Microsoft Copilot AI Conversation
April: Many developers prepare pages on their website sharing what tools they use as part of their daily workflow. Document 3 different people and their collections of tools.
Copilot: Sure! Here are three developers and their collections of tools:
- Wes Bos
Wes Bos is a well-known web developer and instructor. He shares his tools on his website, which include:- Code Editor: Visual Studio Code
- Terminal: iTerm2
- Version Control: GitHub
- Design: Figma
- Productivity: Notion
- Browser: Google Chrome
- Hosting: Netlify
- Communication: Slack
- Sarah Drasner
Sarah Drasner is a prominent developer and author. Her toolset includes:- Code Editor: VS Code
- Design: Sketch
- Version Control: GitHub
- Productivity: Trello
- Browser: Firefox
- Hosting: Vercel
- Communication: Zoom
- Kent C. Dodds
Kent C. Dodds is a software engineer and educator. His tools are:- Code Editor: VS Code
- Terminal: Hyper
- Version Control: GitHub
- Design: Figma
- Productivity: Todoist
- Browser: Chrome
- Hosting: Netlify
- Communication: Discord
These developers have curated their toolsets to optimize their workflows and enhance productivity. Do you use any of these tools in your daily workflow?
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Uses.Tech Developers & Their Tools
Christian Hain
Christian Hain uses many tools that are familiar to me such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. However, I was most surprised to see that Christian also uses Affinity Photo/Publisher/Designer for design work. This is the same design software I have on my personal laptop and I was happy to see that a developer uses them since I don't hear about them being used too often. Christian also uses Node.js and React. These are both frameworks that I have heard of and hope to learn more about in the future.
Carol Gilabert
Carol Gilabert uses VS Code as her primary coding software and listed all the extensions she uses. I have not heard of many of them, but some of the ones she listed are Indent Rainbow, Web Hint, Error Lens, and Colorize. I really want to go learn more about these now and see if I should install them! Carol also has an image of her computer setup and listed all the different hardware she uses.
Julian Stark
Julian Stark uses WordPress and he listed all his theme and plugin recommendations. For themes, his recommendations include GeneratePress, Elementor Hello, Go Theme, Chaplin, and Kadence. For plugins, his recommendations include Elementor Pro and LiteSpeed Cache. After reading about these, I wonder if there are more WordPress fans on uses.tech who have shared their favorite plugins/themes!
How to Add My Info to Uses.Tech
To add myself to uses.tech, there is a link in the footer of the page which goes to a GitHub repository. On the GitHub page, there is a Contribution Guide that they want you to read since they don't want people doing pull requests. According to the Contribution Guide, a fork request would need to be submitted and then approved to add my information to uses.tech.