🧱 argil.io

The tools I use or have used in the past to build, ship, sell or analyze data. ~50% of my stack is made of open-source tools.

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Cursor

Development

AI-powered code editor with deep codebase understanding.

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AI-assisted development with context-aware code completion and refactoring.

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Claude Code

Development

Anthropic's agentic coding CLI that lives in the terminal.

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Deep reasoning tasks, large refactors, and multi-file changes where Opus shines at understanding full context.

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Codex CLI

DevelopmentOpen Source

OpenAI's open-source terminal coding agent powered by o3 and o4-mini.

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Tasks that benefit from chain-of-thought reasoning and strong code generation from OpenAI models.

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Gemini CLI

DevelopmentOpen Source

Google's open-source terminal coding agent with a massive 1M token context window.

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Working with large codebases where the extended context window helps Gemini hold more files in memory at once.

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v0

Development

AI tool for generating UI components from text descriptions.

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Rapid prototyping and creating React components.

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Vercel

Infrastructure

Cloud platform for deploying web applications.

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Hosting Next.js apps with automatic deployments from Git and preview environments.

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Railway

Infrastructure

Cloud platform for deploying applications and databases.

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Hosting backends, databases, and services with Git-based deployments.

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Supabase

InfrastructureOpen Source

Open source Firebase alternative providing Postgres database, authentication, and storage.

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Building backends with realtime data sync.

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Render

Infrastructure

Cloud platform for deploying web services and databases.

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Hosting full-stack applications with managed infrastructure.

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Loops

APIs

Email API for sending marketing and transactional emails.

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Building email marketing campaigns and transactional emails with a developer-friendly API.

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Tally

Productivity

Survey platform with generous free tier and developer-friendly features.

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Creating surveys, forms, and collecting user feedback with simple embed integration.

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Metabase

AnalyticsOpen Source

Business intelligence tool for creating dashboards and reports.

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Visualizing database data and building analytics interfaces.

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Umami

AnalyticsOpen Source

Privacy-focused web analytics platform.

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Tracking website visitors and page views without cookies.

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PostHog

AnalyticsOpen Source

Product analytics platform with feature flags and session recordings.

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Understanding user behavior, A/B testing, and product analytics with privacy controls.

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React

FrameworksOpen Source

JavaScript library for building user interfaces with components.

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Creating interactive web applications with declarative UI patterns.

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Next.js

FrameworksOpen Source

React Framework with server-side rendering and static generation.

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Building full-stack web applications with file-based routing.

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Ruby on Rails

FrameworksOpen Source

Full-stack web framework following convention over configuration.

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Building web applications with database-backed models and MVC architecture.

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Inertia.js

FrameworksOpen Source

Library for building single-page apps using server-side routing.

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Creating SPAs with Laravel, Rails, or Django without building separate APIs.

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Tailwind CSS

DesignOpen Source

Utility-first CSS framework for styling with predefined classes.

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Building responsive interfaces directly in HTML markup.

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shadcn/ui

DesignOpen Source

Collection of accessible React components built with Radix UI and Tailwind.

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Building consistent UIs with customizable component code.

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TweakCN

DesignOpen Source

Visual theme editor for shadcn/ui components with real-time preview and AI generation.

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Customizing shadcn/ui themes with interactive color, typography, and layout controls.

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ReactBits

DesignOpen Source

Collection of high-quality React components and design patterns.

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Finding inspiration and examples for React UI components and patterns.

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21st.dev

Design

AI-powered design tool for generating UI components.

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Creating and iterating on interface designs with AI assistance.

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Figma

Design

Collaborative interface design tool with real-time collaboration.

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Creating mockups, prototypes, and design systems for web and mobile applications.

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Wispr Flow

Productivity

Voice-to-text dictation tool for macOS.

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Writing emails, documents, and messages through speech.

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Raycast

Productivity

Extensible launcher for macOS with keyboard shortcuts.

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Launching apps, searching files, and running custom scripts.

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Postico

Development

PostgreSQL client for macOS with visual interface.

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Managing databases, running queries, and viewing table data.

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GitHub

Development

Version control platform using Git for code hosting.

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Managing repositories, pull requests, and team collaboration.

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Motor Admin

DevelopmentOpen Source

Low-code platform for building admin panels and internal tools.

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Creating database management interfaces and business dashboards.

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ChatGPT

AI

AI chatbot from OpenAI for text generation and conversation.

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Writing, coding assistance, brainstorming, and answering questions.

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Claude

AI

AI assistant from Anthropic with large context windows.

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Complex reasoning, document analysis, and long-form content generation.

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Mistral AI

AIOpen Source

AI platform offering open-weight language models.

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Text generation, embeddings, and custom model deployments.

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Grok

AI

AI chatbot from xAI with access to X platform data.

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Getting real-time information and conversational AI with current events.

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Groq

AI

AI inference platform with custom LPU chips for exceptional speed.

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Fast, low-cost inference with OpenAI-compatible API for production deployments.

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Notion

Productivity

All-in-one workspace combining docs, wikis, and databases.

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Note-taking, project management, and knowledge organization.

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Brain.fm

Productivity

Functional music streaming service for focus and productivity.

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Background audio while working, studying, or sleeping.

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n8n

ProductivityOpen Source

Self-hostable workflow automation platform.

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Connecting APIs, automating tasks, and building integration workflows.

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Superhuman

Productivity

Email client with keyboard shortcuts and AI features.

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Managing high-volume email with speed-focused workflows.

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Google Meet

Productivity

Video conferencing platform integrated with Google Workspace.

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Virtual meetings, screen sharing, and team calls.

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Chatwoot

ProductivityOpen Source

Open source customer support platform with live chat.

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Managing customer conversations across multiple channels.

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TensorFlow

LibrariesOpen Source

Machine learning Frameworks from Google for building neural networks.

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Training and deploying ML models in production.

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Pandas

LibrariesOpen Source

Python library for data manipulation and analysis.

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Working with structured data, CSV files, and dataframes.

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Prisma

LibrariesOpen Source

Next-generation ORM for Node.js and TypeScript with type-safe database access.

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Building type-safe database queries, managing migrations, and generating TypeScript types from schema.

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Jina AI

APIsOpen Source

Framework for building neural search and multimodal AI applications.

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Implementing vector search and RAG systems.

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Firecrawl

APIs

Web scraping API that converts websites into structured data.

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Extracting clean content from web pages for LLM processing.

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Crawl4AI

APIsOpen Source

Open-source LLM-friendly web crawler and scraper with advanced data extraction.

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Self-hosted crawling infrastructure with full control and customization for AI applications.

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LangChain

LibrariesOpen Source

Framework for building applications with language models.

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Creating LLM workflows with chains, agents, and tools.

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Motion

LibrariesOpen Source

Production-grade animation library for React, JavaScript, and Vue.

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Creating high-performance web animations with scroll effects, gestures, and layout transitions.

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Hugging Face

AIOpen Source

Platform hosting machine learning models and datasets.

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Accessing pre-trained models and the transformers library for NLP.

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PostgreSQL

InfrastructureOpen Source

Open source relational database with ACID compliance.

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Storing structured data with complex queries and transactions.

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MySQL

InfrastructureOpen Source

Open source relational database management system.

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Web applications requiring fast reads and standard SQL operations.

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Stripe

Infrastructure

Payment processing platform with developer APIs.

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Accepting online payments, subscriptions, and managing billing.

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Upstash

Infrastructure

Serverless database platform with Redis and vector storage.

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Edge computing with pay-per-request pricing and global replication.

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Inngest

Infrastructure

Platform for building reliable background jobs and async workflows.

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Handling queued tasks, scheduled jobs, and event-driven workflows with automatic retries and observability.

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Python

LanguagesOpen Source

High-level programming language with extensive libraries.

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Web development, data science, automation, and machine learning.

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JavaScript

LanguagesOpen Source

Programming language for web browsers and Node.js.

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Frontend interactivity, server-side development, and full-stack applications.

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TypeScript

LanguagesOpen Source

Strongly typed programming language that builds on JavaScript.

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Building scalable applications with static type checking and enhanced developer experience.

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Ruby

LanguagesOpen Source

Dynamic programming language focused on simplicity.

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Web development with Rails and scripting tasks.

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MySQL

LanguagesOpen Source

Standardized language for managing relational databases.

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Querying, updating, and managing structured data.

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Context7

MCPsOpen Source

MCP server providing access to library documentation.

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Retrieving up-to-date API docs for frameworks and libraries in AI coding assistants.

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Linkup

MCPs

MCP server for real-time web search with AI-optimized results.

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Adding current web information to AI assistant responses.

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Chrome DevTools MCP

MCPsOpen Source

MCP server exposing Chrome DevTools Protocol capabilities.

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Browser debugging, console access, and network monitoring in Cursor.

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Playwright MCP

MCPsOpen Source

MCP server for browser automation and E2E testing.

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Automating user interactions and testing complete workflows in web apps.

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Pointa

MCPsOpen Source

MCP server + Chrome extension for annotating UIs and generating fix tasks.

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Marking issues in localhost apps and batch-fixing them with AI.

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Icons8 MCP

MCPs

MCP server providing access to icon library.

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Searching and inserting SVG and PNG icons directly in development workflow.

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ImageGen MCP

MCPsOpen Source

MCP server for generating images using DALL-E.

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Creating placeholder images, covers, and graphics without leaving the editor.

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TaskMaster

MCPsOpen Source

MCP server for managing development tasks from PRDs.

Used for→

Breaking down requirements into actionable development steps.

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Magic MCP

MCPsOpen Source

MCP server for generating UI components with AI.

Used for→

Creating framework-agnostic components from descriptions in Cursor.

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Attio

Sales

Customer relationship management platform with flexible data model.

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Tracking contacts, deals, and automating sales workflows.

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Ocean.io

Sales

B2B prospecting platform with company intelligence data.

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Finding target companies and identifying buying signals.

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Instantly.ai

Sales

Cold email platform for managing multiple sending accounts.

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Scaling outbound campaigns with automated warmup and deliverability monitoring.

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Apollo

Sales

Sales intelligence platform with contact database.

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Prospecting, email sequences, and tracking sales engagement.

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Lemlist

Sales

Personalized outreach platform with dynamic content.

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Creating customized cold email campaigns with images and landing pages.

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Smartlead

Sales

Email outreach platform with unlimited mailbox management.

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High-volume cold email campaigns with AI warmup and inbox rotation.

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Slack

Productivity

Team communication platform with channels, direct messages, and integrations.

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Team collaboration, project updates, and integrating with development tools.

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1Password

Productivity

Password manager and digital vault for secure credential storage.

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Managing passwords, secure notes, and two-factor authentication codes across all devices.