In this episode, Amy and James share 61 of their favorite apps for web design, development, and boosting productivity.

SponsorsVercel

Vercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.

For more information, visit Vercel.com

ZEAL is hiring!

ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.

ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.

For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careers

DatoCMS

DatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."

For more information, visit datocms.com

Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:23 1Password
• 4:10 Adobe Creative Cloud
• 5:11 Alfred
• 6:40 AstroPad Studio
• 7:12 Arctype
• 7:49 Backblaze
• 9:32 Bartender
• 10:04 Bearded Spice
• 10:48 Sponsor: Vercel
• 11:55 Better Touch Tool
• 12:28 Caffeine
• 13:10 Carbon Copy Cloner
• 13:54 CleanShot X
• 15:21 Contrast
• 15:36 Default Folder X
• 16:40 Descript
• 17:19 Dropbox
• 17:47 Discord
• 18:05 Elgato Control Center
• 18:37 Fantastical
• 19:14 fig.io
• 19:45 Figma
• 20:30 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 21:23 Fly Cut
• 23:00 Glyph Finder
• 23:32 Grammarly
• 24:13 Harvest
• 25:30 Hazel
• 26:44 Hyper
• 27:20 IconJar
• 27:53 iStat
• 28:34 Karabiner Elements
  • The Most Productive Customization I've Made to My Computer This Year
• 29:49 Keyboard Maestro
• 31:29 OBS Studio
• 31:54 Loom
• 32:40 Loopback
• 33:44 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 34:37 Magnet
• 35:28 MAMP Pro
• 35:54 Local by Flywheel
• 36:47 Mouseposé
• 37:30 Notion
• 38:26 NordVPN
• 38:51 Numi
• 39:25 Pixel Snap
• 40:04 Pock
• 40:33 Pocket Casts
• 40:53 Raycast
• 41:37 Shush
• 42:27 Sip
• 43:01 SequelPro
• 43:37 Screenflow
• 44:37 Spotify
• 44:53 Stream Deck
• 45:16 Slack
• 45:34 Suitcase Fusion
• 46:25 Text Expander
• 48:06 Transmit
• 49:02 Tower
• 49:17 Tuple
• 49:42 Unsplash Wallpapers
• 49:58 VLC
• 50:16 VS Code
• 50:35 Yoink
• 51:42 Grab Bag Questions
• 51:55 Run JS App
• 52:06 Obsidian
• 52:50 Picks and Plugs
• 53:03 Amy's Pick: Pet AirTag
• 54:45 Amy's Plug Everything Svelte
• 55:13 James' Pick Cook Once Eat All Week
• 56:12 James' Plug Learn Build Teach Discord