Ask HN: What was the best software that you used during 2022?

1

Typora

#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Markdown Viewer 84 social mentions

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iTerm2

#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 101 social mentions

3

Caddy

Caddy [0] has been an absolute joy to work with. I switched this year from nginx for my sideproject-hosting VPS. Just letting it handle the SSL certs and configuring a static site or a reverse proxied route in literally 3 lines of config is really nice. I'm planning on adding Authelia [1], Prometheus and Grafana Loki to the mix soon, which should all integrate nicely :) [0] https://caddyserver.com/.

#Web Servers #HTTP/2 Web Server #Web And Application Servers 226 social mentions

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TablePlus

- TablePlus is a greate database client.. It is simple but powerful. Can connect to any rdbms out there, fast and stable. (https://tableplus.com) - Kaleidoscope is the best diff / merge gui app I have used. (https://kaleidoscope.app).

#Database Management #Databases #MySQL Tools 56 social mentions

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Kaleidoscope

- TablePlus is a greate database client.. It is simple but powerful. Can connect to any rdbms out there, fast and stable. (https://tableplus.com) - Kaleidoscope is the best diff / merge gui app I have used. (https://kaleidoscope.app).

#File Management #Merge Tools #Diff And Merge Tools 20 social mentions

6

Funkwhale

#Music Streaming #Audio & Music #Media Players And Streaming Platforms 38 social mentions

7

Spacelift.io

I work with a lot of Terraform and introducing process controls around Terraform using https://spacelift.io has been a massive win for me and my team.

#Infrastructure As Code #Developer Tools #Workflow Automation 62 social mentions

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NotePlan

#Note Taking #Productivity #Todos 29 social mentions

9

VCV Rack

VCV Rack - open source virtual eurorack studio https://vcvrack.com/.

#3D #Music Generation #Prototyping Tools 112 social mentions

10

QuickJS

Nvi2 [0]: I got to like the simplicity of nvi when installing Void Linux on my laptop, but it had some annoying bugs that made me switch to nvi2. In general, it feels like `good' software; powerful enough by virtue of being a 1:1 vi clone with a few crucial improvements (multibyte, multi-undo, etc.), but simple enough to hack on if I miss some feature. Though no autocomplete means it's not suitable for more verbose languages, like Java. QuickJS [1]: qjscalc is my go-to scientific calculator, and qjs my go-to JavaScript implementation for simple programs. The C interface is very nice to use, too. All in all, it feels very much like a "complete" engine, even if not quite as fast as one with JIT. W3m [2]: Somewhat lacking as a web browser, but a very good pager. Would take it over less any day. Also has the best table display of any text-mode browser, supports inline images, and is rather extensible. Wine [3]: It's gotten so good that I no longer have to dual boot Windows. Still not perfect, but definitely on my list of "good software". [0]: https://github.com/lichray/nvi2 [2]: https://github.com/tats/w3m.

#Website Design #Website Builder #CMS 35 social mentions

11

Too Good To Go

I get to pick up cheap food that would otherwise get trashed. https://toogoodtogo.com/en-us/.

#Food Delivery #Food And Beverage #Shopping 27 social mentions

12

Qubes OS

Qubes OS [0], my daily driver. Give incredible feeling of security and control over your computer. Can't recommend enough. [0] https://qubes-os.org.

#Operating Systems #Linux #Linux Distribution 55 social mentions

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Dynalist

If I could only pick one, it would be Dynalist [0]. I know it's essentially just <i>another</i> webapp (with mobile apps) for writing lists, but for some reason is the first one I actually found myself using, both at work and personally. I primarily use it to keep work logs, write high-level system designs, remember dinner recipes - or generally anything valuable or useful that can be expressed in list form. [0] https://dynalist.io/.

#Note Taking #Project Management #Task Management 24 social mentions

14

GitUp

I thought Windows Sandbox would be more useful but over time I just haven't fired it up... I kind of forgot about it. I do use Hyper-V. Every Windows user should run WizTree on their personal machines at least once a year to get a lightning fast report on disk space usage. Cleanup should start wih the largest items or you're just wasting your time! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33893815#33894842 Bitvise SSH Server is also now free for personal use. I've been using it for over a decade since it offered simple multifactor authentication before OpenSSH (IIRC) and can block most bots by client identifier (libssh) -- security through obscurity works spectacularly here because OpenSSH does not yet support this. Their free-as-in-beer SSH client is a great GUI for port forwarding, SFTP, etc. But I dislike the built-in terminal's clipboard handling. A Mac-only recommendation: https://gitup.co a GPL3 Git client with a unique UI and undo. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27579701&p=2#27580659 If you use Pandora, check out the pianobar cli. For Twitch, there is Chatty (+streamlink cli & VLC). I set up signald with a Google Voice number but haven't continued down the path of automating Signal. I tried Tailscale (2021?) but it seemed a bit early, couldn't log out yet. So I went with ZerotTier. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30284754.

#Git #Git Tools #Code Collaboration 10 social mentions