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Visual Studio Code Landing Page
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Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
For development/Debugging: 1. VSCode - Got used to the key bindings and integrated terminal, so now it's really hard to switch 2. Requestly - For easily setting up local debugging environments. I am less of a UI guy, so this allows me to use the live UI of a deployed site, and redirect whichever request I want to play with to my local server. 3. Wireshark - To better understand a network protocol.

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1008 social mentions
Obsidian.md Landing Page

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Obsidian.md

A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.

`cask "obsidian"` [link][free] for all markdown notes.

#Knowledge Management #Knowledge Base #Markdown Editor 1453 social mentions
Homebrew Landing Page
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Homebrew

The missing package manager for macOS
Pricing:
- Open Source
Hyper in conjunction with fig (I also have iterm2, but I like Hyper pretty well) and brew.

#Package Manager #Windows Tools #Front End Package Manager 877 social mentions
Boop Landing Page
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Boop

A scriptable scratchpad for developers. Free & open source!
Pricing:
- Open Source
Boop pretty cool app for decoding and other fun stuff, don't use it much but when I do it's always pretty painless.

#Productivity #Note #Image Optimisation 4 social mentions
Raycast Landing Page
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Raycast

Fastest way to control Jira, GitHub and other web apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
Raycast: Helps me to find anything.

#Productivity #App Launcher #Mac 35 social mentions
Paw.cloud Landing Page

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Paw.cloud

Paw is a REST client for Mac.

Paw / RapidAPI, which I formerly used for modeling HTTP requests on a server I was developing. I'm very skeptical about it today though, since it got bought by RapidAPI and is free now.

#API Tools #APIs #Web Service Automation 42 social mentions
iTerm2 Landing Page
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iTerm2

A terminal emulator for macOS that does amazing things.
Pricing:
- Open Source
iTerm2, since Terminal.app doesn't support 24-bit colors and I used Neovim for some time. I now use Neovide for Neovim, so all I use iTerm2 for now is the UI (I have a theme I like, plus dark mode actually works).

#Terminal #Developer Tools #SSH 98 social mentions
Fig Terminal Landing Page
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Fig Terminal

Fig adds VSCode-style autocomplete to your existing terminal. Move faster with Fig.
Pricing:
- Open Source
These are just apps I directly use. You may also like e.g. Fig if you work in the command line and like knowing what actions are supported, though I find Oh My Zsh with autocompletion + on tab suitable.

#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 37 social mentions
Fork Landing Page

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Fork

Fast and Friendly Git Client for Mac

Have to recommend git fork (https://git-fork.com/). I've tried a ton of git guis and find this both 1) the best one and 2) one of the few without subscription pricing. Plus it's non electron, native software. A must use for me.

#Git #Git Tools #Git Client 84 social mentions
Neovim Landing Page
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Neovim

Vim's rebirth for the 21st century
Pricing:
- Open Source
iTerm2, since Terminal.app doesn't support 24-bit colors and I used Neovim for some time. I now use Neovide for Neovim, so all I use iTerm2 for now is the UI (I have a theme I like, plus dark mode actually works).

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 96 social mentions
CotEditor Landing Page
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CotEditor

Open Source Plain-Text Editor for OS X
Pricing:
- Open Source
CotEditor, which is like TextEdit except actually useful for non-text documents (e.g. I write a lot of Markdown in it).

#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 25 social mentions
Orion Browser Landing Page

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Orion Browser

Incredible speed. Total protection. Orion is the ultimate way to experience the internet on all your Apple devices.

JSONPeep, which previews JSON in Safari (though, I'm using Orion more, so I can't use it :( ).

#Web Browsers #Internet #Web Tools 136 social mentions
Hyper Landing Page
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Hyper

Extensible, cross-platform terminal built on open web standards.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Hyper in conjunction with fig (I also have iterm2, but I like Hyper pretty well) and brew.

#Terminal Tools #Emulators #Terminal 42 social mentions
Tinkerwell Landing Page

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Tinkerwell

The magical Laravel tinker app for macOS

Https://tinkerwell.app/ (when not psysh).

#Developer Tools #Web App #Programming 1 social mentions
TablePlus Landing Page
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TablePlus

Easily edit database data and structure
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Database Management #Databases #MySQL Tools 56 social mentions
Proxyman.io Landing Page
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Proxyman.io

Proxyman is a high-performance macOS app, which enables developers to view HTTP/HTTPS requests from apps and domains.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- $49.0 / Annually
#Developer Tools #Debugging #Proxy 24 social mentions
Insomnia REST Landing Page
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Insomnia REST

The most intuitive cross-platform REST API Client ð´
Pricing:
- Open Source
#API Tools #API #Developer Tools 120 social mentions
Todoist Landing Page

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Todoist

Todoist is a to-do list that helps you get organized, at work and in life.

ToDoist - My ToDo lists, Random thoughts. Also, use heavily on Phone.

#Todos #Task Management #Project Management 131 social mentions
Evernote Landing Page

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Evernote

Bring your life's work together in one digital workspace. Evernote is the place to collect inspirational ideas, write meaningful words, and move your important projects forward.

Evernote - Personal Notes. Organizing my thoughts, planning my week & day.

#Note Taking #Todos #Personal Productivity 63 social mentions
Sublime Text Landing Page
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Sublime Text

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose - any kind of text file. You'll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features. Fully customizable with macros, and syntax highlighting for most major languages.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 3 social mentions
Muzzle Landing Page

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Muzzle

Silence embarrassing notifications while screensharing

Https://muzzleapp.com/ : mute notification when on videocall.

#Video Conferencing #Music #Group Chat & Notifications 9 social mentions
Rocket Landing Page

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Rocket

Web Framework for Rust

#Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Python Web Framework 24 social mentions
Magnet Window Manager Landing Page

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Magnet Window Manager

Magnet Developers

Https://magnet.crowdcafe.com/ : windows like window snapping.

#Window Manager #OSX Tools #OSX Window Manager 68 social mentions
rcmd Landing Page
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rcmd

rcmd makes app switching instantaneous!When you have a lot of apps open, finding and switching to them might feel too slow using Command-Tab or the Dock.Hold down the right side |⌘ command| and press the first letter of the app name to focus it.
Pricing:
- Paid
- $12.99 / One-off
Https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd : quick shortcuts using the right command key.

#Mac #Productivity #Developer Tools 43 social mentions
JetBrains Landing Page

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JetBrains

The World's Leading Vendor of Professional Development Tools

#Chatbots #CRM #Code Coverage 2 social mentions
Harvest Landing Page

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Harvest

Simple time tracking, fast online invoicing, and powerful reporting software. Simplify employee timesheets and billing. Get started for free.

Https://getharvest.com/ : time tracker for contract work.

#Time Tracking #Invoicing #Employee Timesheets 14 social mentions
Vivaldi Landing Page

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Vivaldi

Vivaldi is a free, fast web browser designed for power-users. You decide how you browse. Download Vivaldi's fully customisable browser now and browse your way.

Any Chromium-based browser. It has the developer tools I’m the most comfortable with. Currently I’m pretty happy with Vivaldi.

#Web Browsers #Customisable Web Browser #Web Development Tools 157 social mentions
Soulver 3 for Mac Landing Page

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Soulver 3 for Mac

A smart notepad with a built in calculator

Soulver. Useful to do calculations. I often find it useful while coding. Calca is even more powerful (you can almost program in it), but a lot less polished.

#Calculator #Advanced Calculator #Productivity 30 social mentions
One Thing Landing Page

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One Thing

Full-time open-sourcerer. Indie Mac developer. ❤️ Swift. Makes macOS apps & Node.js stuff. Made @awesome__re. New repos: @sindre_gh_repos

One Thing. Very useful app to have a visual reminder of what you’re supposed to focus on.

#Productivity #Habit Building #Todos 7 social mentions
Nova Code Editor Landing Page

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Nova Code Editor

Nova Code Editor is software that is used for writing and editing codes.

Nova. Trying it out for now, still not entirely sure if it can truly replace VS Code for me. I really wish it can though, because I really appreciate the speed and following of conventions that come with being a native Mac app.

#Development #Text Editors #IDE 39 social mentions
Dash for macOS Landing Page
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Dash for macOS

Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash searches offline documentation of 200+ APIs and stores snippets of code. You can also generate your own documentation sets.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Dash. Look up documentation really fast. Also useful for system wide snippets.

#Software Development #Productivity #API Tools 85 social mentions
Kaleidoscope Landing Page

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Kaleidoscope

Easily spot the differences in text and image files. Review changes in seconds with the world's most advanced iOS and Mac diff tool.

Kaleidoscope. The best comparison app out there. I used it in particular because at work we have a very different workflow which makes it hard to use other tools for comparison. I think it’s gotten pretty pricey though, so if I could avoid said workflow I’d probably use something else.

#File Management #Merge Tools #Diff And Merge Tools 20 social mentions
Calca Landing Page

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Calca

Calca is an advanced symbolic calculator for iOS, OS X, and Windows that's as easy to use as a text editor.

Soulver. Useful to do calculations. I often find it useful while coding. Calca is even more powerful (you can almost program in it), but a lot less polished.

#Calculator #Advanced Calculator #Productivity 18 social mentions
Bear Landing Page

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Bear

Bear.app is a note-taking and content writing app that helps you boost productivity with its intuitive tools.

Bear. Extremely fast and efficient notes system. Organize using nested hash tags, something that is likely to appeal to developers. Supports code blocks with syntax highlighting for most languages. I organize personal documentation here.

#Office & Productivity #Word #Lifestyle 49 social mentions
Podman Desktop Landing Page
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Podman Desktop

Containers and Kubernetes for application developers
Pricing:
- Open Source
`cask "podman-desktop"` + `podman` [link][oss] for everything containers.

#Dev Ops #Build, Test, Deploy #Container Tools 30 social mentions
massCode Landing Page
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massCode

A free and open source code snippets manager for developers.
Pricing:
- Open Source
`cask "lepton"` [link][oss] + `cask "masscode"` [link][oss] for storing snippets as github gists or locally.

#Productivity #Developer Tools #Clipboard Manager 5 social mentions
Kontena Lens Landing Page
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Kontena Lens

Kontena Lens is an open-source desktop application that comes with a reliable way to manage and monitor Kubernetes clusters.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Development #Tool #Cloud Computing 40 social mentions
Forklift Landing Page

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Forklift

The most advanced dual pane file manager and file transfer client for macOS.

`cask "forklift"` [link][paid] for any time I need work with remote / local files or folders.

#FTP Client #File Transfer #SFTP Client 32 social mentions
Icons8 Lunacy Landing Page
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Icons8 Lunacy

Free graphic design software with built-in resources. Fully compatible with Sketch and works offline
Pricing:
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Graphic Design Software #Image Editing #Vector Graphic Editor 27 social mentions
HTTPie for Terminal 2.6.0 Landing Page

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HTTPie for Terminal 2.6.0

Developers all around the world rely on HTTPie for API testing.

#Productivity #APIs #Developer Tools 9 social mentions
yt-dlp Landing Page
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yt-dlp

A youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Apple Shortcuts as an interface for my most used ffmpeg, yt-dlp and other frequently used scripts.

#Video Downloader #Download Manager #YouTube Downloader 865 social mentions
Hoppscotch Landing Page
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Hoppscotch

Open source API development ecosystem
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
#Web App #Productivity #APIs 77 social mentions
Requestly Landing Page
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Requestly

Debug & Modify network requests - loved by 100K+ web devs
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
- Free Trial
For development/Debugging: 1. VSCode - Got used to the key bindings and integrated terminal, so now it's really hard to switch 2. Requestly - For easily setting up local debugging environments. I am less of a UI guy, so this allows me to use the live UI of a deployed site, and redirect whichever request I want to play with to my local server. 3. Wireshark - To better understand a network protocol.

#Testing #Localhost Tools #Developer Tools 24 social mentions
Krisp Landing Page
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Krisp

Eliminate background noise, minimize distractions, feel more confident, and activate your communication superpower with Krisp, an AI-powered software solution for effective online meetings.
Pricing:
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $12.0 / Monthly (Pro)
Misc: (Not developer specific, but can't live without these now) 1. Krisp - A god send for conducting meetings when I am surrounded by noise 2. Loom - Super easy to send short/long explainers / feature demos.

#Sound Equalizers #Sound Tools #Online Meetings 140 social mentions