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Ask HN: Black Friday Discounts/Specials

37 points by agent86 ↗ HN
It's that time of year, but I haven't seen a HN thread about it yet. I believe last year folks had some Github repos setup with information, and the thread comments had some additional great leads and special discounts for HN users from some places.

What are you looking for, or what have you found this year?

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PaulHoule
Meta has a 40% off sale on a lot of software for the Meta Quest headsets.
pesfandiar
Not to be facetious, but to stay rational, I always consider the ultimate Black Friday Special: 100% off on stuff I don't really need.
gsuuon
The true savings were in front of us all along
arde
The traditional TradingView black Friday discount always deserves a mention. Although this year it's only 40% off the Plus plan, the Premium one costs only one dollar more so there's that.
dennywang
I want to promote my own app, which is a new window manager for the macOS, with a 50% discount during Black Friday

https://wins.cool

dormento
Just wanted to say this is awesome (with pardon for the window manager related pun). I really missed this when I had to use Apple hardware a couple years ago.I know there are other solutions, but this seems really elegant, I'm just not sold on the way the floating bar works, because the area where you "drop" the window does not correlate 100% with the position its going to occupy. Maybe if it appeared closer to where you started draggin instead of the top of the screen? Either way, bravo.

PS: even though its nice to have instantaneous feedback. Often when you start arranging you don't really know how you'd like the windows do fit, its kind of a "try it until it feels good thing". This apparently does it really well.

keridil
Love it! I wanted to say thank you for this.
asicsp
My "Understanding Python re(gex)?" ebook is FREE (https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/py_regex/FestiveOffer) and "All 13 Books Bundle" (https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/all-books/FestiveOffer) is $10 (normal price $32)

>I believe last year folks had some Github repos setup with information

Probably this one: https://github.com/trungdq88/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Mond...

I've collated a few deals on Python, Django, Git, CSS, etc here: https://learnbyexample.github.io/programming-deals-2023/

brunobrito
Here are some nice deals that caught my eye:

Desktop apps:

- 1 year of Setapp on StackSocial (https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/setapp-personal-mac-plan-1...) for $68 with coupon SAVEBIG20

- Tower (https://www.git-tower.com/), my favorite Git client, is 50% off

- Kaleidoscope (https://kaleidoscope.app), my favorite diff tool, is 40% off with code BLACKFRIDAY23

- Proxyman (https://proxyman.io/) is 30% off with code PROXYMAN_BLACKFRIDAY_2023

- DevUtils (https://devutils.com/) is 50% off

- MindMac (https://mindmac.app/index.html) is 55% off

Some other nice deals I found:

- Trickster (https://www.apparentsoft.com/trickster) is 50% off (very useful to quickly access recently modified files)

- Pixelmator Pro (https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/) and the Affinity bundle (https://affinity.serif.com/) are 50% off

- Workspaces (https://www.apptorium.com/workspaces) is 40% off (useful to launch multiple apps, files, and websites linked to a project)

- Sensei (https://cindori.com/sensei) is 50% off

Also:

- Tailwind-UI + Refactoring UI Bundle (https://tailwindui.com/all-access) for $229 (30% off)

- GoRails (https://gorails.com/) - the annual plan is 36% off

Regarding the GH repos you mentioned, these list many other deals:

- https://github.com/mRs-/Black-Friday-Deals

- https://github.com/twf-nikhila/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Mo...

- https://github.com/trungdq88/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Mond...

gcj
Just a note: Proxyman is now included in Setapp, so you don't need both!
elashri
DevUtils and Workspaces are also included in Setapp.
vunderba
Stating that Tower is your favorite git client with a profile that says "Bruno is the Content Marketing Developer of Tower, the popular Git desktop client that helps more than 100,000 developers around the world." without a disclaimer of your affiliation is rather disingenuous.

If you're going to try to surreptitiously promote your own product, at least try to be a little less blatant.

LorenDB
I got a Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB SSD for just $90. Unfortunately the sale seems to be over now.
nanovision
A few bf deals that caught my attention:

Usermaven: Privacy-friendly web analytics. Code: LIFETIME5 (5% off). TweetSmash: To export and sync Twitter bookmarks. Code: SPECIAL40 (40% off). ZimmWriter AI: AI writer for Windows. Code: SPECIAL15 ($15 off). JoinSecret: Startup perks platform for founders. Code: SECRETFORLIFE. Recut: Automatic video editing app. Code: SPECIAL10 ($10 off). SignHouse: Alternative to DocuSign. Code: LIFETIMO15BF (15% off). Greenshift WP plugin: Code: BFCM35 (35% off). Blitzit: Productivity tool for Windows and MacOS. Code: SPECIAL30 (30% off). MonsterONE: Unlimited WordPress content library. Code: SPECIAL10 (40% + 10% off). SaaS Pegasus: Fast AI product building tool. 50% off. QuickWrite AI: Write books faster. Lifetime deal at $297. Zynith SEO Plugin: Code: SPECIAL68 (68% off). CodeSmash: No-code MVP creation platform. Code: LIFETIMO5 (5% off). BugMonitor: Plugin to detect website errors. Code: SPECIAL10 (10% off).

I have curated a lot many more from various sources here: https://lifetimo.com/deal/black-friday/

coreymaass
I launched a new WordPress plugin a few months ago and we’re offering a Black Friday deal. OMGIMG ( http://omgimg.co/ ) is for editing featured images and generating Open Graph images inside WordPress. We’re offering 50% off forever!
tomaslau
I worked on https://saas.blackfriday featuring 40+ deals of marketing, SEO, sales, CRM, dev, product, and business software.

Deals vary from extended trials, extra credits, discounts to lifetime plans. Ending soon.