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  • SurveyJS - Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App
  • WorkOS - The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
  • InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
  • MongoDB

    The MongoDB Database

  • More and more frameworks are emerging and revolving of which you can stand on the shoulder. It includes frontend framework(React), backend framework(Nest.js), database(MongoDB), etc.

  • vercel

    Develop. Preview. Ship.

  • Even if you have never heard or know about Vercel, you probably have heard its son Next.js.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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  • Stripe

    PHP library for the Stripe API.

  • Could computing not only give us the on-demand availability of computer system resources but also give birth to lots of service providers targeting particular niches or industry-specific standards, so you don’t have to reimplement it again. So besides using the service provided by AWS, you can also directly use all kinds of SaaS products like Intercom, Stripe, MailChimp, etc.

  • React

    The library for web and native user interfaces.

  • More and more frameworks are emerging and revolving of which you can stand on the shoulder. It includes frontend framework(React), backend framework(Nest.js), database(MongoDB), etc.

  • Next.js

    The React Framework

  • With the front-end and database got managed, normally, you still need to deploy a backend service. Here comes the open-source library ZenStack for modeling data and access policies in full-stack development with Next.js and Typescript. In short words, it helps bring the power of full-stack to the front end.

  • Nest

    A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀

  • More and more frameworks are emerging and revolving of which you can stand on the shoulder. It includes frontend framework(React), backend framework(Nest.js), database(MongoDB), etc.

  • git

    A fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches. (by git-for-windows)

  • There are more and better tools to help us handle all kinds of chores so that we can focus more on the business logic part of the coding. It goes source code management(Git), IDE(VSCode), and debug environment(Chrome) to CICD(Docker).

  • 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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  • Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

  • There are more and better tools to help us handle all kinds of chores so that we can focus more on the business logic part of the coding. It goes source code management(Git), IDE(VSCode), and debug environment(Chrome) to CICD(Docker).

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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