Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most?

Posted by hugodutka on Saturday February 04, 2023 @05:08AM
from the ask-hn dept.

For me it's been Gitpod (https://gitpod.io). It's like CI for development environments. It integrates with Git and lets me build my project continuously, and then create a containerized environment with the latest artifacts that I connect to with my IDE. I like it so much I decided to build a self-hosted alternative. It's at https://hocus.dev if you want to check it out.

What are yours?

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by gorbak25 on Saturday February 04, 2023 @05:41AM (#34653418)

Toggl. Generally having a feedback loop on what you spend your time is the perfect tool for self improvement.

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by leobg on Sunday February 05, 2023 @03:03AM (#34662907)

https://toggl.com/

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by warkanlock on Saturday February 04, 2023 @05:34AM (#34653383)

by far, without being a computer snob, vim

It's incredible how far you can get with a good editor config

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by gorbak25 on Saturday February 04, 2023 @05:46AM (#34653437)

Isn't it problematic to work on it via ssh on high latency connections?

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by qup on Saturday February 04, 2023 @01:33PM (#34656780)

Doing any online work with high latency connections is problematic.

Vim can be used perfectly well on your own local machine.

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by dinkleberg on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:47AM (#34654445)

Honestly, same (except using neovim these days). Once you invest the time to really learn it and configure it to your exact needs it is an incredible experience to use.

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by avinassh on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:07AM (#34654150)

Goland by Jetbrains for Go. It's such a joy to use and makes me highly productive.

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by BlameKaneda on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:47AM (#34654446)

Todoist - Browser extension and phone app for checking off todo items. I get a slight dopamine hit every time I complete something.

Obsidian - Note-taking desktop app with a nice UI, good extensions, tagging, and more.

Leechblock - Browser extension that blocks certain sites during specified time periods. I've got a similar app on my phone, but its free version only allows 3 apps to be blocked.

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by palashkulsh on Saturday February 04, 2023 @01:24PM (#34656695)

- jira-cmd (which I maintain) for managing jira at work - org mode for planning - plantuml for making personal diagrams - Emacs for text editing - gnucash for finance - ublock origin browser extension for zapping out certain css elements which get attention - stylebot for changing css of pages to lower the cognitive load of those websites have

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by hnthrowaway0315 on Saturday February 04, 2023 @02:54PM (#34657543)

For me it's hardware: two large monitors give me one screen for IDE, one for VScode and the native for references. I also desperately need a good mouse -- tried one defualt/basic logitech one and a "vertical" one but neither is really satisfactory.

On software side a good IDE is really helpful. Jetbrain really excels in this field.

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by bad_username on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:41PM (#34658659)

Obsidian transformed the way I work with information - personal and work related.

Mylifeorganized for infinitely customizable, hierarchical, advanced GTD-like to do lists.

Atimelogger (Android) for time logging, to see where my time goes and prevent procrastination.

OBS studio and Otter.ai for meeting recordings and notes.

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Re:Ask HN: Which tools increased your productivity the most? by sourcecodeplz on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:30PM (#34660613)

I know some are tired of this but... chatgpt by far.

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