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App Development
Visual Studio Code - Edit and run code
Sublime Text - Edit text files
SWI-Prolog - Run Prolog code
Vim - Edit text on the command line on UNIX and macOS
Windows Subsystem for Linux - Run a GNU/Linux environment on Windows without virtual machine overhead
Communication
Discord - Chat with others
Apple Messages - Send and receive text messages on your Mac
Data Management
yt-dlp - Download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites
Mp3tag - Edit audio file metadata
MusicBrainz Picard - Tag music files
Rufus - Create bootable USB drives
Handbrake - Convert video files to other formats
Rufus - Create bootable USB drives
DB Browser for SQLite - View and edit SQLite database files
WinDirStat - Visualize filesystem usage on Windows
Ninite - Install and update all your programs at once
SDelete - Securely delete files on Windows
dupeGuru - Find and delete duplicate files in a system
Data Storage
Dropbox - Store data in Dropbox's cloud
Backblaze - Back up your data easily and securely
VeraCrypt - Securely store your files on virtual encrypted disks
Image Editing
Paint.NET - Edit images and photos on Windows
LightShot - Take screenshots effortlessly
Learning
Spotify - Listen to music and podcasts
Goodreads - Share and receive book recommendations
Feedly - Stay up to date with web content
Libby - Borrow ebooks and audiobooks from your library
Lego
Bricklink - Buy and sell Lego sets and parts online
Bricklink Studio - Create Lego 3D models
Privacy
uBlock Origin - Block ads in web browsers
Mullvad VPN - Access the Internet privately from anywhere
Productivity
News Feed Eradicator - Remove addictiveness of social sites
Obsidian - Create your own knowledge base
f.lux - Adjust screen display colors to help you sleep
Google Keep - Take notes and lists
Tailscale - Simply connect your devices with a virtual private network
VLC media player - Play almost any video, audio, or image file
Shopping
eBay - Buy and sell anything online
Splitwise - Split expenses with friends
Virtualization
VirtualBox - Run an operating system inside a virtual machine
Web Browsing
Mozilla Firefox - Visit websites
Earth View from Google Earth - See a beautiful image from Google Earth on blank tabs
Web Debugging
cURL - Transfer data via command line or library
Fiddler - Log and modify HTTP(S) traffic with a Windows GUI
mitmproxy - Intercept HTTP(S) traffic from the command line
Nmap - Understand networks and their security
Web Hosting
PuTTy - Run interactive command-line sessions on remote computers
WinSCP - Copy files between local and remote computers
Let's Encrypt - Generate SSL certificates so visitors can securely access your site
nginx - Serve websites and services
Jekyll - Create static websites
DigitalOcean - Serve websites from a virtual environment
Plex - Stream from your media server
Windows Debugging
Process Explorer - See which Windows program has a particular file or directory open
Process Monitor - Observe realtime access to the Windows filesystem
Autoruns - Manage which Windows programs launch at startup