Ask HN: What's your current "ecosystem"/dev stack/tools that you use to build?

3 adinhitlore 1 8/27/2025, 10:36:40 PM
Assuming you're a developer of course, in my case:

Programming: Python 3.11, cygwin/gcc 11.5.0, visual studio 2017 community, Arduino legacy 1.8.19, postgresql 13.

These ^ are often used if not on a daily basis.

As to software that i have installed but almost never use or use it but not as a main tool:

Mysql, Apache, php 7, ubuntu/vmware, pgadmin, sony vegas, photoshop, python 2, Qt, nano, visual studio 2022, unity 5. <- All of them are either used ages ago or like 1-2 times/month or less these days or in the case of Apache: mostly used to visualize the database via the ancient pgphpmyadmin-php 7 frontend.

What I'm planning to use: Ring programming language interpreter...likely just a test/playing.

What I'm never going to use: VS code, vim/neovim, eclipse/android studio, reasons: VS code - kind of defies the purpose when you have studio and notepadd++. VIM: too weird again given nano and notepadd++, eclipse: zero interest in Java (i know it can be used and for other things).

I would assume most people here are vim-ubuntu-qt or VS code/Python 3 kind of folks or whatever the use in Rust or Go.

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bigyabai · 7h ago
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