Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The Best Software For Every Need, published by Bjartur Tómas on the LessWrong. When I first started programming, I didn't use a terminal multiplexer and finding tmux was a sort of revelation. I joked once on discord that "life before tmux was not life". It strikes me there are probably many other programs that I am not aware of that would be useful to know about. I've occasionally found Luke's The Best Textbooks on Every Subject thread useful, so I thought a similar thread about software may be interesting. Here are the rules: Post the name of a program for a given need. You must have tried at least 2 other programs designed for the same/similar class of problems. You must briefly name the other programs you have tried and why you think your chosen program is superior to them. Thanks for listening. to help us out with the nonlinear library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.