Tools & Resources
Everything below is in our daily engineering workflow. We've tested alternatives; these are what stuck.
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Development Environment
- VS Code
- Best extension ecosystem, remote SSH, and container development integration.
- GitHub Copilot ★
- Assistance for boilerplate, unit tests, regex, and complex SQL queries. Learn more →
- Cursor ★
- AI-assisted editor with fast multi-file refactoring and inline diffing. Learn more →
- Raycast ★
- Spotlight replacement with clipboard history, window management, and custom scripts. Learn more →
- Warp ★
- Modern GPU-accelerated terminal with command search and team workflows. Learn more →
- Obsidian
- Local-first Markdown knowledge base with canvas and link graph exploration.
Research & Writing Tools
- AI Research Assistant
- Long-context analysis, architectural review, code exploration, and technical synthesis.
- Technical Search
- Primary citation discovery, technical literature exploration, and documentation search.
- Document Synthesis
- Grounded source synthesis over technical specs, arXiv papers, and documentation.
Hosting & Infrastructure
- Cloudflare Pages
- Hosts this publication with edge CDN distribution, instant preview builds, and zero cold starts.
- Hetzner Cloud ★
- Self-hosted infrastructure: Docker, Postgres, Redis, MinIO, and internal Prometheus monitoring. View Hetzner →
- DigitalOcean ★
- Managed Kubernetes, Spaces object storage, and staging droplets. View DigitalOcean →
- Railway ★
- Fast deployment for microservices, Redis workers, and internal APIs. View Railway →
- Supabase ★
- Managed Postgres with row-level security, auth, and realtime subscriptions. View Supabase →
- Turso ★
- Edge-replicated libSQL database with sub-millisecond query times worldwide. View Turso →
Databases & Data
- PostgreSQL 16
- Primary transactional engine with JSONB, pgvector, and native partitioning.
- Redis / Valkey
- In-memory caching, rate-limiting, and high-throughput job queues.
- ClickHouse
- High-speed columnar analytics and telemetry ingestion.
- Qdrant ★
- Production vector similarity search engine with HNSW indexing and payload filtering. View Qdrant →
- DuckDB
- Fast in-process SQL OLAP engine for Parquet datasets and browser-based WASM analysis.
Affiliate Programs We Participate In
Infrastructure & Compute
Hetzner Cloud, DigitalOcean, Lambda Labs, Railway
Data & Vector
Qdrant, Neon Serverless PG, Supabase, Turso
Security & Auth
Clerk, 1Password, YubiKey
Analytics & Syndication
Cloudflare Web Analytics, Open RSS 2.0
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