YAyarapavan·Aug 7, 2018
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In Ask HN: What's your must-have software for OS X?iCHAIT
awesome-macOS
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iCHAIT / awesome-macOS
awesome-macOS
A curated list of awesome applications, softwares, tools and shiny things for macOS.
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A curated list of awesome applications, softwares, tools and shiny things for macOS.
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- awesome-windows/awesome · linked in 2 of the same discussions
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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10 sourcesHi there HN peeps,
I just saw a post here on HN about 250 productivity tools and felt a tad sad to not see my own tool on the list, but I blame myself for not doing any kind of advertising of it but felt I might at least share it.
Anyway, It all started when I moved to Indonesia, doing the remote work/digital nomad thing and had a huge problem figuring out what time it was back home.
So naturally, instead of actuality working, I learnt swift and created an simple app just for myself, solving said problem. A month later, friends started bugging me about the app, so after a while I was like, fuck it, let's create this thing! :D
I released it, it got some love over at the Product Hunt community but maybe a week or two, sales went don't two maybe 1-2 sells a day. But to be honest, just knowing I might save a minute or two of a persons life e
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ach week makes my day. :)
Finally, a bonus link & LPT: Don't ever post your self-built tools to awesome-lists unless they are super complicated, non-learning-project apps that doesn't "solve anything at all": https://github.com/iCHAIT/awesome-macOS/pull/452
If you have any questions, I'm more than happy to answer them!
//Pierre
GitHub 101: How to not give constructive feedback
2 points · Open discussionA curated list of awesome applications, softwares, and tools for macOS
1 points · Open discussionAnother two lists that should be mentioned here are:
[1]: https://github.com/iCHAIT/awesome-macOS
[2]: https://github.com/Awesome-Windows/Awesome
They all share the same idea.
In Awesome Linux SoftwareI totally understand your need. Most of the awesome+OS_name list, they seem not to care so much about these stuffs, or the owner just doesn't have time to collect all the related information.
Checkout :
[1]: https://github.com/iCHAIT/awesome-macOS
[2]: https://github.com/Awesome-Windows/Awesome
In Awesome Linux SoftwareI do this as well! I have this repo [0] at ~/cfg, then I symlink what I need [1] as an init script. My end goal is to be able to run a single script and get everything [2] set up on a new machine (I change machines somewhat frequently and I got the manual process to under 45 minutes, so there's room for improvement). More on setting up Macs [3].
There is also GNU Stow [4] that does something similar, and probably better.
0: https://github.com/andreis/cfg
1: https://github.com/andreis/cfg/blob/master/init.sh#L64-L69
2: brew and brew cask, dotfiles ofc, and a _lot_ of system settings on mac os can be changed via the CLI, see
3: https://github.com/iCHAIT/awesome-macOS#setup
4: http://brandon.invergo.net/news/2012-05-26-using-gnu-stow-to...
In 'Using Emacs' SeriesAsk HN: What are your thoughts on electron wrapped applications?
1 points · Open discussionFor OS X (or should i say macOS...), this is a nice list of apps: https://github.com/iCHAIT/awesome-osx
In Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy usingA curated list of awesome applications,softwares,tools for OS X
5 points · Open discussion