Tools I Use Daily

A curated list of my favourite tools, frameworks and services that power my projects.

Frontend Development

Next.js

React framework for building fast, full-stack web apps.

React

SSR

TypeScript

Typed superset of JavaScript that enhances developer experience.

Static Typing

JavaScript

Tooling

Tailwind CSS

Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

CSS

Design

Responsive

React

Component-based JavaScript library for building UIs.

SPA

JavaScript

Shadcn/UI

Customizable component library built on Radix and Tailwind CSS.

Components

Accessibility

Framer Motion

Animation library for React with simple API and powerful features.

Animation

React

Lucide Icons

Beautifully consistent open-source icon library for React.

Icons

SVG

React

MDX

Markdown for the component era—write JSX in markdown.

Markdown

Content

React

Heroicons

Hand-crafted SVG icons, by the makers of Tailwind CSS.

Icons

SVG

Design

Radix UI

Primitives for building high-quality design systems and accessible UI components.

Accessibility

Headless

Backend Development

Node.js

JavaScript runtime for building scalable server-side applications.

JavaScript

Backend

Runtime

Express.js

Minimal and flexible Node.js web application framework.

Routing

Middleware

REST API

Prisma

Modern ORM for TypeScript and Node.js.

ORM

Database

PostgreSQL

Powerful, open-source object-relational database system.

SQL

Database

Relational

MongoDB

Document-oriented NoSQL database for flexible data storage.

NoSQL

Database

Documents

Docker

Platform for developing, shipping, and running applications in containers.

Containers

DevOps

Deployment

Firebase

Google's BaaS platform for authentication, hosting, and database.

BaaS

Auth

Realtime DB

Supabase

Open-source Firebase alternative with PostgreSQL backend.

Backend

Auth

Database

Redis

In-memory data structure store, used as a database, cache, and message broker.

Cache

Data Store

Performance

GraphQL

Query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries.

API

Query

Flexible

DevOps & Cloud

Docker

Platform for building, running, and sharing containerized applications.

Containers

Deployment

Portability

AWS

Cloud platform offering scalable infrastructure and services.

Cloud

Infrastructure

Services

Vercel

Frontend cloud platform for static sites and serverless functions.

Hosting

Serverless

CDN

Cloudflare

Security, performance, and reliability platform for web applications.

Security

CDN

DNS

DigitalOcean

Cloud infrastructure provider for developers.

Cloud

Servers

Scalable

Design Tools

Figma

Collaborative interface design tool used for prototyping and UI design.

Prototyping

Collaboration

Canva

Online design platform for creating graphics, presentations, and social media posts.

Graphics

Templates

Marketing

LottieFiles

Tool for rendering and editing lightweight animations in JSON format.

Animation

Lightweight

Coolors

Color palette generator for creating cohesive color schemes.

Color

Palette

Branding

Mobile Development

Flutter

Open-source UI toolkit by Google for building natively compiled apps for mobile, web, and desktop.

Cross-platform

Dart

UI Toolkit

React Native

Framework for building native apps using React and JavaScript.

JavaScript

Cross-platform

Mobile

Dart

Programming language optimized for building user interfaces, used with Flutter.

Language

Flutter

Typed

Firebase

BaaS platform offering authentication, real-time database, and analytics for mobile apps.

Backend

Auth

Realtime DB

Android Studio

Official IDE for Android development with powerful debugging and testing tools.

IDE

Android

Development

Riverpod

A simple, scalable state management solution for Flutter.

Flutter

State Management

Reactive

Lottie

Library for rendering animations on mobile and web, often used with design tools.

Animation

Lightweight