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Ask HN: What are some apps that feel like magic to you?

3 points by dinnison ↗ HN
For example, using Shazam to identify any song in an instant. What else feels like magic?

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McNutty
ImageMagick.

since you mentioned magic

terminal_d
SQLite. Were it a corporation, it'd be a FAANG.
atomicnature
i3 window manager customized to my liking. No other interface provides me such joy :)
loveparade
Google Maps. We're all taking it for granted, but imagine all the edge cases, complex real-world infrastructure and data analysis that goes into mapping the streets and buildings so well that it actually works, even in small towns.

It's much more impressive than Google Search. Given enough compute/storage, I feel like I can build a search engine. With Google Maps, I would have no idea where to even start.

kickbuttowski
Emacs. Especially these two packages: org mode and magit
thensome
My smart light app that lets me pick any color. Being able to match the outside color temp or turn the lights red at night is awesome and it's kinda crazy to me that we can just do it so easily now
qup
Everything we're doing is magic, we just got used to it.

Email, spotify, wikipedia, all of it.