ToolFreemium
Lovable
Prompt a full-stack web app into existence, then keep editing it in plain English.
#ai#full-stack#no-code
lovable.dev
The Wiki
Everything I use to build, ship and sell software.
A living library for vibe coding, software development and entrepreneurship. No affiliate padding, no listicles — just the tools, guides and books that survived real projects.
85 resources
01
Vibe Coding
25AI-first building: the editors, agents, prompting habits and workflows that turn an idea into a shipped product in days.
ToolFreemium
Cursor
The AI-native code editor — agent mode, codebase-wide context and inline edits.
#editor#agent#ide
cursor.com
ToolPaid
Claude Code
Anthropic's terminal agent that reads, edits and refactors your repo from the CLI.
#cli#agent#refactor
anthropic.com
ToolFreemium
GitHub Copilot
Autocomplete, chat and agent workflows wired straight into VS Code and GitHub.
#autocomplete#vscode#github
github.com
ToolFreemium
Windsurf
Agentic IDE with flows that plan multi-file changes before touching your code.
#ide#agent
windsurf.com
ToolFreemium
v0 by Vercel
Generate React and Tailwind UI from a prompt or a screenshot, copy it into your app.
#ui#react#tailwind
v0.dev
ToolFreemium
ChatGPT
General-purpose reasoning partner for specs, debugging, copy and research.
#llm#research#writing
chatgpt.com
ToolFreemium
Claude
Long-context assistant that handles big documents and careful code review well.
#llm#long-context
claude.ai
ToolFreemium
Google Gemini
Multimodal assistant with a huge context window and deep Google integration.
#llm#multimodal
gemini.google.com
ToolPaid
OpenRouter
One API key, hundreds of models — compare price and quality without rewriting code.
#api#models#gateway
openrouter.ai
ToolFreemium
Perplexity
Answer engine with citations — good for fast technical and market research.
#research#search
perplexity.ai
GuideFree
Prompt Engineering Guide
Open, well-maintained reference on prompting techniques with worked examples.
#prompting#reference
promptingguide.ai
GuideFree
Anthropic Prompt Engineering Docs
Practical, model-maker guidance on structure, examples and chain-of-thought prompts.
#prompting#docs
docs.anthropic.com
GuideFree
OpenAI Cookbook
Runnable recipes for embeddings, function calling, RAG and evaluation.
#recipes#rag#api
cookbook.openai.com
GuideFree
Model Context Protocol
The open standard for wiring tools, data and agents together. Spec plus SDKs.
#mcp#agents#protocol
modelcontextprotocol.io
ToolFreemium
LangChain
Framework for chaining models, tools and memory into production AI features.
#framework#agents#rag
langchain.com
ToolFree
Vercel AI SDK
TypeScript toolkit for streaming chat, structured output and tool calls.
#typescript#streaming#sdk
ai-sdk.dev
ToolFreemium
n8n
Self-hostable automation canvas — glue AI steps to apps, webhooks and cron.
#automation#workflows#self-host
n8n.io
ToolFreemium
Make
Visual automation for non-developers, with a deep app library and AI modules.
#automation#no-code
make.com
ToolFreemium
ElevenLabs
Realistic text-to-speech and voice cloning for demos, video and products.
#voice#tts#audio
elevenlabs.io
ToolPaid
Midjourney
High-craft image generation for brand, marketing and product visuals.
#images#design
midjourney.com
ToolPaid
Replicate
Run thousands of open models behind a simple API, pay per second.
#api#open-models
replicate.com
ToolFreemium
Hugging Face
Models, datasets and demos — the default hub for open machine learning.
#models#datasets#open-source
huggingface.co
CourseFree
Karpathy — Intro to LLMs
The clearest free explanation of how large language models actually work.
#llm#fundamentals#video
youtube.com
GuideFree
AI Engineering Reading: Evals
Hamel Husain's field notes on evaluating LLM features instead of guessing.
#evals#quality#llm
hamel.dev
02
Software Development
33The craft underneath the vibes — stacks, hosting, databases, design systems, DevOps and places to actually learn.
GuideFree
MDN Web Docs
The reference for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and browser APIs. Always correct.
#web#docs#javascript
developer.mozilla.org
GuideFree
React Docs
The rewritten React docs — hooks, effects and mental models explained properly.
#react#docs
react.dev
ToolFree
TanStack
Router, Query, Table and Start — type-safe building blocks for serious React apps.
#react#router#query
tanstack.com
ToolFree
Next.js
Batteries-included React framework with server rendering and edge deployment.
#react#ssr#framework
nextjs.org
ToolFree
Vite
The fast build tool and dev server behind most modern front-end projects.
#build#bundler#dx
vite.dev
GuideFree
TypeScript Handbook
Official guide to types, generics and the compiler options that matter.
#typescript#types
typescriptlang.org
CourseFree
Type Challenges
Puzzle your way to real TypeScript fluency, from beginner to genuinely hard.
#typescript#practice
github.com
ToolFree
Tailwind CSS
Utility-first CSS. Fastest path from design decision to shipped interface.
#css#styling
tailwindcss.com
TemplateFree
shadcn/ui
Copy-paste React components you own outright, built on Radix and Tailwind.
#components#react#tailwind
ui.shadcn.com
ToolFree
Radix Primitives
Unstyled, accessible component primitives — the accessibility layer you skip at your peril.
#a11y#components
radix-ui.com
ToolFree
Lucide Icons
Clean open-source icon set with first-class React bindings.
#icons#design
lucide.dev
ToolFreemium
Motion
Declarative animation for React — layout transitions, gestures and springs.
#animation#react
motion.dev
ToolFreemium
Figma
Where design happens. Also the fastest place to sketch a product before coding it.
#design#prototyping
figma.com
ToolFreemium
Supabase
Postgres with auth, storage, realtime and row-level security out of the box.
#postgres#auth#backend
supabase.com
ToolFreemium
Neon
Serverless Postgres with database branching — a branch per pull request.
#postgres#serverless
neon.com
ToolFree
Drizzle ORM
Lightweight TypeScript ORM that reads like SQL and ships to the edge.
#orm#typescript#sql
orm.drizzle.team
ToolFreemium
Cloudflare Workers
Run code, storage and queues at the edge with a generous free tier.
#edge#serverless#hosting
workers.cloudflare.com
ToolFreemium
Vercel
Zero-config deploys, preview URLs per branch, analytics included.
#hosting#deploy
vercel.com
ToolFreemium
Railway
Deploy containers, databases and cron jobs without touching infrastructure.
#hosting#containers
railway.com
GuideFreemium
GitHub Actions Docs
CI/CD, scheduled jobs and release automation in YAML next to your code.
#ci-cd#automation
docs.github.com
ToolFreemium
Sentry
Error and performance monitoring so users don't have to report your bugs.
#monitoring#errors
sentry.io
ToolFreemium
PostHog
Product analytics, session replay, flags and experiments in one open platform.
#analytics#flags#replay
posthog.com
ToolFree
Playwright
Reliable end-to-end browser testing with tracing and codegen built in.
#testing#e2e
playwright.dev
ToolFree
Vitest
Vite-native unit testing — fast watch mode, Jest-compatible API.
#testing#unit
vitest.dev
GuideFree
web.dev
Google's guidance on performance, Core Web Vitals and modern web capabilities.
#performance#web-vitals#seo
web.dev
GuideFree
Google Search Central
The primary source for technical SEO: crawling, indexing and structured data.
#seo#structured-data
developers.google.com
GuideFree
roadmap.sh
Opinionated learning paths for front-end, back-end, DevOps and AI roles.
#learning#roadmap
roadmap.sh
CourseFree
The Odin Project
Free, project-based full-stack curriculum that actually finishes what it starts.
#curriculum#full-stack
theodinproject.com
CoursePaid
Frontend Masters
Deep workshop-style courses taught by people who build the tools.
#courses#frontend
frontendmasters.com
GuideFreemium
Refactoring Guru
Design patterns and refactorings with clear diagrams and code in many languages.
#patterns#refactoring
refactoring.guru
GuideFree
System Design Primer
Scalability concepts, trade-offs and interview-grade examples, all open source.
#architecture#scalability
github.com
GuideFree
OWASP Top 10
The ten failure modes that break most apps. Read before you ship auth.
#security#checklist
owasp.org
BookPaid
The Pragmatic Programmer
Still the best book on the habits that separate working code from good code.
#craft#habits
pragprog.com
03
Entrepreneurship
27Validate, launch, market and monetise. Plus the finance, legal and reading that keeps a small business alive.
GuideFree
Y Combinator Library
Thousands of essays and talks on starting, funding and growing companies.
#startups#fundraising#advice
ycombinator.com
CourseFree
YC Startup School
Free structured course covering idea, MVP, users, growth and fundraising.
#course#startups#mvp
startupschool.org
GuideFree
Paul Graham Essays
The canon. Start with 'Do Things That Don't Scale' and 'How to Get Startup Ideas'.
#essays#ideas
paulgraham.com
GuideFree
Stripe Guides
Clear write-ups on incorporation, pricing, taxes and running an internet business.
#incorporation#pricing#tax
stripe.com
ToolPaid
Stripe
Payments, subscriptions, invoicing and tax handling for software businesses.
#payments#subscriptions
stripe.com
ToolPaid
Paddle
Merchant of record — they handle global sales tax and VAT so you don't.
#payments#tax#saas
paddle.com
ToolPaid
Lemon Squeezy
Simple checkout and licensing for digital products and indie SaaS.
#checkout#digital-products
lemonsqueezy.com
ToolPaid
Shopify
The default commerce platform when the product is physical, not software.
#ecommerce#storefront
shopify.com
ToolFreemium
Klaviyo
Email and SMS automation built around e-commerce customer behaviour.
#email#crm#automation
klaviyo.com
ToolFreemium
Resend
Developer-first transactional email with React templates and good deliverability.
#email#transactional
resend.com
GuideFree
Ahrefs Blog
Data-backed SEO tutorials — keyword research, backlinks, content strategy.
#seo#content#growth
ahrefs.com
ToolFreemium
Semrush
Keyword, competitor and backlink research for planning what to publish.
#seo#keywords#research
semrush.com
ToolFree
Google Analytics 4
Free traffic and conversion analytics, plus the Search Console pairing.
#analytics#conversion
analytics.google.com
CommunityFree
Product Hunt
Launch platform and a daily read on what people are actually building.
#launch#distribution
producthunt.com
CommunityFree
Indie Hackers
Revenue-transparent founder stories and a community that answers questions.
#bootstrapping#founders
indiehackers.com
CommunityFree
Hacker News
Where technical launches get judged honestly. Also a great validation signal.
#news#launch#feedback
news.ycombinator.com
CourseFree
MicroConf Talks
Bootstrapped SaaS talks on pricing, churn, positioning and staying small.
#saas#bootstrapping#pricing
microconf.com
NewsletterFreemium
Lenny's Newsletter
Product, growth and go-to-market playbooks from operators who ran them.
#product#growth
lennysnewsletter.com
NewsletterFree
First Round Review
Long-form operational advice on hiring, leadership and early company building.
#operations#leadership
review.firstround.com
NewsletterFreemium
Stratechery
Ben Thompson on tech strategy and business models — sharpens your positioning.
#strategy#analysis
stratechery.com
BookPaid
The Mom Test
How to talk to customers so they tell you the truth instead of being nice.
#customer-research#validation
momtestbook.com
BookPaid
Obviously Awesome
April Dunford's method for positioning — the highest-leverage marketing work.
#positioning#marketing
aprildunford.com
BookPaid
Zero to Sold
The full lifecycle of a bootstrapped business, from idea to acquisition.
#bootstrapping#exit
zerotosold.com
ToolFreemium
Notion
Docs, roadmap, CRM and wiki in one place — fine as a whole company's brain.
#docs#wiki#planning
notion.com
ToolFreemium
Linear
Issue tracking with taste. Fast enough that you actually keep it updated.
#project-management#issues
linear.app
ToolFreemium
Cal.com
Open-source scheduling — book discovery calls without the email ping-pong.
#scheduling#sales
cal.com
ToolFreemium
Tally
Free-form forms for waitlists, validation surveys and lead capture.
#forms#waitlist#surveys
tally.so
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