As a developer, there’s always something new to learn, and it’s essential to focus on the tools that truly matter! While many developers prefer building from scratch, there are times when the workload becomes so immense that these tools can significantly streamline your workflow.

In this article, I’ll share 5 tools that will help you boost your productivity and master what you do best: Building Cool Stuff.

Sounds interesting? Let’s dive in without any further delay!

1. Pieces.app – Your Workflow Copilot

Pieces is an AI-powered developer productivity tool designed to simplify your workflow by managing code snippets, providing contextual copilot assistance, and proactively surfacing useful materials. It enhances your overall development experience, all while maintaining the privacy and security of your work with an offline AI model.

Pieces recently launched a groundbreaking feature that no other copilot offers yet! Curious? Check out this quick demo to see what all the hype is about.

With Pieces Copilot+, you get an assistant that knows exactly where you left off. You can ask questions like, “What was the last GitHub Pull Request I reviewed?” or “How do I resolve the latest issue I encountered in Sublime?”

Pieces integrates smoothly with your favorite tools, helping you streamline and elevate your coding process. Here are some cool features:
✅ Utilize 25+ LLMs in both Cloud and on-device models.
✅ Save, organize, and retrieve code snippets with AI-assisted tagging.
✅ Keep your code private with offline on-device AI models.
✅ Extract code snippets from screenshots.

For a full list of features, check out the Pieces website.

Pieces also provides language-based SDKs, including a TypeScript SDK I used to build an AI-powered CLI. Pieces recently made waves on ProductHunt, becoming Product of the Day with over 900 upvotes and 250 comments!

2. SuperTokens – Open Source User Authentication

SuperTokens is an open-source solution for user authentication that simplifies the entire process. It’s designed to make authentication accessible, not just for security experts, but for every developer.

SuperTokens offers essential tools such as token rotation, session management, and multi-factor authentication to ensure your system is secure.

Want to know how to install and configure it? Check out the SuperTokens documentation. With over 12k GitHub stars, SuperTokens has built a strong community of supporters.

3. Permit.io – Easy Authorization Management

Permit.io is an open-source authorization solution that helps teams manage fine-grained access control for their applications. It simplifies building and maintaining authorization logic, allowing you to focus on your core features without getting bogged down by permission management.

Permit.io integrates easily with your tools, enhancing both security and development. Key features include:
✅ Centralized role and permission definitions.
✅ Attribute-based access control (ABAC).
✅ Dynamic policy creation based on user attributes.
✅ Sync authorization policies across your entire system.

Their new Permit Share-If UI components streamline access control, allowing users to request, approve, or deny resource access effortlessly. Explore more in their documentation.

Permit.io is also live on ProductHunt! Feel free to support them here.

4. Appwrite – Build a Backend in Minutes

Appwrite is an open-source backend-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that allows developers to build secure and scalable applications with ease.

Whenever I start a full-stack project, Appwrite is my go-to backend solution. It offers:
✅ A robust database service with support for complex queries and real-time updates.
✅ A storage service for effortless file management, including uploads and transformations.
✅ Appwrite Functions that enable you to execute custom code in a secure, isolated environment, either manually or on a schedule.

You can see all of Appwrite’s features here.

Managing backend services is made easy with Appwrite’s intuitive dashboard, allowing you to monitor and control your resources. It also supports SDKs for various programming languages like JavaScript, Python, and PHP. With over 49k GitHub stars, Appwrite is continuously evolving.

5. Infisical – Secret Management Platform

Infisical is an open-source secret management platform that centralizes your API keys, database credentials, and other sensitive configurations.

Infisical aims to make secret management accessible to all developers, offering exciting features like:
✅ A user-friendly dashboard for managing secrets across environments (e.g., development, production).
✅ Tools to prevent secret leaks to Git, including CLI with pre-commit hooks and GitHub integrations.

Check out their documentation to learn more about how Infisical can upgrade your project’s security.

Infisical is ideal for developers working on both open-source and enterprise projects, and it supports SDKs for Node.js, Python, Java, and .NET. With 13k+ GitHub stars, Infisical continues to grow and evolve.

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