This page is a compilation of tools, extensions, and frameworks I like in 2024. This is limited to tech. I’ve spent many years on the business and product strategy side. Each company has its own methods and approaches, so it’s not helpful to name proprietary tools and methodologies.

VS code: My favorite code editor. I use it for all my coding projects. It’s fast and has great extensions (and these are my favorites (WIP)).

Warp console: It’s a really good terminal. I’ve tried Fig, Tabby, iTerm2, and Alacritty, but I like Warp the best for its auto-completion capabilities, the way you can scroll up to your past commands, and how it remembers the relevant commands within a specific path.

Microsoft Github Copliot: Every programmer and their mother knows about Copilot. I’ve tried Codium and Amazon CodeWhisperer, but I like Copilot the best. Apart from help with boilerplate code, I also find it incredibly helpful to generate test data (like JSON files), reducing manual work in converting one form of data to another, adding function documentation and so on.

Figma: I use Figma for all my design work. The drawio extension for VS code is handy as well. I have Affinity’s designer, photo, and publisher which I use for hobbies.

ChatGPT: Alright, who doesn’t know about ChatGPT these days? I have a premium subscription and use it for a lot (not at work due to privacy reasons, but Amazon Q is shaping up too) for general research, summarization, grammar correction, and brainstorming. I also think Google’s Gemini is showing promise, and I often pitch each against the other to pick the responses I like.

Astro: What started as a SSG framework has turned out to be surprisingly powerful. They also recently announced a native db support. Since I’m not trying to become a React developer, I think Astro suits in 90% of the cases for its simplicity and native Markdown support. This site was built using Astro.

Cloudflare: I use Cloudflare for my hobby work. The Pages feature (for websites) is super easy to setup and auto-build from GitHub.

AWS: AWS is the default at work (though it’s the domain of our engineering teams). But I play with it offline and have built concepts using Route 53, API Gateway, Lambda + Layers, DynamoDB, Pinpoint, SES, S3, and Parameter Store. It takes a little time getting used it, but once you do, it’s incredible power. I had a brief look at Azure and GCP, but for now I’m familiar with AWS and it shouldn’t be too hard switching around if needed.