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InfluxDB
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sshuttle
Transparent proxy server that works as a poor man's VPN. Forwards over ssh. Doesn't require admin. Works with Linux and MacOS. Supports DNS tunneling.
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insomnia
The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.
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Gitea
Git with a cup of tea! Painless self-hosted all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD
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WorkOS
The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
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copilot-cli
The AWS Copilot CLI is a tool for developers to build, release and operate production ready containerized applications on AWS App Runner or Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate.
Leapp is my go-to tool for accessing my cloud accounts. I was fed up with manually managing local development and operations credentials, so I automated everything most securely. I can’t count how much time it saved me over the years.
I love markdown, and MkDocs is my go-to tool for writing documentation, but it’s pretty bare. mkdocs-material is a template that you can put mkdocs on… except it packs a whole world of additional features: versioning your documentation, a native cookie consent solution, rich search previews, and a truckload of other things… seriously give the guy 10$ a month to get supporters-only features, and you’ll get the only documentation tool you will ever need. (for instance, the AWS Copilot CLI docs were written with this, see for yourself, that’s amazing).
Sshuttle is an excellent tool that acts as a “poor man” VPN, allowing you to create a VPN connection from your machine to any remote server you can connect to via ssh. The exciting part is that it is not precisely a VPN and not exactly port forwarding. Internally it assembles the TCP stream locally, multiplexes it statefully over an ssh session, and disassembles it back into packets at the other end to achieve data-over-TCP, which is safe. Useful if your VPN breaks down.
I bet you all know Postman for API design, right? I prefer Insomnia.rest since they’ve taken the extra mile to open-source the complete application and integrations through their plugin hub. I know it’s a bit more popular nowadays, but I started using this when there were just a few thousand stars, and it got better and better over the years. I think the trend will keep up.
If you’re a Terraform fan, you’ll love this one. What if I tell you you can couple your infrastructure as code with bill forecasting? Sounds fantastic, huh? That’s what infracost.io is all about: it will scan through your Terraform files when you commit some changes to git and estimate the resulting billing of your changes! Pretty handy to have before getting unpleasant surprises.
Hubot is kind of old (at least in software terms!), but I’m amazed at how few people know about the ChatOps model. From 10000 thousand feet perspective, it’s just automation through your go-to chat software (discord, slack, rocketchat, mattermost, etc.), and Hubot paved the way to other similar tools. Maybe it’s less relevant today, but I find an interesting concept nonetheless (I love automation in any form it can take) that can solve a few issues, especially for less technical people.
If you don’t live under a rock, you already know about mainstream git repository software like GitHub and GitLab. But what if a highly lightweight, community-driven, and self-hosted alternative exists? That’s gitea.io. It’s not as full-fledged as its counterparts, but it’s highly promising and painless to install and use and has a very active and welcoming community.
I love markdown, and MkDocs is my go-to tool for writing documentation, but it’s pretty bare. mkdocs-material is a template that you can put mkdocs on… except it packs a whole world of additional features: versioning your documentation, a native cookie consent solution, rich search previews, and a truckload of other things… seriously give the guy 10$ a month to get supporters-only features, and you’ll get the only documentation tool you will ever need. (for instance, the AWS Copilot CLI docs were written with this, see for yourself, that’s amazing).