Git & Developer Tools

Systems for tracking source history and platforms for hosting repositories and collaborating on code.

Git, GitHub, GitLab

GUIs, terminal UIs and CLIs that make day-to-day Git and pull request work faster.

GitHub CLI, lazygit, GitHub Desktop

Pre-commit hooks, commit conventions, changelog generation and automated versioning/publishing.

Husky, lint-staged, pre-commit

Tools that install, resolve and lock dependencies for each language ecosystem and the OS.

npm, pnpm, Yarn

Tools that orchestrate builds and tasks across many packages with caching, affected-only runs and remote execution.

Turborepo, Nx, Bazel

Where code gets written: general-purpose editors, full IDEs and AI-native editors.

Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Notepad++

Terminal apps that host your shell, from OS defaults to GPU-accelerated and AI-assisted terminals.

Windows Terminal, iTerm2, Ghostty

Command shells, prompt themes and terminal multiplexers for a productive command line.

Bash, Zsh, PowerShell

Fast, ergonomic replacements and additions to classic Unix tools for searching, viewing and navigating.

fzf, ripgrep, jq

Static analysis and code formatting tools that keep codebases consistent and catch bugs early.

ESLint, Prettier, Ruff

Tools for crafting, debugging and sharing HTTP, GraphQL and gRPC requests.

Postman, curl, Bruno

Reproducible, shareable development environments and tools that pin language runtimes per project.

Dev Containers, GitHub Codespaces, nvm

Tools that speed up pull request review: stacked PRs, AI reviewers and automated review comments.

CodeRabbit, Graphite, Gerrit

Bots and CLIs that keep dependencies current and find unused or mismatched packages.

Dependabot, Renovate, Knip

Text-based diagram tools, whiteboards and static site generators for technical docs that live next to code.

Mermaid, draw.io, Excalidraw