5 Tools Every Developer Should Use in 2024
As a Developer, there's so much to learn, and it's very important to focus on the things that actually matter! Many developers prefer building things from scratch, but sometimes the workload is so huge that using these tools can make the job easier.
In this article, I'll share 5 tools that can make you super productive and better at doing what you do the best "Build Cool Stuff"
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1. Pieces.app - Your Workflow Copilot
Pieces is an AI-powered developer productivity tool designed to help developers manage the chaos of their workflow through intelligent code snippet management, contextualized copilot interactions, and proactive surfacing of useful materials.
It improves your workflow, and your overall development experience while maintaining the privacy and security of your work with a completely offline approach to AI.
Recently, Pieces has launched a groundbreaking feature that no other copilot is offering currently. Watch a quick demo to see what the Hype is all about!
With Pieces Copilot+, you get an assistant that knows exactly where you left off. It can respond to queries such as "Which last Github Pull Request I was reviewing?" or "How do I resolve the latest issue I encountered in Sublime?"
It seamlessly integrates with your favorite tools to streamline, understand, and elevate your coding processes. It has some more cool features:
✅ Use 25+ LLMs in both Cloud and On-device models
✅ Save, organize, and retrieve code snippets with AI-assisted tagging and categorization.
✅ Keep your code private with completely offline on-device AI models
✅ Get snippets from screenshots
You can see the complete list of features that are available with Pieces.
Pieces also offer different language-based SDKs to utilize the wide range of functionalities provided by Pieces OS. I've built an AI-powered CLI using Pieces Typescript SDK.
Pieces recently launched on ProductHunt and became the Product of the Day with 900+ upvotes and 250+ comments!
2. SuperTokens - Open Source User Auth
Supertokens is an open-source authentication solution that simplifies user authentication processes.
They are making authentication more accessible to everyone, not just security experts, and that means redesigning the entire developer experience from the ground up.
Supertokens also provides a set of tools to enhance security, such as token rotation, session management, and multi-factor authentication. These features make sure that your authentication system is robust and secure.
You can read the docs and check on how to install and configure Supertokens, which is the best way to use it.
They have 12k+ Stars on GitHub which shows they have a wider community support and trust.
3. Permit.io - Authorization Made Easy
Permit.io is an open-source authorization solution that helps teams implement and manage fine-grained access control for their applications and services.
It streamlines the process of building and maintaining authorization logic, allowing developers to focus on core features rather than struggling with permissions.
Permit.io seamlessly integrates with your favorite development tools to enhance your coding processes and improve security.
It also allows you to create and manage complex authorization rules that can adapt to your application's evolving needs. This is particularly valuable for SaaS applications and multi-tenant systems.
✅ Define roles and permissions in a centralized location.
✅ Easily implement attribute-based access control (ABAC).
✅ Create dynamic policies based on user attributes and context.
✅ Share and sync authorization policies across your entire system.
They offer SDKs for various programming languages including JavaScript, Python, Go, and Java, making it easy to integrate Permit.io into your existing codebase.
The latest addition to their suite, Permit Share-If, takes access control to the next level. It's a collection of ready-to-use, embeddable UI components that streamline access sharing in applications.
These components provide fully functional access control, making it safe and easy for users to manage permissions.
This is very handy for developers of complex applications.
✅ Users can request restricted resource access directly from applications.
✅ Submit approval requests via embedded component for admin oversight.
✅ Approve/deny operation requests through a user-friendly interface.
You can explore their documentation to learn more about it.
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4. Appwrite - Create Backend in Minutes
Appwrite is an open-source backend-as-a-service (BaaS) platform designed to help developers build secure and scalable applications with ease.
Whenever I need to start a full-stack project, Appwrite is my go-to platform for the backend.
Appwrite offers a wide range of features:
✅ Appwrite's database service offers a flexible and powerful way to manage your application's data, with support for complex queries and real-time updates.
✅ The storage service allows you to manage and serve files effortlessly, with built-in support for file uploads, downloads, and transformations.
✅ Appwrite Functions lets you execute your custom code in a secure, isolated environment. You can trigger your code on any Appwrite system event either manually or using a CRON schedule.
You can explore the complete list of features available with Appwrite.
Appwrite also allows you to manage your application's backend services through a simple and intuitive dashboard, making it easy to monitor and control your resources.
✅ Securely manage user authentication and authorization.
✅ Effortlessly handle database operations.
✅ Store and serve files with ease.
✅ Integrate with third-party services and APIs.
Appwrite offers a variety of SDKs for different programming languages, including JavaScript, Python, PHP, and more, making it easy to integrate with your existing projects.
Appwrite has 49k+ stars on GitHub and 88+ releases so they are constantly improving.
5. Infisical - Secret management platform
Infisical is an open-source secret management platform designed to help teams centralize their secrets, such as API keys, database credentials, and configurations.
They are making secret management more accessible to everyone, not just security teams, and that means redesigning the entire developer experience from the ground up.
It has a lot more exciting features:
✅ It offers a user-friendly dashboard to manage secrets across projects and environments (e.g., development, production).
✅ Infisical upgrades your security with tools to automatically prevent secret leaks to git history, using the Infisical CLI with pre-commit hooks or direct integration with platforms like GitHub.
You can explore the documentation to see why it's creating such a buzz!
It also allows you to manage secrets efficiently, ensuring your applications are secure and up-to-date. This is very handy for developers working on both open-source and enterprise projects.
✅ Save parts of your secrets in the app.
✅ Easily access saved secrets.
✅ Integrate secrets into your CI/CD pipelines.
✅ Share your secrets securely with your team.
Infisical offers four SDKs for Node.js, Python, Java, and .Net.
They have 13k+ stars on GitHub and 155+ releases so they are constantly evolving.
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