The sort of program that once set up, just ticks along without fuss or bother forever.
For me, as I’m replacing the vms today which I set up five years ago and haven’t needed to touch since;
- HAProxy
- KeepaliveD
Not easy to learn, but once they’re running, they both go on forever.
vim, awesomewm, mbsync (isync),
As for recent discoveries: dwl — I was surprised on how robust it is, and how well it works.