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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 20/04/2025

It's a weird world where the shittier a piece of software looks, the more I trust it. The fancy looking ones? They're going to steal my data or extort me in pricing or just not work. Crappy looking tools made by some random dude? This shit is going to get the job done and do nothing else.

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Frederick Wessling 🌴🍍 @frwessling.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

because they were scratching their own itch.

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David Lazarus 🌊🇺🇦🇵🇸🌈🎹🎸🎶🎵 @fractalman237.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Is this a rant against open source software or an app created by a small developer team rather than a huge conglomerate corporation?

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Amy N @amyfluidgoth.gamingfluid.co.uk · 20/04/2025

Can’t count the number of times I’ve found a little widget from somewhere like www.nirsoft.net that does exactly what I need it to do and doesn’t try to sell me a subscription or turn out to be gimped unless you pay £50 for a key…

nirsoft.net

freeware utilities: password recovery, system utilities, desktop utilities - For Windows

Unique collection of freeware desktop utilities, system utilities, password recovery tools, and more

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JoJoSmile @j0j0smile.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

@carlbottcher.bsky.social Yes!

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Bonnie Patterson @bonniepatterson.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Malwarebytes (looks shitty) vs Avast (Oooh green tabbed menus) is a perfect example. Malwarebytes works well and is unobtrusive. Avast behaves like adware and constantly spams you if you try not renewing your subscription.

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erroneousbosch.bsky.social @erroneousbosch.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

As a professional web developer, this is how I feel when judging websites for businesses.

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WRKR @wrkr.art · 20/04/2025

It's so true though. I have many tiny little "indie" tools on my computer that do what I need them to better and less suspiciously than any big name or service oriented software I've ever used.

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ResidentGremlin 💿🟢 @residentgremlin.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

It's part of why I trust WinRAR with my life.

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SpookyKrysz👻 @edwoodk.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

AI-FREE

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cherfan75.bsky.social @cherfan75.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

bsky.app/profile/cher...

@cherfan75.bsky.social@cherfan75.bsky.social

Ok, so let me get this straight…. -The tech reich indoctrinated the base using AI and disinformation bots… -The base was programmed to vote for a morally corrupt greed monger to do their bidding who stands the most to gain (money and power) from tearing down Democracy (enter yarvin, stage right…)

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Erikk Shupp @shupp.dev · 20/04/2025

We'll just from a design aspect as well the aesthetic - usability effect is also real.

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Oddesu @oddesu.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I installed openRGB for my keyboard this week to not have to have G Hub running and this is very accurate.

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Now What?? @mraulston.word.expert · 21/04/2025

I have a macro tool thst creates reusable fields in Word docs. Downloaded it from a site that is "best viewed in Netscape Navigator". Interface is 100% Win98. Author asks for a PayPal donation if useful. It's a workhorse and has never failed. Sent him $100 and a note. He wrote me back an hour later.

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Lucian V. Ghost @lucianvghost.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

VLC Media Player, OBS, Paint.Net. Heck, for screen recording back in the day you couldn't really get better than Fraps, and that had the most down to earth basic interface you could get! And it still does to this day!

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Phillip Rees @phillip-rees.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Bonus points if the software is a teenager and still slowly edging towards the 0.9 release. No feature creep there. cowlark.com/2025-03-08-u...

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Cole @colechuchu.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Do you have any examples of alternatives for common apps?

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Meowdelyn🏳️‍⚧️ @meowdelyn.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

The Keygens of yesteryear tried to warn us.

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"Falme" Teclado Macio Da Urna Eletronica @falme.com.br · 20/04/2025

Probably because the creator of the shitty software that get things done also have the same problem, got tired of it, and created the software in their spare time.

media.tenor.com

a cartoon character from cn dexter 's laboratory

Alt: a cartoon character from cn dexter 's laboratory with the text "I'll just have to handle the whole job by myself"

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Spookbar & Death @borgmamel.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

non-standard keyboard shortcuts for basic things like save, copy, paste? ohhhh baby now we're cooking

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The MicahNR @micahnr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

media.tenor.com

a woman says it 's true in front of a neon sign

ALT: a woman says it 's true in front of a neon sign

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Nick Williams @wicky.nillia.ms · 21/04/2025

Audacity is the prime example imo

"There's also a spot at the other extreme for products that look like absolute dog shit but are rock solid, fast, stable, have been feature complete since before you were born, would trust your life in its hands. Thinking random open source tools like audacity"

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Paul Murphy -> 🦖🦖🦖 @paulmurphyetc.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

They should all look like they are Win-95 native.

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Robin @solarise.dev · 20/04/2025

The most reliable piece of software you’ve ever used and its “About” menu is a popup with a 3 frame gif of a cat from 1996

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Attackmuffin @demonicdonut.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I feel the same way about my slider or taco place

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Alexi Wolfe @alexiwolfe.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Fancy looks mean bloat. I assure you, sound card drivers do NOT need to be 500mb in size

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Sid Meier's Trash Fire @neurionsa.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Give me software that looks like it's stuck in the Windows 9x era

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buffoon banana @fractalnebulae.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I have a crappy looking tool (not a euphemism) I'm hoping to share with the world but it's too crappy looking

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ByHappenstance : 🏳️‍⚧️ Marble Lady : Tarot Reader @constellationmap.space · 20/04/2025

See also, a YouTube guide made using old equipment by someone from Eastern Europe or Southern Asia. I've got such a strong faith in help videos like that, that should I try it and it didn't work I assume I fucked up a step.

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Double T @double-t-teahouse.neocities.org · 20/04/2025

All a GUI needs to do is the bare minimum to help the programmer who made it perform the task they created it to do when they inevitably open it back up six months later for whatever, because they WILL forget the exact method of how to use it in that span of time and absolutely did NOT write notes.

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Deriv'era @deriviera.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

What if a single dude is really good at UI

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Harry Belmont @coyderspider.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I feel the same way with certain websites. Some of those older sites who have not updated their style to the new "scroll" look are just easier to navigate.

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Gumiho’s Spooky Base🦊🤖🫩 @gumihosb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

My work uses a program that turns pdfs into excel tables. Program hasn’t been updated since 2012. Has the old old twitter logo in the corner.

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AJC @xyzzy.cryptoanarchy.network · 20/04/2025

The "beauty" of open source software :)

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Ω 👑 🥷🏻 🔨 @rabbitpellets.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

GIVE ME A COMMAND LINE & ARGUMENTS!

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Kyle Kirkpatrick @makenothing.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I feel this way about skeuomorphism in audio tools. The more the plugin looks like physical hardware the harder they are trying to trick me into thinking it sounds good. While the truly best tools just have simple graphs and actual computer interfaces.

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Justin. @uhjustin.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

If the settings are some janky tabs and radio buttons and check boxes, you’re golden.

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Matthew Best @matthewbest.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Never trust a toolbox that isn't full of scuffed, banged up tools.

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owled-star.bsky.social @owled-star.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

#9Front has the terrible look, and also it has the appearance from a alternate timeline of where somehow nobody wanted to copy Apple in the Ui department. And it originates from a successor OS to #UNIX created by said creators of UNIX.

9Front running in the UTM virtualization/emulator package.

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kernstephen25.bsky.social @kernstephen25.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Reminds me of when I upgraded from WinDirStat to WizTree, wiz is infinitely faster and cuts down on unnecessary features that I don't need from wds

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Seann with Two N's @jinglespigtails.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

even enterprise-level tools—the one that looked like it was cooked on Windows 95 did exactly what it was supposed to, all in one program; we updated to a new system where every task used its own app that all worked differently and broke all the time.

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Qale @blueghostskater.com · 21/04/2025

I pick my software solely dependent on if I think it may whip a llama’s ass.

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Jacques Broquard @jacquesbroquard.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Handbrake has this quality.

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Beagle 🏴 🏳️‍⚧️ @afriendlybeagle.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Yes! IrfanView is my go-to example of this software archetype. It's only a few months younger than me at 28, and like it looks absolutely ancient - but it's also 3mb in size, lightning fast, and uses an order of magnitudrum fewer resources than the Windows 11 calculator.

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ANPERSAND 🎼⭕️ @anpersand.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

especially if it has no ‘app’ and it’s just a set of buttons <eg. clownfish>

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lezmaster laehg @sleepwearthatsnice.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

ive been sayin since time immemorial no software should be able to look like anything besides VLC without skins

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Neitherman @neitherman.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

If it looks like they've been maintaining it since Windows 98 it's gonna have the most hideous UI but fastest code execution you've ever seen. Regarding price, they will only have a donation link to their Paypal.

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staryoshi06.bsky.social @staryoshi06.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

i wish this was as true with niche corporate software

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NYAIHILIST_P 💧🙏 @nyaihilist-p.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

this is a really good point yk

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.bonfire @bonfireblythe.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I think there's also an analog to music for this. A bit more difficult to describe tho.

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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 20/04/2025

It's the same thing as anything that comes with a hand formatted txt file. You know that file is going to tell you everything you need to know.

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Commoner @jadedpraxis.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

simple software from github: doesn't require anything, no subscription, no email, no account, download, unpack, double click and it functions instantly fancy software from slick site: requires martian DLL, subscription, two linked accounts, installs weird extra shit, double click and the OS hangs

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sedme @sedme.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I really gotta get around to learning OpenSCAD

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Brian Fenton @fentie.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Limewire? Virus city... Slsk? it still fit on a 3.5" floppy

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Graham Cummins @grahamiancummins.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Growth-hacking you can _see_!

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Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Shit's got zero bloat, too. You can run that thing on a toaster.

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Cameron Craig 🎲🎨 @cameroncraig.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I always think of this tool when stuff like this comes up cause it’s genuinely so useful and cool despite looking like hot garbage.

A very messy UI for the Bulk Rename Utility program.

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Hearse-t in Show (please see pinned) @worstinshow.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

If you download a program and it's a plain gray-on-white interface in a window that looks like something from Windows 95, that's a piece of software that gets shit done

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