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Drat, I was hoping you were the creator. Being able to exclude tags (iOS apps for example) would make this very valuable.
I am :) I just added a filtering box where you can type something in. Excluding is just a tad too complicated a UI to make simple enough in a short time, so it's include-only for now.
Here are a couple of my apps on sale. I'd be happy to give coupons to HN users - shoot me an email: haseebq _at_ jumpdesktop.com

Jump Desktop RDP & VNC for iOS: $15 -> $10: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jump-desktop-remote-desktop/...

Jump Desktop RDP & VNC for Mac: $30 -> $15: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jump-desktop-remote-desktop/...

Does Jump Desktop support RDP file transfer using copy/paste? I looked at the product description but didn't see this noted.
No it doesn't support copy-paste file transfers yet. Supports folder redirection though.
The Design+Code deal links to dealroundup.io instead of designcode.io.
Thanks, that's fixed now.
I expected more, nothing really interesting on that list. Just the usual suspects, the same old Mac software that's (1) always on sale or (2) bundled up every few months.
I had the same thought. Now I remember that most of the best software for developers is already open source.
Simply not true on Windows. Hardly true on OS X, but otherwise, yes, gcc is free.
Reading this list makes me happy I develop for/with Linux.
Eh, the fact that there are a lot of paid software for Mac is not indication of the lack of open source software. It only suggests a healthy market.

There a lot of open source software for Mac, too, and I frankly does not use any software on this list. In fact, the POSIX nature of Mac OS X means that the majority of open source software on Linux are also available for OS X.

I never understand this mindset, where OS X having a thriving independent software ecosystem -- something that I would expect HN to support, startups doing well and all that -- is a negative.
People just want to make (even more) money.
The only software I pay for is my IDE :).
Indeed. They should call it "Mac Friday" deals. Sqlite manager pro? Really? Someone would pay for that?
Where is Sublime and IntelliJ Idea???? They are the only ones that matter :D
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use emacs
You're being a bit irresponsible, people are not really the same after embracing Emacs. First you try to understand what's the deal with all these parens and year later you frown at almost everything that isn't Lisp.
Got one course from udemy at $19, not bad.
I'd like to find a great course that teaches design to developers. In particular, mobile or web.
I haven't gone through the course so I can't vouch for it, but perhaps this is of interest:

http://bitfountain.io/course/ios-design/?couponCode=general

For people who purchased the iOS 8 course based on Swift, there is a further discount to $39 until Monday (not sure if this applies to people who haven't yet purchased the course, so caveat emptor).

Maybe you should consider finding a designer who wants to do developing, and take turns teaching eachother.
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30% off Bvckup 2 - https://bvckup2.com/purchase/?code=BF2014

Not a dev tool per se, just a general purpose app that may come handy as a part of the development pipeline. Here's the Show HN I made several months ago - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8027405

Off topic, but kudos for your product site - I think it's functionally and aesthetically very well done.

The annotated UI pagers on the homepage are neat.

Thanks. I was actually going to redo it soon, but mostly just the pitch, not the styling.
https://pragprog.com/ has 50% off all books. I don't see that listed here.
aren't those for ebooks?
That is true, the discount is only good for e-books.

I hardly even thought to make the distinction. These days, for technical topics anyway, the "e-" prefix is just as optional for "book" as "mail".

> These days, for technical topics anyway, the "e-" prefix is just as optional for "book" as "mail".

No, it's not. If you sell me a book, and it turns out to be an ebook, that's a scam, and I'm getting my money back. Technical topics or not.

It feels very much bait and switch cause their big seller isn't eligible. You don't know that until you add it to the cart and try the coupon code though.
We're giving WakaTime premium out for the student price for 1 yr (applies to team plan too). Student price is $5. Use this coupon code on the billing page:

HACKERS-GIVE-THANKS https://wakatime.com/

What if you're an existing customer?
It's meant for new customers, but send me an email :)
Can't see why this is getting downvoted. HN is becoming rampant with downvoters who don't even bother to leave a comment :(
Pity that jetbrains didn't join the party (I know they are Czeck). At least, I got me some little snitch && pixelmator 50% off which it nice.
It seems they haven't had a sale in ages, which is a shame because I really want Pycharm but won't pay full wack for it.
For pycharm, the community edition has done me an excellent service. but it's true that I'm far from a power user.
>It seems they haven't had a sale in ages, which is a shame because I really want Pycharm but won't pay full wack for it.

They've dramatically reduced discounts since they introduced the Community edition. I can't blame them, tbh. Try the CE, it might be enough for what you need.

Sorry, not picking on you, but statements like yours kind of bug me. You want a quality product yet refuse to pay what the developers have determined is both fair for their development and continued evolution and support for their product? Well, then, use something else.

Disclosure: No relationship to Jetbrains other than being a happy customer who paid "full wack". I do wish they'd improve their support though. My experience has been it's mostly crickets for a while before you hear back.

I'm surprised why this upsets you? You are making a fundamental assumption that price is somehow connected to input costs. This is not true for anything other than commodities. An experienced marketer was giving a talk in one of my biz classes in school when someone asked him how one much one can sell X for. His response was ... however much you can sell it for :-p

So tldr ... pricing for all non-essential goods is a game played by the seller and buyer. No one should be upset :)

That is weird, because they did have an end of the world sale at something like 75% of if you brought a years worth of upgrades, so they are not against using silly days to sell merc.
That sale was nuts. I think everything was like $12 or something insane like that. Picked up RedMine and AppCode myself.
OP: There's a typo in the title for ReadKit:

> ReadKit RRS reader

(should read RSS).

Good catch! Fixed.
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near the bottom of the the list is a course for sale:

"How To Market Yourself as a Developer"

it's regularly $599, but wait, now it's $299 but today it's on sale for $190!

sounds like somebody definitely has the marketing part figured out