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Ask HN: What paid applications do you use?

by eduardsi on 3/30/20, 12:27 PM with 10 comments

In the world filled with free and open-source software - if you're paying for an app - probably it's really good. What's on your top 5 list? It can be a desktop or mobile app. The only rule: useful for a dev.

  • by gherkinnn on 3/30/20, 4:15 PM

    - AI Writer - my preferred MD app, simply beautiful

    - Bartender - removes clutter from macOS icon bar

    - Paper - for doodling and fleshing out ideas on my iPad

    - Brilliant.org - my preferred way to brush up my maths skills

    - TeuxDeux as a simple and timeless todo list

  • by dyingkneepad on 3/30/20, 4:05 PM

    Does Fastmail count? Otherwise, none! \o/

    The main apps I use every day are: vim, terminator, hexchat, Evolution (with the EWS plugin) and ssh. All running under Cinnamon in either Fedora, Debian or Ubuntu OSes.

  • by eb0la on 3/31/20, 10:31 AM

    Office 365.

    I used to have Dropbox and evernote, but switched to paper and a fountain pen, and OneDrive.

    Also, pinegrow web editor because... frontend is very time consuming for backend people like me.

  • by eduardsi on 3/30/20, 12:31 PM

    My list:

    * Bear for taking notes.

    * Brain.fm for deep work.

    * Headspace for meditation.

    * Hemingway for writing.

    * Grammarly for grammar correction.

  • by Pete-Codes on 3/30/20, 4:43 PM

    - Sheet2Site: backend from google sheet - Ghost: blogging - Zapier: connecting forms and google sheets - Checkout Page: take payments without code

  • by gigantecmedia on 3/31/20, 4:26 AM

    Things 3: note taking

    Spectre/Halide: photography

    Cardhop: contact management

    Carrot: weather

    Superhuman: super email

    Stardew Valley: mobile game

    Headspace: meditation

    The Guardian: news

    also other subscriptions include: Spotify/Apple Music, Protonmail...

  • by severvam on 3/30/20, 12:49 PM

    For PC: Sublime Text - code/text editing, IntelliJ IDEA- code editing

    For smartphone: Prompt 2 - SSH client

  • by syini666 on 3/30/20, 1:13 PM

    Standard Notes, its search and tag features have basically replaced the need for OneNote

  • by n2dasun on 3/30/20, 4:48 PM

    Winrar

  • by ohirge on 3/30/20, 12:33 PM

    Simplepush.io would be the only one worth mentioning.