Tools of the Trade
Dev tools
curated tool list
SHOW HN2014
321points
96comments
#44of 2,272 in 2014
Top 2%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
11 positive, 39 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 58 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Pricing: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Great, useful curated list
From 3 comments
Awesome list. I recommend adding ToutApp(http://toutapp.com) under sales tools.
smit on HNThis list does a great job of curating the most popular apps by category. There's a ton of long-tail to SaaS these days. I've heard a lot of people use our app directory to…
mikeknoop on HNGreat list. Created a PR for gosquared, datadog and rsync.net as I couldn't see them on there.
corford on HN
Tools like GitLab recommended as self-hosted alternatives
From 2 comments
Surprised? No. Disappointed? Yes. We switched from github to gitlab on a DO instance. Recommend 10x over.
latch on HNAs another fan of GitLab: gosh yes, I can't recommend it enough. I also use ownCloud for my personal info management and file syncing. The only thing I don't run myself is email,…
girvo on HN
Objections
Lists SaaS only, excludes self-hosted open source tools
From 2 comments
It's a great list, but I don't understand why it's limited to SaaS. Self hosted apps could definitely be considered "tools of the trade". Perhaps I'm just biased because I sell a…
23andwalnut on HNThe post that inspired it: "When I first started delicious, we had to host most of the services ourselves. CVS, mail, mailing lists, etc etc etc. These days, lots of that stuff…
cwyers on HN
Mostly paid tools, unaffordable for small developers
From 2 comments
As a small time developer, none of these tools is in my budget, I have no budget. So this list is useless to me. Ok sure, I wasn't your target audience, that's fine. but the…
GhotiFish on HNall services - do people still pay for code? i.e. commercial libraries or has open source finally killed that business model?
hyp0 on HN
Some listed tools are free or misdescribed (e.g. Jenkins pricing)
From 2 comments
> Jenkins | http://jenkins-ci.org | @jenkinsci | $60/mo - $200/mo AFAIK, and can tell from the http://jenkins-ci.org site linked, Jenkins is still free (libre and gratuit).
mverwijs on HNJenkins is the only free software on the list, and it's listed with a payment next to it?
martiuk on HN
Requests
Add missing tools via pull requests
From 4 comments
The post that inspired it: "When I first started delicious, we had to host most of the services ourselves. CVS, mail, mailing lists, etc etc etc. These days, lots of that stuff…
cwyers on HNI created a PR for a Cloud Storage section since I didn't notice one yet and added https://kloudless.com to it. (disclosure: co-founder of Kloudless here). Google Docs is…
narsil on HNGreat list. Created a PR for gosquared, datadog and rsync.net as I couldn't see them on there.
corford on HNYou guys seem to be missing Wercker. http://wercker.com/ is my favorite CI/CD. Its free while its in beta, has a great UI and has a simple but powerful configuration system
analogj on HN
Add table of contents and alphabetical sorting
From 3 comments
Created a PR for a basic table of contents, I can see this being pretty useful when the need arises.
sikhnerd on HNWhy are there two different Log Monitoring sections, with no overlap in tools? An alphabetisation of section headings and a clickable Table of Contents would be good, given the…
vacri on HNWouldn't hurt to alphabetise the individual content lists either.
igravious on HN
Questions
Why are self-hosted tools excluded
From 2 comments
It's a great list, but I don't understand why it's limited to SaaS. Self hosted apps could definitely be considered "tools of the trade". Perhaps I'm just biased because I sell a…
23andwalnut on HNOT to the post, but is there a reason you went the self-hosted route rather than SaaS?
pc86 on HN
Why are there duplicate log monitoring sections
From 2 comments
Why are there two different Log Monitoring sections, with no overlap in tools? An alphabetisation of section headings and a clickable Table of Contents would be good, given the…
vacri on HNI think it's because the list is being built by pull requests. Two people submit a Log Monitoring section at the same time and the repo owner merges without really paying…
vangale on HN
Alternatives named
Hanselman's Windows developer tool list
From 1 comment
Another updated list of tools and utilities: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2014UltimateDeveloperAndPowerUsersToolListForWindows.aspx
voltagex_ on HN
leanstack.io popular tools
From 1 comment
Nice job Chris! If anyone wants to see feedback from other developers about these tools, the majority of them are on http://leanstack.io/popular (disclaimer: Founder of…
yonasb on HN