Tools

A lightweight list of tools, apps, and more that I use on a daily basis to design and code software.

Development

I use Intellij Ultimate as my text editor on the job, and Visual Studio Code for personal projects.
Chrome is my main browser for both development and general use.
LucidChart is my go to diagramming tool for software design. Creating diagrams helps me solution and think through problems and system design. For the really challengingg problems, I step into VR use Noda!
React is my frontend JavaScript library of choice, but I truly enjoy deep diving into a new framework, paradigm, or design pattern.
For CSS I’ve used a myriad pre-processors and css-in-js solutions like styled-components and SASS but these days I’m using vanilla CSS.
For unit and functional testing I typicall use Jest and Cypress.
On the job, the AI assistant I use is GitHub Copilot Chat but for everyday tasks I prefer ChatGPT.