Uses

Published: 2023-07-12 · Updated: December 3

Software, hardware and other tools I am currently using.

Design

⚒️ JavaScript, HTML, CSS - using the basic web tools whenever possible :)
💙 React - the JavaScript library for building composable UIs and more
🖤 Next.js - website/app meta-framework
💚 Supabase - database and authentication
🩵 Tailwind CSS - the best way for authoring CSS
🧱 Radix UI - interactive UI primitives library, easy to style with Tailwind.
🎨 shadcn/ui - collection of components built with Tailwind, Radix and other great React packages, and code generation CLI.
⛓️ Drizzle - ORM tool for connecting directly to a Postgres database instead of using Supabase JS SDK
📦 Cloudflare R2 - static file storage (like AWS S3)
💌 React Email - allows me to use React to write accessible email templates
📤 Resend - service for sending transactional and marketing emails
🔁 Git, GitHub, GitHub Desktop - source code storage and versioning
🔄 Zod - validation and type system
💫 Motion - animation library
💸 Stripe - payment processing
▲ Vercel - serverless deployment platform
🚅 Railway - deployment platform for long running apps
☁️ Hetzner Cloud - cheap servers in cloud

Experimenting:

Coolify - free and open source deployment platform, an alternative to Vercel and Railway

Want to try:

Lucia Auth - an auth library that abstracts away the complexity of handling sessions.
Auth.js - open source authentication instead of using Supabase Auth.
Trigger.dev v3 - background jobs, queues and schedules
Payload CMS - a CMS, once they make it available directly in Next.js app code
React Aria - UI library similar to Radix UI
Expo - native mobile app development framework built on top of React Native

Claude AI - My AI writing and coding assistant 😛
Raycast - it's how I control my computer with a keyboard
Trello - A simple kanban for managing some of the projects
Toggl - Time tracker and reports for client work
Arc - My browser of choice
1Password - Password manager on Mac, iPhone and browser
Magnet - app window organizer using keyboard shortcuts on Mac
Quitter - A neat little Mac app that runs in background and closes apps that I didn't use for some minutes or hours. Minimizes mental clutter.
SelfControl - Sometimes, hard-blocking distracting websites is the only option to break free from addiction.
WARP - free VPN by Cloudflare
Shottr - Free sreenshot annotation tool
Contrast - Quick color contrast checker

Slack - Quick messaging and calls with my partners and colleagues
X / Twitter - A powerful tool for finding inspiration and connecting with other knowledge workers. At the same time super time consuming and distracting.
LinkedIn - public resume, people search
Telegram - experimenting with it as a messenger and for communities
Screen Studio - makes me look like a pro when sharing screen recordings
Beehiiv - newsletter tool

Notion - Still migrating... I haven been using it for notes and for my website CMS. However, I find the interface very clunky, the whole product is a bit overhelming and the Notion API is lacking Webhooks.
Discord - been trying to use it for participating in niche communities, but I find it overwhelmingly busy. Hard to find a way to participate meaningfully.
BlueSky - just have my profile there. Didn't really take off as Twitter/X alternative.
Canva - don't use it much these days
GitHub Copilot - switched to Claude 3.5 Sonner
VSCode - switched to Cursor
Fig - missing auto-suggestions in Terminal, but Fig became buggy and paid
Codeium - AI coding helper, replaced it with Cursor
Klack - fun Mac app that makes artificial keyboard sounds. Kind of relaxing. Don't use it anymore.
Keychron K3 - swapped to NuPhy Air60 V2
Insomnia API client, now using Yaak
Webflow
Claudinary
Discord