Uses

A somewhat comprehensive list of tools, apps, hardware, and more that I use on a daily basis to design and code things.

Design

Figma is my primary tool for UI design these days. It’s fast, easy to use, and has great collaboration features. Also, the generous free tier is a big plus.
When ever I need to do some quick edits to images, Photopea is my tool of choice. Great alternate to Photoshop for basic photo editing.

I use VSCode as my text editor, with the Monokai Pro theme and Operator Mono Lig as my typeface of choice.
Brave is my main browser on my macbook for both development and general use. On windows I still prefer Edge as it's stable and feature rich.
For back-end development I use Laravel for most of my projects. It’s a battery included MVC framework that’s easy to use and has a great community. Learing Node.js and Hono is also on my to-do list.
Next.js is my front end Javascript library of choice. It’s a great way to build React apps with server side rendering and other performance optimizations out of the box. Inertia is also a great tool for React + Laravel.
MySQL is my database of choice for most projects. I am interested in learning PostgresSQL, an all in one database.
I utilize Tailwind CSS for styling. This utility-first framework is user-friendly and delivers excellent performance.
For mobile app development, I utilize React Native, an effective framework for creating cross-platform applications using JavaScript. This approach leverages my existing proficiency in React.

I prefer Github Actions for CI/CD as it has a great free tier and is easy to use.
Cloudflare is my go-to for DNS and CDN.