My development toolkit

Current toolkit

Here are some tools I use in my day-to-day development:

• Alfred – clipboard history, snippets, hotkeys, and other things.
• CodeSandbox – to test an idea / package, or replicate an issue in an isolated environment.
• caniuse – to check if some CSS or JS is supported enough to be used.
• Excalidraw – to make visualizations.
• Google Calendar – to manage schedule and reminders. Very flexible tool that can do so much.
• Fonts Ninja – Chrome extension to quickly detect fonts on a page.
• iTerm – terminal emulator. Just gotten used to it now though not sure it’s much better than default terminal.
• JetBrains IDEs – PHPStorm, Webstorm, Pycharm, IntelliJ – depending on the project.
• LastPass – Password manager
• Lucidchart – to make flowcharts / visualize complex processes
• Postman – for working with REST APIs
• Roam Research – for note-taking / freewriting
• Screenshot.app. – to take screenshots
• SourceTree – to go through Git changes carefully
• TablePlus – to work with SQL databases.
• Wappalyzer – to see what technologies a website uses.
• Vim – vim-mode all the things.

Tools to checkout

• Browserstack – worth the price if you need to test on different devices & platforms which you mostly need to as a front-end dev. Saves time compared to setting up virtual machines.
• BetterSnapTool
• Kap – screen recording tool