Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours?

Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? by bogidon on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:40AM (#22853662)

- keeping all your configuration files (“dotfiles”: shell, git, etc) in one, version controlled place. Makes setting up new machines so much less stressful. Here are mine in case you’re interested, for macOS and Ubuntu: https://github.com/Bogidon/dotfiles

- setting up a personal vpn with a reserved IP if you connect to services that require your IP to be whitelisted and you move often

- for git cli: dashes take you back to your previous location (eg `git checkout -` will take you back to the previous branch). On zsh: `cd -n` will take you to n directories ago

Mac only:

- the Paste clipboard manager has been a most delightful tool, though I don’t know if I’ll ever upgrade to the new subscription version: https://pasteapp.io/

- the workflows feature in Alfred.app as a convenient place to keep utility applescripts / other kinds of little scripts that you want to invoke through global shortcuts or through Alfred

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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? by hoistbypetard on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:03AM (#22853978)

> - keeping all your configuration files (“dotfiles”: shell, git, etc) in one, version controlled place.

The thing that finally made this worthwhile for me is GNU stow.

https://alexpearce.me/2016/02/managing-dotfiles-with-stow/

Stow is available from homebrew if you prefer to get your Mac stuff that way.

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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? by newsbinator on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @02:11AM (#22863177)

I've been using "Copied", but in the last few months on Catalina it suddenly loses the ability to copy out of its history window, whether via cmd+c or clicking. Only an app restart solves it. I emailed the developer over a month ago and never got a reply, so... guess I'm switching to "Paste App".

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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? by xerosanyam on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:50AM (#22853698)

I use copyclip as my clipboard manager: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/copyclip-clipboard-history/id5... It is free + simple.

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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? by AdamGibbins on Monday April 13, 2020 @06:16AM (#22854507)

Alfred has a clipboard manager built in, what does Paste offer over it that justifies its fee for you?

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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? by bogidon on Monday April 13, 2020 @01:01PM (#22857589)

Mainly iCloud sync, tabs, and larger previews where more than one is visible at a time

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Re:Ask HN: Programs that saved you 100 hours? by iamuser4 on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:30PM (#22858525)

Similarly, I use the clipboard plugin for quicksilver.

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