Things
Tailwind CSS
The utility-first CSS framework that changed how frontend developers write styles — fast to learn, fast to use, and now a major force in design systems.
Hugging Face
The GitHub of machine learning — model hub, dataset hub, Spaces for demos, and a hosted inference API for production deployments.
Things 3
The most beloved personal task manager for Apple platforms — calm, beautiful, and built around Getting Things Done without forcing it on you.
Raycast
The launcher and productivity layer for Mac that replaced Spotlight for developers — extendable, scriptable, and genuinely fun to use.
SvelteKit
The full-stack framework for Svelte — file-based routing, server functions, and form actions, with a build that ships zero runtime by default.
Fastify
A low-overhead, schema-driven Node.js HTTP framework that's measurably faster than Express — built for serious production APIs.
Next.js
The React framework for production — file-based routing, server components, image optimization, ISR, and zero-config deployment baked in.
Notion
The all-in-one workspace — docs, databases, wikis, and project boards living together in a single block-based editor.
Slack
The team chat app that defined the category — channels, integrations, and search that scale from 5-person startups to 50,000-person enterprises.
Linear
The issue tracker built by engineers for engineers — fast, opinionated, and gorgeous enough to make project management feel like a pleasure.
Figma
The browser-based design tool that replaced Sketch for most teams — multiplayer, plugin-rich, and the only design tool that ships dev-ready code.
ESLint
The JavaScript and TypeScript linter that catches bugs, enforces style, and runs in your editor, CI, and pre-commit hooks.
Vitest
A Vite-native test runner that's dramatically faster than Jest, with a Jest-compatible API and first-class TypeScript and ESM support.
Redis
The in-memory data structure server that became the default cache, queue, session store, and pub/sub bus for modern backends.
PostgreSQL
The world's most advanced open-source relational database — 30 years of battle-tested reliability, and still the default choice for serious production work.
LangChain
The most-used framework for composing LLM calls, tools, and memory into agents and pipelines — batteries-included but with real opinions.
Anthropic Claude
The leading alternative to OpenAI — Sonnet 4.5 and Opus 4.5 set the bar for long-context reasoning, code, and writing quality.
OpenAI API
The de-facto LLM API for production applications — GPT-4o, o1, embeddings, fine-tuning, vision, and tools in one REST endpoint.
TanStack Query
The de-facto standard for server state in React — caching, retries, and invalidation done right.
Vercel
The fastest path from `git push` to a global HTTPS deployment, with first-class Next.js support.