What's in your dock?
I was recently reminded of @Dockhunt and how fun it was to see what kinds of apps different folks kept in their dock. I remember it being a cool way to discover some new products I hadn't seen before. I'm also just a big fan of desktop apps over web apps. I find it a lot easier to stay focused when I'm flipping between apps vs flipping between tabs.
These are the apps in my dock:
@Google Chrome - Pretty basic. I've really been considering switching over to @Horse though.
@Slack - The de facto option.
@Superhuman - Maybe the fastest I've become a fan of a product. I think I was pushing it on others within a few hours.
@Notion - Great for documentation and collaborating. I also use it personally for tracking books I read and video games I play, along with tracking personal projects.
Notion Calendar - The menu bar aspect of this is really what sold me. It makes it so much easier to stay on top of my meetings every day.
@Linear - We just recently switched over to Linear here at @Product Hunt and I've been loving it. Pro tip: if you prefer the desktop app, there's a setting to open links in the app, but you can only set that option through the web version.
@iTerm2 - I've tried others, but this is my favorite. This + @Neovim is just 👌
@Claude by Anthropic - This has been my LLM of choice for a while, and I really like having it as a desktop app. Especially the keyboard shortcut to quickly bring it up and ask something.
@Tandem - Super easy to stay in touch and sync with teammates. Incredibly useful for a remote team.
@Spotify - I typically have a YouTube video on in the background, but if I'm writing or doing something more focused, I'll typically have some kind of Jazz going.
What products have earned a permanent spot in your dock? What am I missing out on?
What's your experience with linear? pros and cons? 🙏
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@sentry_co For context, I've only been using it for about 2 months at this point, so still relatively new.
Pros:
I love how keyboard driven it is.
It feels very fast to use in general.
I really like how it integrates with and displays GitHub info.
Kind of a small thing, but I like that it makes some auto suggestions when creating a task.
While not particularly actionable, I like the stats and data it shows for projects.
Cons:
I haven't had the best luck with searching. That's maybe on me, but I have had a bit of a hard time finding specific tasks later on.
Small con, but I've stumbled around trying to find some options for connecting or moving issues. But, their docs have been helpful and so far we've always been able to find a solution.
I'm still digging in and learning how to make the most of it, but so far I'm very happy with it!
We overlap with Tandem, iTerm2, Slack, Chrome, Spotify.
I add:
@Obsidian
@Todoist
@Sublime
Because Todoist is for the "real" Todos. Obsidian is for notes. And Sublime is for "I just need the a text editor that doesn't take forever".
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@steveb I really really want to like @Obsidian, but I just haven't clicked with it. I've tried to start using it twice, but I've never been able to fully switch over.
I actually really loved @Todoist, but I stopped using it because the desktop app was using a massive amount of memory and slowing my computer down. If that's no longer an issue, I would absolutely go back.
Claude is my LLM of choice as well. What's so great about Superhuman?
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@leah_madden I send a lot of emails and I get pulled into a lot of email threads. Prior to @Superhuman, I was just using gmail and I found myself having to do a lot of repetitive things for sending emails. It was also difficult to keep up with the threads I was being added to, and I never had inbox zero.
Now, I heavily use the snippets feature in Superhuman to cut down on repetitive writing. That's saved me a ton of time. The ability to leave comments and tag team members on threads has also helped significantly in being pulled into email threads and staying organized. The reminder feature is also super helpful in letting me clear out my inbox without fully losing an email I need to follow up with later.
I'm also not usually a big fan of predictive text, but theirs is extremely good, and I use it all the time.
Plus, the whole app is extremely keyboard driven which is always a huge plus for me.
At a high level, it significantly speeds up all the work I do around emails and makes all of that work much more organized and sane.
minimalist phone: creating folders
I use daily these:
– CapCut
– Figma
– Jira
– Photopea
– Slack
– YouTube (Don't judge me. I use it instead of Spotify) :D
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@busmark_w_nika No judgment on YouTube haha! That's primarily what I use as well. Spotify is mostly just kind of a backup.
Basedash
Wild to see you bring back up Dockhunt. We still use it as the demo db for Basedash, but I must admit I'm always interested to see that new people are signing up even this long after launch. Could be a fun one if we circled back and gave it some more love. What made you think of it?
My dock has changed a lot since we launched. I should probably update it.
https://www.dockhunt.com/users/tomjohndesign
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@tomjohndesign That's super cool! Yeah, I think a lot of people would love to see a re-launch of it on PH with some updates.
I was actually talking to someone the other day about how I'm much more of a desktop app person than a website person, and I was showing them all the desktop apps I use in my dock. It just reminded of Dockhunt. It's one of those products that just really stuck in my head from when it launched, because it's such a cool idea.
I'd love to see an updated version of what you're using now!