Things I Use.

Development tools

• VSCode

  Visual Studio Code is an editor with a whole range of extensions that turns it into a great Python IDE for Django development. The Tailwind CSS IntelliSense extension is a must.

• iTerm2

  iTerm2 is a macOS Terminal that I use mainly for its split pane feature.

• TablePlus

  TablePlus is a macOS app for exploring relational databases that I mainly use for inspecting Django databases.

• Homebrew

  Homebrew is the package manager I use for installing command-line software on macOS.

Programming

• Python

  Most of my programming is done in Python with Django and Pandas for data cleaning and analysis.

• JavaScript

  I use vanilla JavaScript to add interactivey when Alpine.js is not enough.

• Ruby

  I sometimes use Ruby for scripting and data cleaning but mostly for building this website with Jekyll.

Web Stack

• Django

  Django is the standard Python Web framework. Most web application functionality works out of the box.

• HTMX

  HTMX is a JavaScript package that adds HTML attributes for interacting with web servers to provide a single-page application feel without needing to write custom JavaScript.

• Alpine.js

  Alpine.js is a JavaScript package that adds interactivity within a web page using HTML attributes.

• Tailwind CSS

  Tailwind is a utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom designs.

• Hericons

  Heroicons is a set of SVG icons by the makers of Tailwind CSS. I look here first for icons.

• Leaflet

  Leaflet is the standard open-source solution for interactive mapping on the web.

• Chart.js

  Chart.js provides a wide range of highly customisable charts for presenting data.

• D3

  D3 is a JavaScript library for producing custom, interactive data visualizations using a much lower-level set of components than charting libraries.

Data Wrangling

• Pandas

  Pandas is the standard tabular data analysis and manipulation library for Python.

• GeoPandas

  GeoPandas adds geospatial features to Pandas.

Design

• Affinity Designer

  Affinity Designer is the vector graphics editor I use for creating UI prototypes, diagrams, logos etc.

• Affinity Photo

  Affinity Photo is the raster graphics editor I use any time I want to edit photos and screenshots.

Productivity

• Raycast

  Raycast is a keyboard-driven app launcher with loads of utilities and integrated set of AI chat models.