Tools

I am always interested to hear what tools people use to get their work done, so I have listed a few of my own favorites that I am using now:

These are the core tools I use for my AI product development and project planning:

ChatGPT Plus – $20/mo — Primary AI for thinking, writing, coding help.
Claude (web) – Free — Long-context planning and brainstorming.
Figma – Free — Wireframes and UI design.
Supabase – Free — Postgres database, authentication, and email verification.
GitHub – Code repository and collaboration.
Copilot Pro – ~$10/mo (optional) — AI coding assistance inside the editor.
DigitalOcean App Platform – ~$5–12/mo at deploy — Auto-deploy from GitHub, one-click rollback.
Google Drive + Sheets – Free — Documentation and project tracking.

DigitalOcean - developer focused cloud computing, currently used for my side projects. My favorite to use of all clouds.
Google GCE - feature rich cloud computing platform, used to host my production backend for the Sportler app.
Amazon EC2 - the original cloud computing service, used to host DNS for my production app for sportler
Macbook Air 15 - great combination of portability, power, screen size, and battery

Xcode - development environment for all things Apple
Sublime Text - I need something better here, but this is my go to text editor right now
Docker - control your app environment and deploy anwhere
Parse Server - node.js open source backend server
Docker Hub - public container registry
Google Container Registry - used to host my private container images
mLab - managed mongoDB database hosting, can get pricey