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Ask HN: From the software you used last week – which to replace first?

Which of the software that you used last week are you most keen on replacing with something better?

For me, it is mostly internal company software.

Any custom made software is pretty high up in the list. Whenever I build something myself I always start looking for ways to move to something off the shelf.

Anothrer big one is browsers. I use Kiwi+Chromium+BitWarden sync, but I'm not completely happy with any existing browser. Nobody has an open source full-featured chromium with sync, and nobody so far has a practical decentralized web platform with any traction.

I would really like to get rid of the Thonny IDE. There are no good tools I know of for working with MicroPython, uploading code to boards, updating firmware, etc. Just piles of command line apps, and no mobile support.

I would also like to get rid of... basically all the methods of building an android app. Kivy's buildozer is great, KivyMD is still rather unpleasant to work with.

All the existing methods of making Android apps seem to involve ugly hacks to get UI working, and a lot of hassle to do stuff like background services, Bluetooth, and serial.

I suppose that goes back to browsers, since making more things as PWAs and browser extensions will probably be the solution for this stuff one day.

Neovim? Never. Never ever.

Slack? Please. I’d rather just delete it.

What is your problem with Slack? Any ideas on the replacement?

It’s that it’s too central to everything we do. Because I am a people pleaser anytime a channel lights up I think: “I bet I can help that person or answer that question”. It’s not slack per se, just the whole thing of being constantly available.

I do run it in the browser and it hogs a ton of resources. A better client experience would be nice. If it wasn’t electron in app form I’d like that.

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