πŸ“ What are your top 5 tools?

I loved https://yourstack.com because it allowed me to list (stack) the tools I'm using (to make stuff). Basically answering the question "which tools are you using/recommending?". Yourstack was also great becuause you could browse the stacks of other makers to (re)discover tools and compare approaches as well as sharing tips and tricks around those tools. 🏝 While yourstack is currently on (permanent) vacation (https://twitter.com/rrhoover/status/1512068093090041869) I was wondering if you only could take 5 tools to an island: which tools would you pick and why? Ideally name tools that you rely on regularly. Can be evergreen tools or something new. Bonus points if you made something using those tools. Feel free to share what you made for context : ) Will also share my top 5 tools after a few comments (wow, narrowing down is not easy)!

Replies

Thomas Schranz ⛄️
5 tools I regularly use to make stuff Glide: build mobile web apps based on spreadsheets (https://glideapps.com) Deta: free and easy serverless hosting for Python and Node apps (https://deta.sh) GitHub Codespaces: cloud based dev environments + VS Code in the browser (https://github.com/features/code...) Shortcuts: custom automations for iOS and macOS (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/...) Tailscale: for connecting devices and virtual machines (https://tailscale.com)
Thomas Schranz ⛄️
@jollife anything specific that you are using iTerm for vs the default Terminal app?
Johannes N
@__tosh themes, tabs (I think terminal back then did not support it), and customizations in general. maybe it can all be done today in the default terminal as well :shrug:
Chris Messina
Airtable Alfred Spotify Refind Keynote/Figma/Sketch
Michael Kohl
Raycast - Used to be a heavy Alfred user but this is better in (almost) every way. Obsidian - Personal knowledge base based on Markdown files. 1password - Not many other products I can think of that so consistently add useful features (like the recent SSH key integration or the masked email feature with Fastmail) while generally staying out of your way. Edge - Yes, it's from MS and we all still have IE nightmares but it's a great Chromium-based browser with surprisingly sane defaults and some nice features of its own (e.g. collections, good PWA support, vertical tabs without extension) Neovim - A modernized fork of Vim with Lua scripting, native LSP support, etc.
Patrik Inzinger
It changes every few months, but those are long-time favorites of mine: 1. @todoist / manages my entire life 2. @craftdocsapp / go-to notes and writing app 3. @around_hq / fantastic collaboration tool for distributed teams 4. Basecamp 5. Brave Browser And some lesser-known tools as a bonus: * https://numi.app/ / calculator on steroids * https://getkap.co/ / super-quick screen recorder * https://hyper.is/ / electron-based terminal
Michi Huber
Things (!) basecamp (not great, but prefer over eg slack) vim recently replaced alfred (great) with raycast (happy so far) fantastical
Thomas Schranz ⛄️
@michihuber I just remembered Quicksilver
Devluc
Photoshop - design VS Code - coding Twitter - marketing Gumroad - payment and item delivery for digital products PayPal - $ to bank Grateful to the teams that created them. They enable me to earn a decent living just by building my own basic products https://devluc.com Thanks for the opportunity Thomas πŸ‘
Danny Hatcher πŸ”Ž
This is an easy one for me. Obsidian - My daily note driver as a researcher Zotero - My storage of articles Morgen - My task and calendar app of choice (syncs with gcal) Affinity Photo - for all image manipulation for digital marketing Filmora 9 - Video editing software. I don't use anything else really to run my YouTube channel and my research.
Jamie Gotz
@__tosh this is some of my stack: GMeet - remote meetings Shepherd - meeting notes & structure Miro - ideating Notion - company handbook Gyazo - screenshots / bug reporting Slack - comms HQ
Paul VanZandt
@__tosh @jamie_gotz We are launching a Miro alternative with some unique features, I would love to get your feedback on our product. Shoot me an email here if you're interested in learning more paul.vanzandt@frescopad.com
Paul VanZandt
Some of my favorite tools to use daily: Fresco: Brainstorming, ideation, and collaboration Slack: Team communication and alignment Idenati: Really slick password management ClickUp: Personal task management
Jha
Zenpreneur
Zenpreneur
1. Nawvel - creating resource collections like what you've done with the post! 2. Notion - note taking, project management (second brain) 3. G suite - communication and collaboration 4. Miro - ideation and discovery (UX) 5. Figma - design (UI)
Dawn Veltri
RAEK NeuralText Slack ahrefs Canva
GamerSeo
Ahrefs and Surferseo these are really great tools.
Ujjawal Sharma
As a designer, my top 5 tools are : Freepik Motion Array Lottieflies Simplified Pinterest
Enola VEDOVOTTO
Canva: for quick and easy graphics Verticalls : to have the KPI's of my videoconferences and qualify my future clients Sales navigator : to prospect on LinkedIn Mailerlite : for newsletter + emailing campaigns Trust Mary : to put reviews on the website And you ?
Daniel Engels
Slack, SimilarWeb, Intercom, Zapier, Notion
Kazimieras Melaika
Slack - for team communication Figma - design matters, product building ClickUp - task management Spotify - to keep me in a working mood and keep the working environment cozy I guess these are the top apps. Btw, we’re launching in late May or the beginning of June. Check out our upcoming PH page: www.producthunt.com/upcoming/eff... Our project is called: Effecto. It’s an app for detailed habits, health, symptoms, and meds tracking. Pretty much for everything that is related to your physical or mental health and every daily factor that can affect you.
Marina ĐuriΔ‡
LeadDelta professional relationships CRM
My essential tools for coffee work grind β˜•: Notion - life and work organization, mainly used is content planning for LinkedIn Loom - screen recording and great for tutorials Canva - for making presentations and carousel picture type posts Lead Delta - the #1 tool for LinkedIn management, indeed a game- changer for doing business on LinkedIn https://www.producthunt.com/post... Slack - for team communication, everyone's favorite Grammarly - for content and copywriting, an essential
Dylan Merideth
slack for comms notion for company info/strategy/blogging loom for recording demos and bug tracking ideaisland for ideating, building features and planning pricing based on costs figma for building layouts
Dow O'Sage
Salesforce Slack Dokkio Trello Tableau