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My Tool Stack

Tools I Actually Use — No Sponsors, No Fluff

These are the tools I personally use in projects, client work, and day-to-day execution.
If it’s here, I’ve tested it. If I stopped using it, it’s not listed.
Some of these use affiliate links — which helps support the site — but nothing makes the list unless I trust it.

Infrastructure & Backend

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Supabase

Postgres, auth, storage, and edge functions — my go-to backend for fast-moving SaaS.

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Render

The “Heroku that doesn’t suck.” Great for background workers, web services, and static sites.

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Railway

Quick to set up, perfect for MVPs and fast prototyping.

Planning & Productivity

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Cron

The best calendar I’ve ever used — clean, fast, keyboard-first.

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Notion

Docs, planning, bug triage, and team onboarding — all in one place.

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ClickUp

When Notion isn’t structured enough — ClickUp handles deeper PM workflows.

Developer Tools

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Postman

Still my go-to for testing APIs. Clean, reliable, and shareable with teams.

UX-UI development along with web design to develop mobile and laptop app interface layout design. User experience concept, UX-UI designer, creative planning, data visualization, application design

Sentry

Dev-friendly error monitoring with deep context. Saves hours in debugging.

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Moesif

If you’re monetizing APIs or need deep request tracking — this is excellent.

AI & Code Assistants

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Cursor

AI pair programmer that gets your code context. Super useful inside VS Code.

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Codeium

Solid free alternative for AI autocomplete, especially for web dev.

Want to see how I use these tools in real builds?

Check out my Playbooks or read the Blog for deep dives and tutorials.