# Tools

I love software and non software tools that help me in some way. Most tools I use & like are mentioned appropriately in other parts of the wiki.

## Other

* [is.gd](https://is.gd/index.php) - URL shortener with options like make the new URL pronouncable or create QR code.
* [Gravatar](https://en.gravatar.com/) - Attach an image to an email and websites supporting Gravatar will simply pick up the image you specified.
* [Calendly](https://calendly.com/) - Schedule meetings.
* [Styleguide](http://hugeinc.github.io/styleguide) - Tool to make creating and maintaining style guides easy.
* [UFree](http://ufr.ee/) - Sort out what day to meet.
* [Updwn](http://updwn.co/) - See what everybody thinks.
* [Leetchi](https://www.leetchi.com/) - Online money pot for group gifting & personal fundraising.
* [Paddle](https://paddle.com) - Checkout, subscriptions, licenses, promotions and analytics that work well together.
* [Git.io](https://git.io/) - URL shortener by GitHub.
* [Sourcegraph](https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph#readme) - Code search and intelligence, self-hosted and scalable.
* [Observable](https://beta.observablehq.com/) - Discover insights faster and communicate more effectively with interactive notebooks for data analysis, visualization, and exploration.
* [Visualization of Google's autocomplete](https://anvaka.github.io/vs)
* [Carbon](https://carbon.now.sh/about/) - Create and share beautiful images of your source code.
* [livegrep](https://github.com/livegrep/livegrep) - Tool, partially inspired by Google Code Search, for interactive regex search of \~gigabyte-scale source repositories.
* [webhook](https://github.com/adnanh/webhook) - Lightweight incoming webhook server to run shell commands.
* [Remove Image Background](https://www.remove.bg/)
* [Canny](https://canny.io) - Track feedback to build better products.
* [Metabase](https://github.com/metabase/metabase) - Simplest, fastest way to get business intelligence and analytics to everyone in your company. ([Binary deployment](https://github.com/metabase/metabase-deploy))
* [EditorConfig](https://editorconfig.org/) - Helps maintain consistent coding styles for multiple developers working on the same project across various editors and IDEs.
* [Apprise](https://github.com/caronc/apprise) - Push Notifications that work with just about every platform.
* [Bloaty](https://github.com/google/bloaty) - Size profiler for binaries.
* [mdck](https://github.com/ctm/mdck) - Reports broken links found within md files.
* [Docusaurus](https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus) - Easy to maintain open source documentation websites.
* [Coverr](http://www.coverr.co/) - Beautiful, free videos for your homepage.
* [Tiny Letter](https://tinyletter.com)
* [Loom](https://www.useloom.com/) - New kind of work communication tool that helps you get your message across through instantly shareable videos.
* [Habitat](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat) - Modern applications with built-in automation.
* [Toodles](https://github.com/aviaviavi/toodles) - Project management directly from the TODO's in your codebase.
* [Speedscope](https://github.com/jlfwong/speedscope) - Fast, interactive web-based viewer for performance profiles.
* [Dependabot](https://dependabot.com/) - Creates pull requests to keep your dependencies secure and up-to-date.
* [imgproxy](https://github.com/DarthSim/imgproxy) - Fast and secure standalone server for resizing and converting remote images.
* [Loki](https://github.com/grafana/loki) - Like Prometheus, but for logs.
* [HCL](https://github.com/hashicorp/hcl) - HashiCorp configuration language.
* [Buttondown](https://buttondown.email/) - Easiest way to run your newsletter in markdown.
* [How many people are around](https://github.com/schollz/howmanypeoplearearound) - Count the number of people around you 👨‍👨‍👦 by monitoring wifi signals 📡.
* [Confluent](https://www.confluent.io/) - Streaming platform built by the original creators of Apache Kafka.
* [JournalBook](https://github.com/trys/JournalBook) - Private, offline-first personal journal.
* [AfterClass](https://afterclass.co/) - New kind of document for futuristic teams.
* [WriteFreely](https://github.com/writeas/writefreely) - Simple, federated blogging platform. Written in Go.
* [Snap.as](https://snap.as/) - Permanent home for your photos.
* [Jsonnet](https://github.com/google/jsonnet) - Data templating language.
* [fastmod](https://github.com/facebookincubator/fastmod) - Fast partial replacement for the codemod tool.
* [showthedocs](http://showthedocs.com/) - Documentation browser that finds the relevant docs for your code.
* [hack.chat](https://hack.chat/) - Minimal, distraction-free chat application.
* [Seafile](https://www.seafile.com/en/home/) - Enterprise file hosting platform with high reliability and performance.
* [Outline](https://outline.com/) - Read & annotate without distractions.
* [HelloSign](https://www.hellosign.com/) - Most Powerful Platform for Business Agreements.
* [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/) - Recurrent donations platform. [OSS](https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.com).
* [Catch](https://www.catch.co/) - Taxes, retirement, health insurance and more — built to work together like they always should have.

## Notes

* [Tips for success in building libraries/tools](https://youtu.be/oiNtnehlaTo?t=2861):
  1. Scratch your own itch.
  2. Stand on the shoulders of giants.
  3. Solve for the 80 % use case.
  4. Make it easy to adopt/delete.

## Links

* [Hacker Tools](https://hacker-tools.github.io/) - Make the most of the tools that hackers have been using for decades.
* [The Developer's Toolbox 2018](https://medium.com/mobile-quality/the-developers-toolbox-daaaa875081e)
* [Seeking the Productive Life: Some Details of My Personal Infrastructure (2019)](https://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure/) ([HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19220889))
* [Awesome Uses Page](https://github.com/wesbos/awesome-uses#readme) - List of /uses pages that detail apps and gear used by professional web developers.


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