What I use
Shout out to Wes Bos for the idea of this page, a living document that contains the list of softwares or hardwares I use.
Terminal + Editor
- For terminal I mainly use ZSHand Git Bash.
- VS Code has been my editor for a long time now.
- I frequently change my editor's theme. Currently it's set to AYU Mirage.
- I have a bunch of extensions installed.
- The font I code in are Fira Code & Cascadia Code.
Apps & Services
- To deploy web-services and static websites, I use Render as Heroku has removed its Hobby tier.
- For data-driven / auth-enabled fullstack app I use Firebase.
- For static website deploy or showcase I useSurge.shand for SSR, I useVercel.
- Metatags.io to generate useful meta-tags quickly.
- I use Compresspng for compressing png images quickly.
- We use Teams for official communication.
- I use Chrome as my default browser for synced history across all my devices. I use Firefox when multiple session related things need to be checked or developed. Check on Safari only to resolve related issues.
- YouTube and Amazon Music for my listening habit.
AI
- I use ChatGpt for coding related need,Gemini for other various needs like image generation, quick queries, etc.
- Grok for recent news and events and updates,Perpexity Pro as assistant on my mobile.
- I do have Co-pilot installed on VS Code, but I don't use it extensively.
- An proprietary AI tool for prefessional work.
- I have Warp terminal installed for any agentic requirements, although I don't use is too often.
Tools
- Githubfor revision control. (also for CI/CD integration)
- Githubfor revision control. (also for CI/CD integration)
- PhotoShop for modification or creation of app or website Logos/ Dribbble shots, splash screens (of PWA) and other graphics manipulation related task.
- Lucide Icons,Feather Icons,Hero Iconsfor free icons.
- Postman for backend/API testing.
- For faster development workflow, Docker.
- Gulp task automation tools i.e. pug, scss, js compilation, minification, bundling etc. for plain website development project
Hardware
- I got an Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) and a Lenovo Ideapad 320 for personal works.
- ASUS Expertbook for company usage.
- Samsung A15 and an iPhone 6S.
- JBL Wireless Headphonesand Realme buds for listening music.
- Alexa, on Amazon Echo Dot.