Tools that keep me productive

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SurveyJS - JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor
Add the SurveyJS white-label form builder to your JavaScript app (React/Angular/Vue3). Build complex JSON forms without coding. Fully customizable, works with any backend, perfect for data-heavy apps. Learn more.
surveyjs.io
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InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads
InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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  1. obsninja

    VDO.Ninja is a powerful tool that lets you bring remote video feeds into OBS or other studio software via WebRTC.

    Eventually, I discovered vdo.ninja. The TLDR is, it uses peer-to-peer technology to bring remote cameras into OBS or other studio software.

  2. SurveyJS

    JavaScript Form Builder with No-Code UI & Built-In JSON Schema Editor. Add the SurveyJS white-label form builder to your JavaScript app (React/Angular/Vue3). Build complex JSON forms without coding. Fully customizable, works with any backend, perfect for data-heavy apps. Learn more.

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  3. tweak-new-twitter

    Discontinued Browser extension which gives you more control over your Twitter timeline and adds missing features and UI improvements - available for desktop and mobile browsers [Moved to: https://github.com/insin/control-panel-for-twitter]

    Tweak New Twitter - Gets rid of a lot of noise in the Twitter UI

  4. a11y-twitter

    Small changes to how you use Twitter to promote Tweeting in an accessible manner. For now, it will only prompt once per Tweet to add alt text to an attachment before you Tweet. Simple but effective. 😎

    a11y Twitter - Small changes to how you use Twitter to promote Tweeting in an accessible manner.

  5. starship

    ☄🌌️ The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt for any shell!

    Starship - A cross shell prompt

  6. cli

    GitHub’s official command line tool

    GitHub CLI - GitHub on the command line. Great for creating PRs, etc.

  7. monaspace

    An innovative superfamily of fonts for code

    I was a big fan of the Dank Mono for the longest time, but GitHub released a bunch of monospaced fonts this year and I've been loving Monaspace Krypton.

  8. nvm

    Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions

    nvm - Node version manager

  9. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  10. languagetool

    Style and Grammar Checker for 25+ Languages

    LanguageTool - A grammar and spell checking tool

  11. cloudflared

    Cloudflare Tunnel client (formerly Argo Tunnel)

    cloudflared - Exposes local servers to the public internet over secure tunnels

  12. iTerm2

    iTerm2 is a terminal emulator for Mac OS X that does amazing things.

    Although I have iTerm installed, a great terminal for macOS, I honestly live in the VS Code terminal 99.999% of the time.

  13. extension-save-to-pocket

    Save to Pocket is a browser extension that is used to save pages to a connected Pocket account

    Pocket - For bookmarking stuff to read

  14. Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

    It all starts with the editor. Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is my go-to editor. I was using the Insider’s Edition for the longest time, but some extensions would try to log in and redirect to VS Code regular edition, so I decided to go back to it. That said, VS Code Insider's is very stable.

  15. HomeBrew

    🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

    Homebrew - The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux)

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