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Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by politelemon on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:09PM (#28649158)
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.

Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by approxim8ion on Monday September 27, 2021 @04:56AM (#28668526)
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.
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by ryan-duve on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:55PM (#28649403)
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.

Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by 2143 on Saturday September 25, 2021 @11:53AM (#28654064)
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/

Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by visiblink on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:00PM (#28650084)
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.
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by sandwichbop on Saturday September 25, 2021 @10:35PM (#28657952)
Procreate, it's just so nice to use on the iPad Pro and refreshing compared to Photoshop for drawing
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by fspacef on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:11PM (#28649168)
iOS is pretty "well crafted", seeing how it has operated smoothly from day 1.
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by whitepoplar on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:12PM (#28649178)
What're the most well-crafted apps you use on iOS?
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by skydhash on Friday September 24, 2021 @09:38PM (#28649645)
Non-Apple one? Things, Bear, Reeder, iA Writer and Doppler.
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by rkagerer on Saturday September 25, 2021 @06:54AM (#28652093)
It's not perfect, but I find Beyond Compare pretty essential (on Windows).
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by stillblue on Saturday September 25, 2021 @10:01AM (#28653291)
Oh yes there was a point in my career where I’ve used it more than my primary IDE. Beyond Compare is solid!!!
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by approxim8ion on Monday September 27, 2021 @04:57AM (#28668530)
Interesting, how does this compare to WinMerge?
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by schappim on Saturday September 25, 2021 @03:39AM (#28651293)
Things.app
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by RGamma on Friday September 24, 2021 @09:19PM (#28649537)
Selection: mpv, powershell, weechat (double e)
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by gaws on Sunday September 26, 2021 @01:16PM (#28662603)
> weechat (double e)

why not irssi?

Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by RGamma on Monday September 27, 2021 @06:04AM (#28668916)
I've found weechat to be easier to configure with better defaults.

Also cool: it's quite well written.

Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by verdverm on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:39PM (#28649334)
Probably Go. I also like Google Cloud and CUE
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by f0e4c2f7 on Friday September 24, 2021 @10:35PM (#28649971)
Probably grep.
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by h2odragon on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:17PM (#28649208)
Factorio. Emacs.
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by ffhhj on Friday September 24, 2021 @11:28PM (#28650233)
Winamp (WACUP)
Re:Ask HN: What's the most “well-crafted“ piece of software ... by pgt2art on Friday September 24, 2021 @08:13PM (#28649183)
blender