Stack

Stack

My favorite tools and software.

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1.1.1.1

Add a little bit of extra privacy to your internet browsing.

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Apollo

The best 3rd party Reddit app on the App Store.

Indie
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Cypress

Cypress makes it really easy to automate website testing.

Open Source
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Dependabot

Dependabot keeps all of my project dependencies up to date every week, saving me time and frustration.

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Descript

Convert your lectures into fully fledged essays. Thank me later

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Fathom

My favorite analytics tool for my personal site and side projects. Fathom is fast, easy to use, and privacy-first.

Indie
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Feather Icons

A gorgeous open source icon set – easily grab SVGs, or integrate it directly into your React project.

IndieOpen Source
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Ghost

A simple writing surface with API access to my content.

IndieOpen Source
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GitHub Mobile

I use GitHub Mobile to keep up with my work and side projects.

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Gumroad

If you are a creator and want to sell something online, Gumroad will have you up and earning in minutes.

Indie
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iStat Menus

The best way to know what’s happening inside my computer at all times.

Indie
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Next.js

The best way to build modern React websites.

Open Source
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Outlook for iOS

The best mail and calendar combination app on the App Store.

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Postmark

A simple, but powerful, tool for sending transactional emails.

Indie
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Tailwind CSS

A compositional CSS framework that makes styling websites easy. It’s like writing CSS on steroids.

IndieOpen Source
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Things

Things is my second brain. It’s the gold standard of software design: fast, fun, easy to use, beautiful, with a complete cross-device story.

Indie
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Vercel

Everything I make on the internet lives on Vercel. Vercel is the gold standard of developer tools.

About these links

I only recommend apps and tools that I use frequently and think are excellent. Nobody is paying to be on this list.

However, some of the links above are affiliate links. Any affiliate income earned goes straight back into powering this website and my other side projects: servers, storage, domain names, and other operational costs.

❤️ Paul

Recommendations

My stack is a curated list of tools and software that I use regularly. In general, less is more. But I’m always interested in discovering great new apps and tools – let me know what I should check out.