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The most popular blog posts about tools & productivity on Hacker News. 6,502 posts.
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The future of large files in Git is Git
Large files bloat Git’s storage, slow down git clone , and wreak havoc on Git forges.
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Org-Mode Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text
Org Mode Syntax Is One of the Most Reasonable Markup Languages to Use for Text
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Canistilluse.com
There’s something beautiful about the website caniuse.com which I never fully appreciated until last week when news spread that alert , prompt , and confirm…
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GPTs: Custom versions of ChatGPT
You can now create custom versions of ChatGPT that combine instructions, extra knowledge, and any combination of skills.
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Building and shipping Mac and iOS apps without opening Xcode
Stop looking at Xcode. It's not fun. Unless it is! In which case, do it!
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Calibre 4.0
calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software.
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CLI tools hidden in the Python standard library
Seth Michael Larson pointed out that the Python gzip module can be used as a CLI tool like this:
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I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
Microsoft has deprecated windows 10, yet million of users still use it. They say the hardware is not supported, yet they keep pestering us with endless pings.
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Mozilla expands extension support for Firefox for Android
Today, Mozilla announced more than 450 new extensions (software that adds new features or functionality to the browser) to users on Firefox for Android at
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A Beginner´s Guide to Getting Things Done
Getting things done is a task management system that helps you clarify what needs to be done, and when. Learn the GTD basics here.
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jj – the CLI for Jujutsu
jj is the name of the CLI for Jujutsu . Jujutsu is a DVCS, or "distributed version control system." You may be familiar with other DVCSes, such as git , and this tutorial assumes you're coming to jj from git .
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Programmer interrupted: The cost of interruption and context switching (2022)
Interruptions and context switching are the two most costly factors that directly impact a programmer's daily productivity. Although there is no permanent way to avoid them, there are some interesting strategies to minimize their impact. The Cost of an Interruption Based on various scientific studies, it takes at…
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Do not change Linux files using Windows apps and tools
Update - May 2019 Windows 10 version 1903 has now been released and allows an important update to WSL that allows Windows applications and tools to access
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Making Figma better for developers with Dev Mode
Learn about our new interface, and how we're making Figma better for developers
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Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux
No AirPlay kinda sucked, but the one thing I kept wishing I had was what Apple calls "Continuity" : the ability to send and receive iMessages and SMS, share files, sync clipboard, and see notifications from my iPhone on my computer.
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Zed is now available on Windows
From the Zed Blog: Zed for Windows is finally here. Download it today.
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How I estimate work
There’s a kind of polite fiction at the heart of the software industry. It goes something like this: Estimating how long software projects will take is very…
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Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back
TL;DR: MAPS.ME got bought by a payments company and completely rewritten, I want it back. I will rebuild the original app and bring it back. Sign up for this email list to get the original version back. Or subscribe to this Telegram channel. On December 20th, 2020, version 2.0 of the MAPS.ME app got pushed to the…
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TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP
Minimal container images often ship without curl, wget, or any HTTP client at all. Bash can open a TCP socket through /dev/tcp, which is enough to write a tiny HTTP/1.1 request by hand for quick checks.
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Bike: Innovative Rich Text Editing
Bike Outliner now supports rich text! Download Release notes Bike’s rich text editing should be familiar. There’s also innovation 1 . I’m trying to improve the fundamentals of how…
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Elementary OS 6 Odin
It’s finally here, and it’s the biggest update to the platform yet
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macOS screenshot tricks to impress your co-workers
Here are 4 tricks that I’ve found to make my life easier and help me communicate better with my co-workers.
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How I use my terminal
i have gone a little above and beyond trying to get all the features of VSCode
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How I write software with LLMs
Lately I’ve gotten heavily back into making stuff, and it’s mostly because of LLMs. I thought that I liked programming, but it turned out that what I like was making things, and programming was just one way to do that. Since LLMs have become good at programming, I’ve been using them to make stuff nonstop, and it’s…
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The Makefile I use with JavaScript projects
I work on a lot of Javascript projects. The fashion in Javascript is to use build tools like Gulp or Webpack that are written and configured in Javascript. I want to talk about the merits of Make.