Software Development Tools and Information Sources

Completely Free

• fasd, pronounced fast: https://github.com/clvv/fasd
  • Change directories and access files without using the full path.
• fzf, fuzzy finder: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
  • Useful in many applications, just hit command t to create a fuzzy finder in your terminal.
• Iterm: https://iterm2.com/features.html
  • Very nice split panes, search and global keyboard command to summon and dismiss, etc.
• rg, rip grep: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
  • rip grep (written in rust) faster, and more intuitive than grep and faster than all other applications in the same class: https://blog.burntsushi.net/ripgrep/
• Spacemacs: http://spacemacs.org/
  • // file exploration, magit (git manipulation), managed packages and the like, power of emacs, navigation of vim (vim language ftw)
• Vimium https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb
  • // chrome extension that allows for keyboard based web browsing
• Workona: https://workona.com/
  • Chrome tab manager

    Free to a Point

• Alfred: https://www.alfredapp.com/
  • // quick nav for important bookmarks and total application navigation
• Dash: https://kapeli.com/dash
  • // offline documentation accessible from alfred
• Instapaper: https://www.instapaper.com/
  • A great app on web and mobile for saving interesting articles and reading them in a consistent, customizable format.
  • Instapaper also can use text to speech on mobile which
• Notion: https://www.notion.so/
  • Notes application on desktop, web, and mobile. Allows for mixing of markdown and relational tables as well as many other embeds and features and improvements are constantly added.
• Rescuetime: https://www.rescuetime.com/
  • A method for monitoring screentime and where that time is going, which is very useful when experimenting with diet, sleep or other aspects of one’s life as you can see a holistic view of how that change affects you. E.g. are you suddenly spending using time wasting applications more?
• Todoist: https://todoist.com/
  • It’s biggest feature is the global keyboard shortcut to create a task
  • It also uses natural language to help schedule the tasks.

    Paid

• Effortless // timers for tasks: https://www.effortless.app/
  • Global keyboard command for creating, and finishing named timers.
  • It used to be free, is now $10.

    Newsletters and websites

• Awesome Java: https://java.libhunt.com/
  • Repository: https://github.com/akullpp/awesome-java
  • A newsletter that lists and details interesting changes in the java community as well as sources interesting libraries.
  • Example: https://java.libhunt.com/newsletter/139
• Awesome Javascript (awesome x, exists for most languages: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome): https://js.libhunt.com/
  • Repository: https://github.com/sorrycc/awesome-javascript
  • Same as above except for Javascript
  • Example: https://js.libhunt.com/newsletter/139
• Better Dev: https://betterdev.link/
  • Weekly update with a good deal of content and more in depth articles
  • Example: https://betterdev.link/issues/84
• DEV: https://dev.to/
  • Lots of interesting articles, I would suggest using search to find anything that’s not an introduction
  • Also has an interesting newsletter
• Inside Dev: https://inside.com/dev
  • Daily high level overviews and links to articles covering all the top 10 changes in the dev community.
  • Example: https://inside.com/campaigns/inside-dev-2019-01-17-11020?token=uDn4xFP12aUD2yVwmvOVyQ
• Lobsters: http://lobste.rs
  • Interesting articles on language agnostic topics as well as more specialized articles. Free for all to read, invite only to post, comment and vote.