Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks?

Re:Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks? by SixSigma on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @03:20PM (#12790835)

I try to depend on as little as possible.

A text editor & access to some sort of programming language. If my terminal dies I want minimum downtime. If my laptop dies, ditto.

That's not to say tools aren't useful but relying on them is trouble.

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Re:Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks? by jxy on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @03:37PM (#12790986)

Essentially relying on:

   as
   cc
   cp
   ed
   ld
   ln
   ls
   mv
   ssh

and a reliable terminal.

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Re:Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks? by SixSigma on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @03:52PM (#12791094)

No ed, just

       % > file

and type

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Re:Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks? by chuymax on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @04:07PM (#12791208)

Real programmers use butterflies http://xkcd.com/378/

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Re:Ask HN: What software do you depend on for day-to-day tasks? by mrits on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @10:26AM (#12796647)

The same reason I leave my shovel and rake in the garage when I do lawn work.

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