Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about?
9•crcsmnky•1h ago
Curious to find those hidden gems that boost productivity or make dev work more efficient. Mired in my own processes and need a change/shift. I'm hoping there's still some non-AI stuff out there that's delightful to use (in a nerdy sense).
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rep_movsd•1h ago
gitk and git gui
verdverm•1h ago
CUE and Dagger, though they are talked about by more than nobody
strict9•1h ago
I've been using ack for a very long time, maybe 15 years.
It's like grep but faster and easier to use. I still use it all the time, even in the era of Claude.
and then ag (silver surfer) and then rg (ripgrep).
kentich•1h ago
A VS Code/Visual Studio extension for creating mind maps with nodes linked to code called Code Mind Map.
markus_zhang•46m ago
Tilix + shell scripts to create a Tilix session, open windows inside Tilix and run commands, so that I can immediately create a session to debug say Linux kernel development -- 3 windows, one for gdb, one for compiling and running, and one for minicom.
I'm sure Tmux can do it, but I really hate the Ctrl+B thing. Alt + Arrow keys are way more intuitive.
rep_movsd•1h ago