Tools I use..

On an everyday basis, I use Macbook Pro 2013, 13” screen, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz, and Google Chrome as my browser.

Workflowy

Workflowy is note-taking, list-making, thought-organizing app. I use it for journaling, note taking, and planning courses for iLoveCoding.org. I have been using workflowy for years, and it really helps organize my thoughts particularly when planning. I like its keyboard shortcuts, which makes my life much easier when using the app.

Visual Studio Code

VS Code is my goto text-editor these days, I have been a fan of Sublime Text in the past, but VS Code is better. I like it particularly since its free, has great shortcuts, integrated terminal, and great syntax highlighting for the technologies I use. I think Sublime Text is still noticably faster if you have large files.
Javascript & Node.js

Javascript is the most popular and versatile programming language. I use it for most (if not all) of my sofware engineering projects.
React.js

I use React.js and Redux these days to create web application front-ends. I like React since its simple. You just create components and just use plain Javascript. Coming from a Angular 1.x background, I really appreciate that its simpler to troubleshoot as well.
Redux

Redux is a good complement to React.js. I must have for medium-large application. I like its feature that there is only one state, however I do not like that extra files of actions and reducers that need to be created.
Bootstrap

Helps me quickly scaffold web and mobile apps. When I want to customize the look of my apps, its easy to do it with it as well. AzizAli.com, Qitch.com, iLoveCoding.org and many of my other projects use Bootstrap.
Express.js or Loopback

I use either of them for building Web APIs. iLoveCoding Web APIs are built with Loopback.

Affinity Photo

Being a Photoshop pro for many years, I found the transition to Affinity Photo relatively easy. For $49.99 (one-time price) its a great alternative to Adobe Photoshop ($19/month). I have tried Pixelator, Gimp and some others, and found Affinity Photo to be the best option for me.

Jekyll and Git

I am new to Jekyll, AzizAli.com is migrated over to Jekyll from wordpress. I am not 100% sold on it, lets see.

Quicktime Pro

For screen recording
Rode Podcaster

Microphone for recording. I have the pop filter installed on it and I use the shock mount and mount arm with it.

Asana

I like that I can invite team members, have conversation, assign tasks and have all conversations in one place.

SiteGround

For wordpress and static website hosting. I have used Bluehost, HostGator, DreamHost, Media Temple and others as well. SiteGroup and HostGator as good value these days.
Vimeo

For hosting videos of iLoveCoding.
Heroku

For hosting web apps. iLoveCoding API app is hosted on Heroku.
Netlify

For hosting front-end apps. iLoveCoding Front-End App is hosted on Netlify.
Github Pages

AzizAli.com is hosted with Github Pages. Their build-times are excellent. As fast as my local computer. Impressive!