For me, it’s CAD software. FreeCAD is trash (sorry, lovers). Fusion360 is honestly the best out there for free. The “almost there” app is Shapr3D, but fuck $40/m.

And yes I’ve tried all the others not listed here.

  • spectrums_coherence@piefed.socialEnglish
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    11 days ago

    This might be controversial, but I want yet another code editor.

    Hear me out, I write very little code, but when I do, they are usually in widely different programming languages, and many of them have a comparatively small user base, like Haskell, Ocaml, Lean, Agda, and Rocq. Most of the time I write LaTeX and/or Typst all day, so I need:

    1. an editor that sandbox really well, there is no way I am trusting all my coding environment with my entire user space.
    2. an editor that don’t require much tinkering: if it can get to 80% there, I am willing to learn the rest, but I don’t want an editor that get 20% there and force me to pull 80 different package just to do things.
    3. preview LaTeX and Typst within the sandbox, ideally just in editor, so I don’t need to configure synctex.
    4. reasonable support for comparatively obscure languages
    5. not controlled by a big tech like Microsoft.

    So far, I am only able to find vscodium in flatpak that is close to my desire, but it is still mostly controlled by Microsoft.