Ask HN: Where do you research tools/libraries to use for your projects?

10 points by vaughan 4y ago ↗ HN

There are new tools and libraries popping up everyday that look to improve developer productivity/experience.

For me, it's a manual process of scanning Twitter/Google/Podcasts/HackerNews/Reddit/Github Trending to stay up-to-date.

Interested to know what sites people use, and what their process is, and what pains they experience with this process.

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Rekanice 4y ago ↗

ProductHunt for exploring & Google when I'm looking for something specific. Thanks for mentioning Github Trending!

bartmika 4y ago ↗

I would type in "Golang" (for example) into Github search, then order by most stars and then see what the trends are and investigate any particular libraries that catch my interest.

thedevindevops 4y ago ↗

Search most popular nuget/pypi packages and read up on them

satya71 4y ago ↗

Several people maintain awesome-x lists. Those, GitHub search and web search are my go to resources.