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Software engineer and educator; creator of Testing Library and of the EpicWeb.dev and EpicReact.dev courses.
24 things
Fly.ioService Fly.io
Fly.io - An amazing hosting platform
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
React Router v7Software
Remix/React Router v7 - The best framework to build a web app
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
PrismaSoftware Prisma
Prisma - A fantastic ORM for Node.js (I use it with Postgres/SQLite hosted on Fly.io).
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
TypeScriptSoftware Microsoft
TypeScript - I can't imagine building JavaScript projects without TypeScript.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
PrettierSoftware
Prettier - I can't imagine life without it.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
FathomService Fathom Analytics
Fathom - My preferred tool for ethical analytics
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
ZodSoftware
Zod - A great schema declaration and data validation library for TypeScript.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
Testing LibrarySoftware
Testing Library - A great testing library for anything that interacts with the DOM.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
VitestSoftware
Vitest - A great testing framework.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
TailwindCSSSoftware Tailwind Labs
TailwindCSS - A great way to keep my styling consistent and stay productive.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
CursorSoftware Anysphere
Cursor - My preferred editor. Find my settings here: kcd.im/vscode
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
Sticker MuleService Sticker Mule
Sticker Mule - How I get a bunch of stickers of my OSS projects etc. printed for myself that I can hand out.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
iwantmyname.comService
iwantmyname.com - Where I buy all my domain names.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
Notion CalendarService Notion
Notion Calendar - My calendar app and it allows me to share my availability with specific blocks of time.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
PlaywrightSoftware Microsoft
Playwright - I use this for E2E testing.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
Radix UISoftware
Radix UI - An accessibility-focused set of easy-to-use and easy-to-style components.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
XStateSoftware
XState - Any time I have a complex state problem, I use this.
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
Night OwlSoftware Sarah Drasner
Night Owl editor theme by Sarah Drasner
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
Dank MonoSoftware Phil Plückthun
Dank Mono font by Phil Plückthun
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
Wispr FlowSoftware Wispr
Wispr Flow - Voice to text (AI)
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
ScreenFlowSoftware Telestream
ScreenFlow - Recording software
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
LoopbackSoftware Rogue Amoeba
Loopback - To record my desktop audio (and alias my microphone so I can tell which Camlink to use).
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
ripgrepSoftware
ripgrep (a better grep)
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
deltaSoftware
delta (a better git diff)
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2026-03-10·kentcdodds.com ↗
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