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Kamran Ahmed ee4b7305a2 Adds ByteByteGo guides and links (#106)
This PR adds all the guides from [Visual
Guides](https://bytebytego.com/guides/) section on bytebytego to the
repository with proper links.

- [x] Markdown files for guides and categories are placed inside
`data/guides` and `data/categories`
- [x] Guide links in readme are auto-generated using
`scripts/readme.ts`. Everytime you run the script `npm run
update-readme`, it reads the categories and guides from the above
mentioned folders, generate production links for guides and categories
and populate the table of content in the readme. This ensures that any
future guides and categories will automatically get added to the readme.
- [x] Sorting inside the readme matches the actual category and guides
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---
title: "Life is Short, Use Dev Tools"
description: "Discover essential dev tools to save time and boost productivity."
image: "https://assets.bytebytego.com/diagrams/0256-life-is-short-use-dev-tools.png"
createdAt: "2024-03-13"
draft: false
categories:
- devtools-productivity
tags:
- "Productivity"
- "Dev Tools"
---
![](https://assets.bytebytego.com/diagrams/0256-life-is-short-use-dev-tools.png)
The right dev tool can save you precious time, energy, and perhaps the weekend as well.
Here are our favorite dev tools:
* **Development Environment**
A good local dev environment is a force multiplier. Powerful IDEs like VSCode, IntelliJ IDEA, Notepad++, Vim, PyCharm & Jupyter Notebook can make your life easy.
* **Diagramming**
Showcase your ideas visually with diagramming tools like DrawIO, Excalidraw, mindmap, Mermaid, PlantUML, Microsoft Visio, and Miro.
* **AI Tools**
AI can boost your productivity. Dont ignore tools like ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, Claude, Ollama, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion.
* **Hosting and Deployment**
For hosting your applications, explore solutions like AWS, Cloudflare, GitHub, Fly, Heroku, and Digital Ocean.
* **Code Quality**
Quality code is a great differentiator. Leverage tools like Jest, ESLint, Selenium, SonarQube, FindBugs, and Checkstyle to ensure top-notch quality.
* **Security**
Dont ignore the security aspects and use solutions like 1Password, LastPass, OWASP, Snyk, and Nmap.
* **Note-taking**
Your notes are a reflection of your knowledge. Streamline your note-taking with Notion, Markdown, Obsidian, Roam, Logseq, and Tiddly Wiki.
* **Design**
Elevate your visual game with design tools like Figma, Sketch, Adobe Illustrator, Canva, and Adobe Photoshop.