Tools

Content-first web framework. Ships zero JavaScript by default, Islands architecture for partial hydration, and adapters for any UI framework.

Billing infrastructure for SaaS. Pricing tables, credit-based metering, checkout, and customer portal - all in TypeScript.

Amazon's flagship compute service. Hundreds of instance types, every region, deep integration with the rest of AWS. The default enterprise compute layer.

Fast Rust-based formatter and linter for JavaScript and TypeScript. One tool replaces Prettier and ESLint with sub-second runs on large repos.

Self-healing browser automation harness that lets LLMs complete any browser task. 5,000+ stars in under a week.

Bun

Infrastructure

All-in-one JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager. Written in Zig, drop-in compatible with Node, dramatically faster install and start times.

Cerebras

Infrastructure

Wafer-scale AI inference at 3,000+ tokens/sec. The WSE-3 chip has 4 trillion transistors and 900K AI cores. 20x faster than GPU providers. OpenAI partnership for inference.

Clerk

Infrastructure

This Site

Drop-in auth for React/Next.js. Pre-built sign-in UI, session management, user profiles, org management. This site uses Clerk for authentication.

CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, and edge computing. Free tier handles most needs. This site uses Cloudflare for DNS and analytics. Workers for edge compute.

Convex

Infrastructure

This Site

Reactive backend - database, server functions, real-time sync, cron jobs, file storage. All TypeScript. This site's backend (courses, videos, user data) runs on Convex.

Coolify

Infrastructure

Self-hosted

Self-hosted PaaS for deploying apps, databases, and services. Git-based deploys, Docker support, preview environments, and a clean UI.

CSS Modules

Infrastructure

Locally-scoped CSS for component-based apps. Plain CSS files with hashed class names, no runtime overhead, no learning curve.

Deno

Infrastructure

Secure-by-default JavaScript and TypeScript runtime from Node's original creator. Built-in TypeScript, fmt, lint, test, and Deno Deploy for edge hosting.

Drizzle ORM

Infrastructure

Type-safe SQL builder and ORM for TypeScript. Zero runtime overhead, honest schema migrations, bring-your-own-DB.

ESLint

Infrastructure

The standard JavaScript and TypeScript linter. Massive plugin ecosystem, framework-specific configs, and integration with every editor.

Firebase

Infrastructure

Google's BaaS platform. Firestore (NoSQL), Realtime Database, Auth, Cloud Functions, Hosting, and ML. Free Spark tier; pay-as-you-go Blaze.

Fly.io

Infrastructure

Run full-stack apps on lightweight VMs at the edge. Deploy via flyctl, scale across regions, attach Postgres and Redis. Pay-as-you-go pricing.

LPU-powered inference delivering 500-1,000+ tokens/sec. Purpose-built chip with on-chip SRAM instead of HBM. 5-10x faster than GPU providers. Free tier available.

Hetzner

Infrastructure

European cloud and dedicated server provider. Famously cheap dedicated boxes, generous bandwidth, and Cloud VPS that undercut AWS by an order of magnitude.

Inngest

Infrastructure

Durable workflows and background jobs for serverless. Step-level retries, scheduling, and event-driven functions.

Jest

Infrastructure

The long-standing JavaScript test framework from Meta. Snapshots, mocks, parallelism, and the broadest plugin ecosystem in the JS testing world.

Modal

Infrastructure

Serverless cloud for AI/ML workloads. Write Python with decorators, Modal handles GPU provisioning and scaling. 2-4s cold starts. Scales to zero. $30/mo free compute.

Neon

Infrastructure

Serverless Postgres with branching. Free tier, instant database branches per PR, autoscaling compute, and scale-to-zero. Acquired by Databricks in 2025.

Next.js

Infrastructure

The React meta-framework. App Router, Server Components, Server Actions, file-based routing, and first-class deployment on Vercel.

Node.js

Infrastructure

The original server-side JavaScript runtime. V8 under the hood, npm ecosystem, and the default backend runtime for most production deployments.

npm

Infrastructure

The default JavaScript package manager. Ships with Node, hosts the largest software registry in the world, and remains the safest compatibility default.

Nx

Infrastructure

Polyglot monorepo platform from Nrwl. Project graph, generators, executors, distributed task execution, and Nx Cloud for remote caching.

Obscura

Infrastructure

Headless browser built in Rust for controlled AI-agent browser tasks. Lighter and faster than Chromium-based alternatives.

PlanetScale

Infrastructure

MySQL-compatible serverless database built on Vitess. Branching, non-blocking schema changes, and horizontal sharding. Reintroduced a hobby tier in 2025.

Playwright

Infrastructure

Modern browser automation from Microsoft. Auto-wait, role-based selectors, cross-browser, fast in CI.

pnpm

Infrastructure

Fast, disk-efficient package manager. Content-addressable global store, strict dependency resolution, first-class workspaces. Default for many TypeScript monorepos.

Prisma

Infrastructure

TypeScript ORM with a schema-first workflow. Prisma Client gives full type safety; Prisma Migrate handles migrations. Works with Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB.

Radix UI

Infrastructure

Unstyled, accessible React primitives. Dialogs, popovers, dropdowns, and more, with full keyboard and screen-reader support out of the box.

Remix

Infrastructure

Web-standards-first React framework, now merged with React Router v7. Loaders and actions, nested routing, and progressive enhancement out of the box.

Render

Infrastructure

Heroku-style PaaS. Deploy web services, background workers, cron jobs, and managed Postgres from Git. Free tier for static sites and small services.

Run 50,000+ ML models with a simple API. No infrastructure management. Pay-per-second billing. Deploy custom models with Cog. Popular for image generation and audio.

Sentry

Infrastructure

Error monitoring and performance tracing with release tracking, session replay, and first-class Next.js support.

shadcn/ui

Infrastructure

Copy-paste React component collection built on Radix Primitives and Tailwind. You own the source, customize freely, no library to upgrade.

Supabase

Infrastructure

Open-source Firebase alternative built on Postgres. Auth, real-time subscriptions, storage, edge functions, and pgvector for AI embeddings. Generous free tier.

Tailwind CSS

Infrastructure

Utility-first CSS framework. Compose styles with class names, scan templates with the JIT engine, and ship tiny CSS bundles. v4 rewrote the engine in Rust.

Fastest inference for open-source models. 200+ models via unified API. Ranks #1 on speed benchmarks for DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, and Llama. Serverless pay-per-token pricing.

Turborepo

Infrastructure

Vercel's high-performance monorepo build system. Remote caching, task pipelines, and incremental builds. Drop into any pnpm or npm workspace.

Deployment platform behind Next.js. Git push to deploy. Edge functions, image optimization, analytics. Free tier is generous.

Vitest

Infrastructure

Vite-native test runner. Jest-compatible API, instant HMR for tests, native ESM and TypeScript, and built-in coverage. Default for new Vite and Next.js projects.

Zod

Infrastructure

TypeScript-first schema validation. Define schemas once, get static types and runtime validation. The default validator for tRPC, Next.js server actions, and AI SDKs.