tools we use

Fast prototyping for static web pages, landing pages, one-off scripts. Browser-based, no setup.

Autonomous AI agent that lives in your terminal. Builds full apps, runs tests, manages files. Probably the future of programming.

Google's VS Code fork with unlimited access to the best coding models. Great for learning, don't use for anything private.

Full VS Code in your browser with terminal, extensions, everything. Real dev environment from any device. Free with Student Pack.

Quick prototyping, runs basically any language. Good for learning and small projects.

Hundreds of dollars in free tools: domains, cloud credits, Copilot Pro, JetBrains IDEs, and 80+ other things. Do this one first.

Google's visual app builder. Prototype full-stack apps with AI assistance, deploy to Firebase. Browser-based.

Google's official command-line interface for Gemini. Chat, generate code, and automate tasks from your terminal.

One API for all the best models (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama). Pay per token, no subscriptions. Great for experimenting.

AI-native code editor built on VS Code. Tab-complete entire functions, chat with your codebase.

Run open-source LLMs locally. Llama, Mistral, Phi — download and chat, no cloud required.

Deploy frontend apps in seconds. The home of Next.js. Free tier is generous.

Deploy backends, databases, and services with zero config. Postgres, Redis, whatever. $5/month free credit.

Open-source Firebase alternative. Postgres, auth, storage, realtime — all in one.

Industry-standard UI design tool. Free for students. Collaborative, browser-based.

The missing package manager for macOS. Install anything with one command.

A fast, feature-rich terminal emulator. Native, GPU-accelerated, beautiful.

Professional photo editing, vector graphics, and page layout. Completely free. This is the one.

Background removal in seconds. No installation needed.

Hollywood-grade video editor. The free version is more than most people will ever need.

Screen recording and streaming. The standard.

Audio editing, podcast production, basic recording. Free forever, open source.

Window snapping, quick launcher, bulk rename, color picker. Windows utilities you should have.

Downloads video/audio from Instagram, Twitter, TikTok. No ads, no tracking, open source. Bookmark this.

Ad blocking extension. Non-negotiable in the modern internet.

Upload notes, PDFs, slides — it synthesizes everything and lets you ask questions. The podcast feature is wild.

Free DOI for your work. Makes student research citable and legitimate. If you do real research, publish it here.

The GitHub of ML. 1.5M+ models, datasets, and Spaces. This is where cutting-edge AI actually lives.

Jupyter notebooks with free access to GPUs. Train models, run inference, all from a browser.

Python library for beautiful statistical plots with minimal code.

Data manipulation in Python. If you're doing anything with data, you're using this.