com/) quite often for experimenting with regular expressions.

#Regular Expressions #Programming Tools #Development 35 social mentions

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JSON Formatter & Validator

I use a JSON formatting tool a lot (https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/). I do wonder sometimes about pasting sensitive data into sites like this, and what they might be doing with it. Strange in a way, that companies spend so much effort restricting how we handle sensitive data, and then you copy and paste it into any website with an input box and no one seems to care. Fingers crossed and all that. These sites are like camera phones when it comes to data. Everyone pretends they don't exist and can't copy data; that our security measures all work, just because. Also, RGB to HEX. I'm always looking to convert one to the other, or choose similar colors to one I'm working with. The sites I use (at the top of Google) are always lacking in some ways.

#Development #Image Optimisation #Image Editing 34 social mentions

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Squoosh

Not all of these are web based but they are “online” Image tool by google - Squoosh (https://squoosh.app/).

#Image Editing #Image Optimisation #Photos & Graphics 172 social mentions

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RegexLearn

#Productivity #Education #Developer Tools 1 social mentions

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explainshell

- Finding out what a linux command line tool's flag does without having to CTRL+F through multiple matches in the manfile (https://explainshell.com/).

#Shortcuts #Text Expander #Mac 109 social mentions

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DuckDuckGo

#Search Engine #Web Search #Internet Search 1666 social mentions

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LilyPond

I would like a music engraving tool, like lilypond[0], but which plays nicer with the web (bonus points if it makes it easy to treat code as data). http://lilypond.org/.

#Music Tools #Music #Musician Tools 43 social mentions

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Process Street

> I want that temporally and semantically linked set of activities to appear on a timeline with links to and from the various tools I use Sounds like what you want is a repeatable, digital workflow. Using workflow software like Process Street (https://process.st) you can build that documentation as part of performing the work itself. You could capture, say, the AWS policies you create and the ARNs they’re associated with in the workflow. You could automate integrations with Jira (or just about anything if you use Zapier) as steps are completed. You can start off simple and build on as you go. Disclaimer: I work for Process Street.

#Workflow Automation #Web Service Automation #Automation 7 social mentions

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Kinopio

#Mind Maps #Design Tools #Task Management 30 social mentions

A nice tool when you need to things with images. Reverse search, editing, hosting, more: https://imgops.com/.

#Backup & Restore #Monitoring Tools #Log Management 44 social mentions

13

regular expressions 101

I prefer this one https://regex101.com.

#Regular Expressions #Programming Tools #Productivity 867 social mentions

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JSONFormatter.org

I like to use https://jsonformatter.org for beautify json.

#Development #Image Optimisation #Image Editing 24 social mentions