What tools do you use to boost productivity?

Hey guys! I want to boost my productivity and I'd love to know what do you usually use as a developer. This is my list of tools and tricks:

• Oh My Zsh with autosuggestion and git plugin
• GitHub CLI. Usually I use gh branch to switch between branches as you can use Fuzzy Finder here
• Aliases, like work to open work project, opensource to open my opensource projects folder

Comments

[Mahdi Ghanbari]

One tab chrome extension

[Rachit Khurana]

Few Tools I just love:

• Notion - For all the document related stuff
• Slapdash
• FreeTube - Opensource youtube client
• Github Copilot - your pilot for writing code
• Ferdi - Best software for all communication platforms in 1

[Keff]

I use almost nothing, for me it feels like I get less productive the more tools and software I use. So I try to keep my environment quite clean and only use the essentials. Easier to set up and start working on new machines too.

[Pavel Keyzik]

More tools not better, I totally agree, but let's say upgrade Zsh with Oh My Zsh is definitely worth it

[Keff]

Ohh yea, definitely. Zsh is one of my essentials, next to vscode and git

[joyetgeorge]

You can use the chrome extension Blackbox to copy text from videos, images, PDFs, etc

Come very handy while watching coding tutorials on YouTube 🤗
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[Sami]

Was searching for this comment as I also use tabnine but people have been mentioning copilot. I wonder wish one is better?

[Nitzan Hen]

This is a little more specific, but I authored and use Agrippa quite a bit, to auto-generate React components without the boilerplate. It saves a lot of time, definitely compared to creating components by hand (but also compared to snippets).

Sorry for the self-promotion, but I sincerely believe it's great 😄 and it's saved me a lot of time and repetitive effort.

[Pavel Keyzik]

Wow! I didn't expect to see anyone who wrote something on their own and share this tool. Have you thinking about making a website with documentation? I see README and Wiki page, but maybe you have some plans around it 🤔

[Nitzan Hen]

Thanks for checking it out!
I actually do have some plans for a proper website for it, but it's a lot of work and progress is quite slow.
Currently working on more features for the tool (more frameworks other than plain React, test file support, etc.) which I'm rather excited about 🚀

[Pavel Keyzik]

No worries! At least you have some information in README 👍 Good luck with project development and be strong 💪

[Andrew Baisden]

I use dozens of tools that make me more productive. Some worthwhile mentions:

1. Todoist - For having a to do list
2. Notion - For managing projects and life
3. Centered - For task and project time tracking
4. Obsidian - For note taking and writing articles
5. Google Calendar - For managing events etc...

[Pavel Keyzik]

Obsidian looks like something interesting! I'm going to try this one, thank you for sharing something new 😍

[Red Ochsenbein (he/him)]

Vim extension for VSCode.

[Kaushal Joshi]

Bunch of VS Code and browser extensions, will make a list if you are interested.

Other than that, I use Notion, Obsidian(rarely), G-Calender, thiscodeworks, cold turkey

[Pavel Keyzik]

Sure! I'd love to see. I think there is always something useful that people are using, but you don't even know about it 😆

[Kaushal Joshi]

VS Code Extensions:

1. ESLint
2. Prettier
3. Code Spell Checker
4. Better Comments
5. Error Lense
6. Headwind (For Tailwind)
7. JS Code snippets
8. Live Share
9. Markdown Preview
10. Regexp Explain

[Pavel Keyzik]

Thank you for sharing ❤️

[Kaushal Joshi]

Browser extensions:

1. Grammarly
2. Search by Image
3. Pocket(+mobile app)
4. ColorZilla
5. WhatFont
6. Picture-in-Picture Extension
7. News Feed Eradicator: Blocks news feed for social media apps
8. The Great suspender: suspends tabs after certain time of iactivity
9. Wappalyzer

[Pavel Keyzik]

Never heard about Yadr. New thing to learn again 👍