Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software you use?

11 pointsby whitepoplar5 anni fa21 comments

21 comments

Foliate. It's an ebook reader. Fast, functional and immersive. I like using it in full screen mode, dark mode. Sometimes it feels nicer than a kindle device.

What I like about it is, like any excellent software, you don't notice it. It gets out of your way and lets you do your task.

approxim8ion5 anni fa

Foliate has gotten really good! When I tried it out very early in the development cycle it was quite buggy. I was using Calibre's viewer which is mostly great, but does take a while to start up. I think I can switch to Foliate when I'm reading on PC now.

ryan-duve5 anni fa

For mature software, Vim.

For new software, I'd say 1Password. It's amazing how well it syncs with everything, across Firefox and Chrome, and how it handles not just usernames and passwords but gives a secure way to share secret plain text files, scan QR codes and more.

21435 anni fa

Taskwarrior [1].

Brilliant utility. Surprising amount of well thought out features. Very flexible.

The C++ source code seems well organized on first glance.

[1] https://taskwarrior.org/docs/

visiblink5 anni fa

mplayer in the console. I've been using it for fifteen years and it's such a great, minimal piece of software that just works.

sandwichbop5 anni fa

Procreate, it's just so nice to use on the iPad Pro and refreshing compared to Photoshop for drawing

fspacef5 anni fa

iOS is pretty "well crafted", seeing how it has operated smoothly from day 1.

whitepoplar5 anni fa

What're the most well-crafted apps you use on iOS?

skydhash5 anni fa

Non-Apple one? Things, Bear, Reeder, iA Writer and Doppler.

rkagerer5 anni fa

It's not perfect, but I find Beyond Compare pretty essential (on Windows).