Ask HN: What apps do your really have in your dock?

All of them. Meta-p followed by a couple of letters from the program name launches any installed program via dmenu.

(I'm using wmii on Ubuntu).

Finder, App Store, System Prefs, Mail, Things, iCal, TextEdit, OmniOutliner Pro, Terminal, Xcode, Ingredients, Instruments, Safari, Preview, iTunes, Numbers, Corel Painter, Photoshop, Illustrator, SketchBookExpress, Inform 7, Activity Viewer, HP Printer thingy, Stickies, Pandora, Freedom, Network Connect, Kindle for Mac, Twitter, Vitamin R.