Ask HN: “tools wiki”

[GmeSalazar]

Is there anything like a curated list or Wiki of Software Engineering tools; a place where you'd go to see what tools are used for a given task. For instance, tools for Configuration Management, frameworks for Web dev, Database systems, etc.

[rpeden]

The awesome lists you'll find on Github sound like they might be what you want, e.g. awesome-docker, awesome-flask, awesome-elixir, etc etc.

You can find a curated master list of awesome lists here: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome

[GmeSalazar]

Thanks for sharing, that list of lists is great.

[p_b_r]

Zeef appears to have curation down to a science: https://zeef.com/

Examples: https://linux.zeef.com and https://databases.zeef.com

[GmeSalazar]

Thanks for sharing!

[stephenr]

Honestly I'd much prefer to see more "comparison" type sites/pages.

Saying "use X for config management" does nothing but create a culture of followers who have no real idea why they do what they do.

Instead, pick a topic and try learning about the pros and cons of the available tools/solutions, and then consider the implications of using it for your environment (or for different types of environments if you do client work for example, and then experiment with it.

[GmeSalazar]

Definitely. What I was looking for was a quick way to see what tools are trending in given niches. Stackshare achieves that.

[GmeSalazar]

The awesome lists project is interesting as well, but it lacks some sort of ordering.

[yonasb]

We've got a good number of tools on StackShare https://stackshare.io/categories

[GmeSalazar]

This is also great, thanks for sharing. Very informative without being overwhelming.

[kluck]

What is the purpose of such lists? Aren't you just going to search via google or directly on github anyway?

My point is: A list is not worth much, if the criteria used for selecting the list's items, are not clearly stated.