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- My cast iron skillet. It's indestructible and once I learned to season it and cook with it, I prefer it over any other.

- 15" Macbook Pro w/ Retina display, iPhone 7

- BNC connectors

- The Xtrend Professional Rabbit Wine Opener. (Super cheap on Amazon and it has an incredibly well-designed mechanism)

- The Mezlan Cordoba men's shoe -- high quality, no break-in needed, durable, fashionable.

- Crocs -- indestructible, comfy.

- Joybird furniture (good prices, high quality)

- Liberté yogurt. Incredible texture.

- The Uber app (I think that amid the weird culture at least one person there really understands mobile UX)

- HN -- the only place where I look forward to reading the comments more than the articles.

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> - Crocs -- indestructible, comfy.

Why these are so berated really dumbfounds me. I love my crocs. So easy to slip on, comfy. Good for all seasons, summer without socks, winter with socks. And (imho) they look awesome too.

Not to mention that they're the easiest things ever to wash. Just put it under a tap and air dry.

..because they are really bad for your feet and most of them are ugly as hell?

At least you qualified that statement with most. Are they bad for the feet? I think they are similar to just being barefoot, and because they are so easy to slip off, I end up barefoot more often than otherwise.

> - The Uber app (I think that amid the weird culture at least one person there really understands mobile UX)

Really? I'm not a fan of the Uber app at all, particularly with the latest redesign. It is insanely annoying that they no longer show you the wait time until you've put in your destination address. Their suggested destinations are almost always terrible (even though I'm a very predictable user -- there are like 3 destinations I go to on a regular basis, but instead of those, Uber will suggest places I haven't been to in ages), not to mention that you have to close the keyboard to see half of them. There's also a lot of confusing icons without accompanying text, and just a lot of occasional wonkiness and unexpected behavior.

The Lyft app isn't as "pretty" as Uber, but it has everything I want to know where I expect it, makes good suggestions, and just works -- I much prefer it.

> - The Uber app

Yes! Fast, intuitive, responsive and rock solid. Uber might be a very, very sketchy company but man have they engineered and designed a great UX - I can't think of any other iPhone app with the same level of 'fit for purpose' as Uber's app.

> 15" Macbook Pro w/ Retina display

Superb build quality, agreed. but the thiness and insistance on staying quiet make it get extremely hot when doing anything remotely demanding, which is not a sign of good design.

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