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Ask HN: Software That Amazes You?

by thomk on 7/16/20, 2:43 AM with 2 comments

I am sitting here watching a video of a guy playing Cities Skylines and I am blown away by this software. I have been programming a very long time. Most of the time when I'm looking at a piece of software I can kind of roughly know how it would be implemented.

Not this game, there are so many things it does so well AND it makes the complex look easy.

What software blows you away and why?

  • by Barnum39 on 7/16/20, 10:42 AM

    The cryptocurrency exchange software amazes me. https://changehero.io/ for example. ChangeHero is an instant crypto exchange. We swap your crypto at a lightning speed. I've been buying ETH via their platform for almost six months.

  • by catacombs on 7/16/20, 7:03 PM

    > I am sitting here watching a video of a guy playing Cities Skylines and I am blown away by this software.

    Keep in mind it wasn't just one person who developed the game. It took a village.