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Ask HN: What products do you love and recommend to others?

baobaba 11y ago
Trello, Basecamp, Macbook laptop, The Art of War book.
monroepe 11y ago
I love recommending books. Here is one: Red Rising by Pierce Brown. http://www.amazon.com/Red-Rising-The-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B00CVS2J80/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1 http://www.amazon.com/Red-Rising-The-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B...
jamblesjumbles 11y ago
Even though it is my app, I really do love Portfolio - a really awesome way to keep up-to-date with the stocks you care about (iPhone only): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/portfolio-instantly-know-whats/id974217998 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/portfolio-instantly-know-wha...
- jonathanmendes 11y ago
  oh man that's beautiful - did you use webkit or native?
  - jamblesjumbles 11y ago
    Thanks! It is all native.
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partisan 11y ago
The Macbook Pro Retina. The quality of the product is undeniable and the performance is amazing given the form factor. The display and touchpad spoil you and make it difficult to downgrade to any other hardware. Like a lot of people, I was upset about the lack of upgrade capabilities, but with 16gb of ram and a 512gb ssd, I think this laptop will suffice for lifetime I expect to get from it (5 - 6 years).
- jonathanmendes 11y ago
  Is yours post-first-gen? I had a first-gen and it was sluggish + sounded like a jet when I was viewing any websites with Javascript :(
  - partisan 11y ago
    I don't believe so. It's a late 2013 model, version 11,3. It gets somewhat hot, but I don't often use it on my lap directly. Also, I am running a windows VM through VMWare Fusion and many browser tabs. For some reason iTunes is a real battery killer and makes the laptop run hot, but I use it to listen to podcasts and music all day so I keep it running unless I need to conserve on battery power.
    - siquick 11y ago
      I had the iTunes issue and solved it by disabling "Check for new software updates automatically" within iTunes Preferences->Advanced
tobylane 11y ago
AudioTechnica M50. There's three variants, I went for straight cabled. Great headphones at a sensible point in the endless quality/price line. One of few of this quality that don't need an amp from an ipod. Kindle. I have a keyboard, I believe that's a specific generation. It doesn't get a lot of use but its so much better than a backlist iPhone. In general just pay well for things. Low end androids are awful, high end androids and iphone are fantastic. Free isp supplied routers are usually terrible for considerable use. There are a few exceptions, I think the Independent paper is the cheapest of the dailies?
- jonathanmendes 11y ago
  Yeah the M50s are awesome! Two of my friends also have the straight cable which introduced me to AudioTechnica, and I ended up getting a pair of ATH-PRO700MK2s.
- siquick 11y ago
  Can also highly recommed the M50x model, if just for the interchangeable cable.
ofcapl_ 11y ago
Asus Zenbook UX32LN - love the quality and the design of this product. Lately I've installed Windows on external drive and made a home (steam) console for gaming in spare time. It has also good support of linux drivers (multi-touch, touch-to-click, click-to-click, keyboard shortcuts etc.) MVMT watches - despite the fact of poor quality of the strap the design of the watches is awesome. Nokia Lumia 735 - good battery life, beautiful OS, awesome performance, nice price. Ikea qi charger (for Lumia) - beautiful, minimalistic design.

Trello, Basecamp, Macbook laptop, The Art of War book.

I love recommending books. Here is one: Red Rising by Pierce Brown. http://www.amazon.com/Red-Rising-The-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B00CVS2J80/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1 http://www.amazon.com/Red-Rising-The-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B...

jamblesjumbles 11y ago

Even though it is my app, I really do love Portfolio - a really awesome way to keep up-to-date with the stocks you care about (iPhone only): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/portfolio-instantly-know-whats/id974217998 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/portfolio-instantly-know-wha...

jonathanmendes 11y ago
oh man that's beautiful - did you use webkit or native?
- jamblesjumbles 11y ago
  Thanks! It is all native.
deleted 11y ago
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partisan 11y ago

The Macbook Pro Retina. The quality of the product is undeniable and the performance is amazing given the form factor. The display and touchpad spoil you and make it difficult to downgrade to any other hardware. Like a lot of people, I was upset about the lack of upgrade capabilities, but with 16gb of ram and a 512gb ssd, I think this laptop will suffice for lifetime I expect to get from it (5 - 6 years).

jonathanmendes 11y ago
Is yours post-first-gen? I had a first-gen and it was sluggish + sounded like a jet when I was viewing any websites with Javascript :(
- partisan 11y ago
  I don't believe so. It's a late 2013 model, version 11,3. It gets somewhat hot, but I don't often use it on my lap directly. Also, I am running a windows VM through VMWare Fusion and many browser tabs. For some reason iTunes is a real battery killer and makes the laptop run hot, but I use it to listen to podcasts and music all day so I keep it running unless I need to conserve on battery power.
  - siquick 11y ago
    I had the iTunes issue and solved it by disabling "Check for new software updates automatically" within iTunes Preferences->Advanced

tobylane 11y ago

AudioTechnica M50. There's three variants, I went for straight cabled. Great headphones at a sensible point in the endless quality/price line. One of few of this quality that don't need an amp from an ipod. Kindle. I have a keyboard, I believe that's a specific generation. It doesn't get a lot of use but its so much better than a backlist iPhone. In general just pay well for things. Low end androids are awful, high end androids and iphone are fantastic. Free isp supplied routers are usually terrible for considerable use. There are a few exceptions, I think the Independent paper is the cheapest of the dailies?

jonathanmendes 11y ago
Yeah the M50s are awesome! Two of my friends also have the straight cable which introduced me to AudioTechnica, and I ended up getting a pair of ATH-PRO700MK2s.
siquick 11y ago
Can also highly recommed the M50x model, if just for the interchangeable cable.

ofcapl_ 11y ago

Asus Zenbook UX32LN - love the quality and the design of this product. Lately I've installed Windows on external drive and made a home (steam) console for gaming in spare time. It has also good support of linux drivers (multi-touch, touch-to-click, click-to-click, keyboard shortcuts etc.) MVMT watches - despite the fact of poor quality of the strap the design of the watches is awesome. Nokia Lumia 735 - good battery life, beautiful OS, awesome performance, nice price. Ikea qi charger (for Lumia) - beautiful, minimalistic design.