My Software Development Setup & Programming Tools (October 2021)

Many people ask me what tools I use for my work as software full-stack engineer. I will provide a list of the programming languages and frameworks I use, so you know what this list is going to be for.

So my tech stack is:

• JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL
• React, React Native, Node.js, Nest.js, Shopware

In this article, I will present a list of all the tools that I use on a daily basis in my work for software development. 🛠

🖱 Hardware

• MacBook Pro 15,4” 2015 / i7–4770HQ / 16GB RAM / 256GB SSD (I can’t wait for M1X 🙄)
• Mouse: Genesis Zircon 330
• Mouse pad: Genesis Carbon 500 L
• Keyboard: Genesis Thor 420 RGB
• Microphone: Genesis Radium 600
• Headphones: Genesis Selen 400
• Sound system: Genesis Helium 610BT

Currently I don’t have my monitor, but I am looking for one! 🔎

💻 Terminal

• iTerm2 + zsh + oh-my-zsh with plugins: zsh-autosuggestions, zsh-syntax-highlighting

📝 Productivity

• Standing desk: Autonomous SmartDesk Pro (-4% discount with 22pietrzakadrian promotion code 🔥)
• Ergonomic chair: Autonomous ErgoChair Pro+
• I write down ideas for new projects manually in a physical calendar 😉

🔨 Software tools

• Visual Studio Code with Ayu Next Theme, PhpStorm
• Brave Browser (why not Chrome?)
• Spark for an email client
• Slack for communication with my teammate
• Spotify for listen music (playlists: Just Chill, Night Chill)
• Postman for API client
• TablePlus for database management
• Flipper and Reactron for inspecting React Native apps
• brew + brewservicesmenubar to manage software package
• MacPass for manage important passwords
• pomodorome to measure the time of correct work at the computer 👁
• FileZilla for FTP
• Magnet for manage program windows
• sphp script for quickly switching between php versions

🌎 Server and hosting:

• My site is written in Gatsby.js and uses a gatsby-starter-lumen
• I host my backend applications on VPS from OVH and frontend apps on Github Pages
• I use AWS S3 and Cloudfront to store files in my applications
• I use Github Actions for CI/CD

In this article, I have introduced you to all the tools I use in my work as a full-stack software engineer.

You can also find this article on medium.com where I share my solutions to the problems I encountered during my software engineer career.