Top Full Stack Tools In 2024

Proven tools that I have used/currently using to get the job done.

AI

Text Hashtag Generator
— Generate hashtags from text
AI
Image Hashtag Generator
— Generate hashtags from image
AI
Ollama
— Self hosted AI Rest API server. Easy to use.
AI
Hugging Face
— AI models that could be run locally.
AI
Vercel AI Playground
— Compare AI models, free.
AI
Together.ai
— Run AI models in the cloud, incredibly fast.
AI
Eleven Labs
— Generate voice.
AI
Heygen
— Generate AI video.
AI
Whisper
— Speech recognition, self hosted.
AI
Fooocus
— Self hosted Midjourney. Friendly UI.
AI
Stable Diffusion
— Self hosted Midjourney. Complicated UI.
AI
Face Fusion
— Face swap, photo/video. Works really fast, free.
AI

Productivity

Raycast
— Search everything, shortcuts, automation, calculator.
Extensions:
- Quick links - open sites super fast.
- Slack — quick search.
- Window management - free window management.
- Visual studio code - quick project opening.
Notion
— Knowledge base.
Obsidian
— Knowledge base 2. Self hosted.
Slack
— Communication.
Around
— Video calls, screen sharing. It works.

Hardware

Mac Book Pro
— Fast, great battery, silent.
Ipad
— Stylus, extra screen (screen mirroring).
Bose QC 35
— Noise cancelling, great sound and battery, light.
Elgato Key Light
— Light, controlled via app.
Rode NTG
— Boom mic, it works. Can be mount on camera.
Lumix S5 ii
— 6k video (landscape and shorts), good $ for value.

Media creation

Magic Tools
— Remove background, image generation etc.
AI
Figma
— Industry standard for design.
Capcut
— Video editor, great UX.
AI
Squoosh
— Image optimization, resize, compress.
Upscaly
— Upscale images, free, self hosted.
AI
Unsplash
— Free images, high quality, inspiration.

Software creation

ChatGPT 4
— Help with everything.
AI
Cursor
— Help to write code faster.
AI
Extensions:
- Co-pilot
  — Help to write code faster.
  AI
- Vim
  — Speed up typing :qw!
- Catppuccino
  — Beautiful theme.
- Thunder Client
  — Test API calls.
- Console Ninja
  — Simplify debugging.
- Code Spell Checker
  — Keep code clean.
- ESLint
  — Keep code clean.
- Prettier
  — Keep code looking good.
- Git Blame
  — See who wrote the code.
- Tailwind CSS IntelliSense
  — Speed up tailwindcss development.
Iterm 2
— Terminal
Extensions:
- Fig
  — Make you a Terminal expert.
  AI
Excalidraw
— Draw diagrams.
Dev tools
— Debugging, Performance insights, Light house.

Technical stack

Web/Mobile

Typescript
— Types, slower to start, faster to maintain.
Nodejs
— Backend with same language as frontend.
React
— Good ecosystem, many developers on a market, tooling.
Svelte
— Fast, easy to learn, tooling. Still risky for big projects.
Nextjs
— Great tooling, SEO friendly, coupled with React.
Vercel
— Easy to deploy, free for small projects, handle SSL.
Postgresql
— Free, Pg vector support for AI integration.
Table Plus
— Great IDE for databases.
Flutter
— For mobile. Fast, elegant Dart language.
Firebase
— Good pair for flutter, simple auth, easy hosting.
Mongo
— Great for document based data. Popular.
Tailwind
— Really speed up development, integration.
Shadcn
— Speed up component development, keep you in control.
Framer Motion
— Great for animations, easy to use.
Github
— Great for PM, developing and CI with Vercel.
Docker
— Speed up development and deployment.
Vite
— A development environment. Fast.

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