AI & Development Assistants #

• ClaudeCode - AI coding assistant
• Zed - high-performance collaborative code editor
• Superwhisper - AI-powered voice-to-text transcription
• Retired:
  • Cursor - AI-powered code editor
  • Windsurf - AI-powered code editor
  • VS Code - Code Editor

Development Tools #

Version Control & Git #

• Git - distributed version control system
• gh - GitHub CLI for managing repositories and pull requests
• diff-so-fancy - enhanced git diff output

Programming Languages & Runtimes #

• Go - Go programming language
• Bun - JavaScript runtime
• Node.js - JavaScript runtime
• tsx - TypeScript execute and REPL

Frameworks #

• NestJS - progressive Node.js framework
• Elysia - ergonomic web framework for Bun
• Express - minimal Node.js web framework
• Echo - high-performance Go web framework
• Fiber - Express-inspired Go web framework

Database Tools #

• Dataflare - database visualizer
• Retired:
  • TablePlus - modern database management tool
  • DB Visualizer - database visualization and management
  • pgsanity - PostgreSQL syntax checker

API Development & Testing #

• local-ssl-proxy - HTTPS proxy for local development
• wrk - HTTP benchmarking tool
• HTTPie - user-friendly command-line HTTP client
• Retired:
  • Postman - API development and testing platform
  • Insomnia - API client and design tool

Cloud & Infrastructure #

• AWS CLI - Amazon Web Services command line interface
• Terraform - infrastructure as code tool
• Vercel CLI - deployment and development platform
• Ansible - automation tool for macOS provisioning and configuration management
• Docker - containerization platform
• Podman - daemonless container engine

Document Processing #

• Pandoc - universal document converter

Design & Creative #

• Figma - collaborative interface design tool
• Monodraw - ASCII art and diagram editor

Productivity & Utilities #

Launcher & Automation #

• Raycast - productivity launcher and command palette for macOS

Window & Menu Bar Management #

• Rectangle - window management for macOS
• Alt-Tab - Windows-style alt-tab window switcher
• Ice - menu bar management tool
• Hiddenbar - hide menu bar items

Calendar & Time #

• Itsycal - menu bar calendar

Screenshot & Screen Recording #

• Kap - open-source screen recorder
• Screen Studio - professional screen recording
• LICEcap - animated GIF screen capture
• Skitch - screenshot annotation tool
• VHS - terminal GIFs as code for demos

Communication #

• Discord - voice, video, and text communication
• WhatsApp - messaging application
• terminal-notifier - macOS notifications from terminal

Command Line Tools #

Search & Navigation #

• ripgrep-all - search tool for multiple file types
• tree - directory structure visualization
• walk - terminal file manager

System Monitoring #

• vtop - graphical activity monitor for the command line

GNU Tools #

• coreutils - basic file, shell and text utilities
• grep - pattern searching
• gzip - file compression
• screen - terminal multiplexer
• watch - execute programs periodically
• wdiff - word-by-word diff
• wget - network downloader

Shell #

• Pure - minimal and fast ZSH prompt

Image Processing #

• imagemin-cli - image optimization tool

Browsers #

• Firefox - web browser
• Google Chrome - web browser
• Retired:
  • Arc

Browser Extensions #

• Adblock Plus - ad blocking

Fonts #

• Hack - typeface designed for source code
• Fira Code - monospaced font with programming ligatures
• Input Mono - fonts designed for code
• Inter - typeface designed for computer screens
• JetBrains Mono - typeface for developers

AI Tools That Didn’t Stick #

• Jules - AI coding agent built on top of Gemini 3
• OpenCode - AI-powered development tool
• Stitch -
• VibeKanban - AI agent management