developer tools · Freemium
Cursor
An AI-powered code editor built on VS Code that helps you write, refactor, and understand code faster.
Why this tool?
Cursor embeds AI into the entire coding workflow: autocomplete, chat, multi-file edits, and terminal commands. It keeps you in flow by generating and explaining code where you work.
developer tools · Freemium
GitHub
The world's largest code hosting platform with version control, collaboration, CI/CD, and project management built in.
Why this tool?
GitHub is where software is built. It combines Git hosting, pull request workflows, code review, GitHub Actions CI/CD, issue tracking, and package management into one platform used by nearly every developer on earth.
developer tools · Freemium
Linear
A fast, keyboard-first issue tracker for software teams.
Why this tool?
Linear is fast, keyboard-driven, and opinionated. It encourages clean workflows, cycles, and roadmaps while staying out of the way. It syncs well with GitHub and keeps engineering teams focused.
developer tools · Freemium
Railway
A developer-friendly cloud platform for deploying full-stack apps, databases, and background workers with minimal configuration.
Why this tool?
Railway deploys any app from a GitHub repo with automatic builds, managed databases (Postgres, Redis, MySQL), and background workers—all on one bill, with a simple dashboard and usage-based pricing that scales to zero.
developer tools · Freemium
Sentry
An error monitoring and performance platform that captures crashes, slow transactions, and regressions in production.
Why this tool?
Sentry automatically captures every unhandled error in your application, attaches a full stack trace with the exact code line, user session context, and environment data—so you know what broke, who was affected, and how to reproduce it.
developer tools · Freemium
Supabase
An open-source Firebase alternative with a Postgres database, auth, storage, edge functions, and real-time subscriptions.
Why this tool?
Supabase gives you a production-ready Postgres database, authentication, file storage, and serverless functions from a single dashboard. It's open-source, self-hostable, and works with any frontend framework via its auto-generated REST and GraphQL APIs.
design · Freemium
v0
An AI UI generator by Vercel that turns text prompts into production-ready React components with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui.
Why this tool?
v0 generates ready-to-copy React and Tailwind code from a text or image prompt. Instead of building UI from scratch, you describe a component, get production-quality code using shadcn/ui patterns, and iterate conversationally—cutting UI scaffolding time dramatically.
developer tools · Freemium
Vercel
A frontend cloud platform for deploying web applications with zero configuration, global CDN, and instant previews.
Why this tool?
Vercel turns a GitHub push into a live deployment in seconds. Every PR gets its own preview URL, edge functions run globally, and Next.js—which Vercel created—deploys with perfect defaults and no infrastructure configuration.