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:

Computing

• 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

Software Development

• 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

Collaboration

• figma - userflows and collaborative designs
• Atlassian JIRA / Confluence - I have a love/hate relationship with this one
• slack
• Git - local version control, github for collaborative development

User Research / Data Collection & Analysis

• MixPanel - using to understand user behavior inside my iOS Sportler App
• Google Analytics - using for web site analytics of harbin.io and sportler.io
• Segment - data aggregation and service to connect everything
• Periscope (now sisense) - dashboards and data deep dives
• Statsig - feature management and experimentation
• Rollout.io (now cloudbees) - feature rollout to target users
• Typeform - forms to collect user feedback

Productivity Tools

• ChatGPT - saves time, makes me consider more perspectives, overall useful as everyone has already read about
• Trello - keep everything in cards on a board
• CloudApp (now zight) - screen recording and sharing

Other

• Zapier - connecting various tools together to define and streamline workflow
• Ghost server - open source ghost server