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11 pointsrixrax2y ago20 comments

Over the years I've purchased variety of software from software VPNs to text editors from BlackFriday deals. This years I don't have anything specific on my mind, so I thought I might as well ask the hive mind to send pointers to BlackFriday deals for (great!) software. Thanks!

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troymc2y ago· 4 in thread

Affinity makes some great alternatives to Photoshop and Illustrator (and you only pay for it once rather than monthly). They have a 40% off deal for Black Friday. See https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/

tommiegannert2y ago

Any experience running it on Linux?

The WineHQ AppDB [1] table doesn't look great, but [2] offers some hope.

[1] https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bIsQueue=false&bI...

[2] https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/182758-aff...

troymc2y ago

No, I haven't tried to run Affinity apps on Linux.

I do use Linux (desktop) quite a lot, but I haven't found anything quite like Affinity Designer for Linux, i.e. GPU-accelerated vector graphics rendering. For simple projects, I often use BoxySVG (which is free on Linux).

For photo / raster graphics editing, I find that Krita meets all my needs on Linux.

Plus an additional 25% off if you're upgrading from v1, which I did today.

rixraxOP2y ago

Thanks for the tip! Already an Affinity user, but had missed the whole version 2.

predictand2y ago· 2 in thread

This GitHub repo has a bunch of software deals from indie makers: https://github.com/trungdq88/Awesome-Black-Friday-Cyber-Mond...

I would also recommend you check out https://www.heuristi.ca/. I am a bit biased here since I am the founder but it is a great tool for learning, exploration, and divergent thinking. It is 40% off for Black Friday.

liyuankui2y ago

Heuristica is quite helpful! Thanks for building it.

liyuankui2y ago

How to select multiple nodes for a comparison?

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.

emkaka2y ago

If you're using macOS, here you can find my 2 apps: SideNotes and Workspaces. Both discounted 40% and both are one-time-purchase. https://www.apptorium.com/black-friday-2023

ydnaclementine2y ago

Not software, but pragprog has 40% of all ebooks/audio books with code: https://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2023-11-17.html

nithinjawahar2y ago

I put together a list of 100 blackfriday deals from indie makers that include developer tools,SaaS & mac apps : https://www.indiedeals.co/

canada_dry2y ago

Ok, not really software, but I'm hoping phind does a last minute BF deal (doubt they'll bother/need to) on their annual $300 offering. I'd swap it for my current $20/mnth openAI subscription.

loco5niner2y ago

PaprikaApp - recipe app I love

https://www.paprikaapp.com/

iOS and Android apps are currently 40% off macOS and Windows apps are currently 50% off

leeeeeep1012y ago

50% off https://netwrck.com which is an AI Art Generator/Chatbot platform

5balloons2y ago

Keep an eye on https://blackfridaydeals.dev

wdb2y ago

I think there will be Cybermonday deals? I am waiting for Monday :)

i'm not a fan of adobe but they are an industry standard and have a deal for 50% off the full suite 1 year plan which strikes me as a decent deal

thefz2y ago

Bvckup 2.

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