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For simpler use-cases I've used both https://dataflare.app/ and https://tableplus.com/ with success. They are much quicker and lighter to start-up, browse some tables and run some queries.

Free versions are generous enough for daily use as well. For example for TablePlus "The free trial is limited to 2 opened tabs, 2 opened windows, 2 advanced filters (filters are not available on the free TablePlus Windows) at a time."


DBeaver is free, quite full featured (no AI) and FLOSS.


But has a very complex and busy UI that, for whatever reason, makes it difficult/tiring for me to use.

Very emblematic of it's Java GUI roots.


You can turn off most of them.


Yeah. Some tools are used by many for a long time and get lots of features in the process...

And some tools dont...


I love TablePlus. I basically use it for everything at this point even though I have a JetBrains all prod license. Never liked DataGrip.


Magit has been simply essential for me for the last decade. I still switch to emacs for this even though most of my coding is in VSCode and edamagit covers simpler workflows for me.

Recently I've been trying jujutsu[0]. As awesome as Magit is, it can't fix some warts of Git like how it does conflict management. But I hate having to do version control from CLI. Most of all, I miss doing a bunch of work, going to magit-status (or edamagit), staging lines or entire files and committing parts of my work separately (like, dependency updates in a separate commit before committing api changes).

I've tried VisualJJ[1] and GG[2] but I just can't find a nice workflow with jj coming from Magit. Splitting changes feel cumbersome. What is your commit workflow with jj coming from Magit?

[0] https://github.com/jj-vcs/jj

[1] https://www.visualjj.com/

[2] https://github.com/gulbanana/gg


I've just started with jujutsu, as well. Jjui fills a little bit of the gap. Among other things, it allows for quick selecting and splitting of changes. But it's no Magit. I'm thinking of having a go at making an emacs interface for jj myself.


Magit was the last thing I had to let go of before deleting Emacs, and it took a while, too, before I could delete it altogether. Magit is really powerful. But after a decade of not using it, I struggle to remember whatever it was that was more convenient than just using VS Code's built in git committer and git tree viewer. Honestly, I don't think anything anymore, except slightly more convenient keyboard shortcuts. I can't help but wonder how much software has that kind of grip on me, where I think it's indispensable until I get used to the alternatives.


The shortcuts are kind of a big deal though. Im writing transient modes for everything I can. Its the perfect UI for git but also other productivity tasks. For example I wrapped our issue tracker (youtrack) in a transient mode and it has made it so much more enjoyable to use.


Yeah, Transient is very nice. Watch my vid for some good ideas https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44025635 (unrelated to Magit)


to give another jujutsu ui, I use jjui which works well for me

https://github.com/idursun/jjui


There are a lot of options in this thread already, but I've been using Figma to create and edit SVGs and don't have any complaints so far.


I came across this randomly when I searched "Figma" on HN, and I'm very glad I did. Tastefully done app -- wishing you all luck in the world.


It’s often debated whether the public at the time was aware of the scale of the atrocities committed, whether they were accountable, and whether they could—or should—have done something. But only now am I realizing how much a certain part of the population actually does the propagandists’ dirty work by defending and whitewashing such atrocities.


The public was well-aware. They had stickers on shops. Your Jewish neighbors were paraded through the streets for deportation. Once they were gone, people took the furniture, the businesses, or simply moved into their apartments. On the country side, there were various land reforms where people who joined the NSDAP party were given fields from famers who were either simply deported as being Jewish or political opposition.

Of course people always had the feel-good lie "oh they're just being relocated to XYZ" but in those times you'd never leave your furniture and other valuables behind when moving if you were not forced to. For German people it was a win-win situation: More work for everyone (either as a party soldier or in the construction), steal some valuables from your neighbors who just got taken away, and feel good about your noble aryan genes.

Sorry for rambling on this topic but there are books for every mid-size Germany city which detail the unfathomable amount of looting, stealing and "M&A business" that was done by everyday "normal" German citizens during these times.

And most of these crimes were not prosecuted because of political decisions after the war.


Debated by whom? I'm from Slovakia which had voluntarily copied laws and process for deporting Jews verbatim from Nazi Germany and here is overwhelming amount of evidence that everyone knew something very bad is going to happen to them. Also the "arizácia/aryanization" dispossessing of Jew property made it doubly clear they weren't going to return.


Music to my ears. I’ve been trying to get close to what this promises using Remix/React Router v7 or Hono. It’s the best approach for a solo maker/small team, but it always feels like a thousand papercuts. On the other side, there’s Vercel + Next.js — the straight-up guillotine.

These folks really seem to get it. I’ll be keeping a close eye on this one.


It matters a lot if you have specific macro goals. If you don’t want to lose muscle, it is important to eat high protein especially during a cut. And keeping fat and/or carbs low while doing this is quite difficult without accurate data.


This app isn’t for those people. Most people don’t have macro goals.


So far I've been resisting the Rust hype train but I guess I'll ditch Duolingo and do this instead.


Zen browser is exactly this. It has a growing ecosystem of “Zen mods” and has a great Arc-like out-of-box experience.

https://zen-browser.app/


After a short time with it, I find it kinda funny. Back then, power users were up in arms about things like the omnibar, and chrome removing more and more parts of the actual URL. And here is a browser marketed at power users that goes beyond that, showing only a small fraction. There doesn’t even seem to be a Zen mod that restores a real usable URL bar.

For me, I manipulate URLs every day, both for work and private usage. Zen disqualified itself for my type of power usage very quickly, giving me a feeling of being on a small mobile device instead of a desktop PC.


There’s an option under Settings > Look and Feel for a full length URL bar.


I had checked there before, just checked again, and I still only see an option for a smallish bar with the two floating options. Where there exactly?


Settings → Look and Feel → Multiple Toolbars or Collapsed Toolbar as shown in the screenshot[0].

[0]: https://i.ibb.co/BVmkmkLC/Screenshot-2025-03-15-at-12-34-26-...


Thanks. Wow, that is very much not clear


Perfect.. the real hacks always in the comments!


> I manipulate URLs every day, both for work and private usage

Zen/Arc are actually much better for this use case, albeit after an adjustment period for people who’ve become accustomed to the way Firefox/Chrome do it.

The idea is that URLs are out of your way when you don’t need them and front-and-center when you do. Instead of simply focusing on the URL bar when you CMD+L or CMD+T, it brings up a modal dialog in the center of the screen where you’re free to do everything you can do in a normal location bar and more. It’s modeled after the command palette design in code editors or application launchers. So, for example, not only can you edit URLs, but you can search for commands instead of hunting for them in the browser’s menus. As an example, I’d never memorize the keyboard shortcut to take a whole-page screenshot because I don’t use it enough. But the other day I needed it, so I typed “CMD+L, screen” and it was the second result. Task completed in under 2 sec.

It took a few days to get used to, but now I never want to go back to the sort of location bar that Chrome and Firefox use. It just takes up space that I’d rather devote to the sites I’m visiting. Even the tab pane is easily toggled to get out of my way when I don’t care about it, which is especially useful when I’m tiling websites. I’ve developed a fondness for keeping documentation open in one panel alongside the website I’m developing, which means recapturing the width I lose from the tab pane is valuable.

I highly recommend pushing through the awkward phase where you’re sure you’re going to hate this browser design. Because once you get past it, you’ll wonder how you ever thought the old way could be better.


> it brings up a modal dialog in the center of the screen

Incredibly tiny modal dialog. I just tried checked one, and it fit 65 characters. Compared to firefox right now, after 112 characters the URL bar is slightly over halfway filled.


Fits 212 characters on mine.


Yup, as I was told in another comment, it requires changing to "Multiple Toolbars or Collapsed Toolbar" instead of changing the URL bar setting, which is not exactly obvious. Posted from Zen for now ;)


Manual URL editing is unbelievably painful on mobile and all the kids only use their phones these days - I guess this includes all the cool kid engineers making browsers.


This is extremely true, especially when holding backspace and when you hold it a bit too long, the speed increases! Trying to remove query parameters, such as used for Google Analytics tracking, can be extremely frustrating.


try control + backspace


Does Zen plan on taking payments at some point? Key part of the idea is paid development.


they have a ko-fi and a patreon, with about a 1000 "subscribers" across both at <unknown> amounts at the moment. it's not exactly enough to promise indefinite support, but tbh i don't really much reason to have that faith from products i've paid for but are closed-source either.


The project's main owner said that the income from the project is enough for him to make it his main job after he finishes university.


I don't understand these comments, both the product and the website is fantastic. This is the most impressive solo project I've seen in my life. I'm especially intrigued by the novel grinder design; and it is amazing that you could fit the motor in there. Top notch industrial design coupled with novel approaches. Almost in too-good-to-be-true land, but I will take your claims at face value. If this all checks out, this is an amazing set of products for the enthusiasts at home at a good price point (considering the market).

And don't get discouraged by the attacks on your web design, I think the website is excellent the way it is. Leave it to some reviewers to go into nitty gritty real world stuff; your website does a great job of showcasing the design language and what's great about the product.


I mean, the problem is the website is designed as if it's trying to hide something from me. Giving the benefit of the doubt, I don't think that's the case, but my, and I think many other's tuned "Something scammy on the internet is going on" alarm bells are going off. So I think that's why the criticism is so harsh.

And generally Show HN's posts are taken as a request for constructive criticism, which I think most are.

Specifically, those two tubes that fade into the darkness is just begging for an explanation.


I think I did make a mistake in not having the product in more real life environments. My kitchen is not very pretty so I set up a little photo area to capture all the images and video. Now I will find some kitchens to borrow.


> My kitchen is not very pretty

I would love to see the machine in a messy kitchen, where it is used to actually make coffee. Because to be honest, looking at the picture, it looks more like a decorative object than a functional coffee machine. Seeing it in its natural environment shows that it is the machine you use to make your own coffee (you do, right?), give some practicality.

To be fair, no one does that, it is not how marketing works, I guess. But here, it is not a regular espresso machine where we can immediately see how it works because we have already seen dozens of them, so a more practical shot saying "it is doesn't just look good on the countertop, it has a function, and that function is to make coffee".


Makes sense! Sounds like an easy fix.

But just from a practical consumer perspective. I want to know more about what the tube and power cable connect to. Since this is designed to be a new novel "compact" espresso machine, I would have higher standards in that regard compared to more conventional machines.


You obviously invested a lot in this product. I think that maybe renting a high end kitchen and bringing a professional photographer would go a long way!


You might need to give something away to make it happen, but an oddball request to an owner selling their nice home would probably work out, even if it took a few tries to find the right fit.


Thank you so much, this really means a lot.


Yeah, this. Anyone who criticizes this project is simply revealing their ignorance of what it takes to build a product like this. Super-impressive. And the web-site looks top-notch too (though there is some constructive criticism in other threads that would improve it). Hard to believe this was a solo project.


> Yeah, this. Anyone who criticizes this project is simply revealing their ignorance of what it takes to build a product like this

I don’t know what it takes to build a computer, but I know what it takes for me to buy one. The feedback given is all constructive from people who are saying that this product is as it’s currently presented to their taste and the customer is always right in matters of taste.

Also there is a matter of knowing your audience. The website looks top notch to people who build websites not to people who buy expensive coffee equipment. There doesn’t seem to be a single non cgi or cgi-like image of the machine or video of it running. These things a trivial to add, so it’s fair to give OP the feedback that this should be added.


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