What are software "hacks" or workarounds you have used with your current tech when your company didn't have the ideal software for what you need to do?

@klapicheza

What are ways have repurposed free tools or software your company already had on-hand to get the job done without the best-in-class tool?

As an example: at a prior job, my company was testing out offering agency-style social media publishing team didn't have access to digital asset management tools so the team did workarounds like using filling the info section of a Google Photo image with tags or using Imgur to manage GIFs.