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Richard Kogelnig

Hey people - I'd like to start a new little thing here I'd like to call - Where share one of our favourite tools every Tuesday (be it for development, art, project management - whatever tool, whatever use welcome!) . I'll personally focus on debugging/tracing/code tools

First tool I'd like to highlight is ripgrep "rg"
Blazing fast search from the command line. (Afaik also powering search in VSCode).

It helps me to swiftly search any text in a checked out repository, buildartifacts etc.

Pro tip: per default rg obeys .gitignore rules - in order to search in ignored files (e.g. build artifacts) use --no-ignore and -a to also search in binary files

github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore - BurntSushi/ripgrep
GitHubGitHub - BurntSushi/ripgrep: ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignoreripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore - BurntSushi/ripgrep

@RichardKogelnig @superluminal is my favorite profiler for C++ and C# under Windows.

@RichardKogelnig spreading "Everything" from void tools to every dev I cross paths with. Super fast file indexer with wildcard search - advanced search does search in files. So handy when you're looking for specific files / filetypes etc.

@thalbern @RichardKogelnig Assigned a global shortcut and it changed how I access files. I know where they are but it is still faster to “search” for them rather than navigating through folders.

@RichardKogelnig Screen to gif is very helpful to quickly capture a gameplay moment to share with coworkers. Easy to create, edit, lots of files extension, few good features.

screentogif.com

www.screentogif.comScreenToGif - Record your screen, edit and save as a gif or videoFree screen recorder tool. Record, edit and save as a gif or video.

@Donat @RichardKogelnig I use ShareX for that purpose and its great!

@Donat I use screentogif as well specifically to make GIFs to attach inline into bug tickets.
For ad hoc recording I installed the xbox gamebar and it comes with a recording tool (hotkey Win+Alt+R). Using these for longer videos

@RichardKogelnig yup, the Xbox bar is dope especially to record sample of what just happen in a game, allowing for more accurate capture. Especially useful for playtesting