Tools I Use.

Production-use reviews of the dev and SaaS tools I run daily. No vendor PR. No "10x productivity" promises. Just what works, what doesn't, and what to pick when you're trying to ship without burning a weekend reading docs.

Some links on this site are affiliate links. I only link tools I actively use in production (and pay for). If I write that I picked tool A over tool B, it's because I picked it — not because the affiliate rate is higher. Vendor PR is what I'm trying to escape, not become.

• Cloudflare vs Vercel for a SaaS in 2026 — which one I actually picked
  2026-05-24 · ~8 min read
  After running production workloads on both, the cost + DX difference is bigger than the marketing pages suggest. Here's the decision matrix I'd actually use.
• Resend vs Postmark vs SendGrid — three production accounts later
  2026-05-24 · ~6 min read
  All three deliver email. The differences matter at scale and during incidents. What I'd pick for a new project starting today.
• Cursor vs Claude Code vs Aider — which AI coding tool actually saves time
  2026-05-24 · ~7 min read
  I pay for all three. They're not substitutes. Here's the decision tree for when to reach for which.
• Astro vs Next.js vs SvelteKit for content sites in 2026
  2026-05-24 · ~7 min read
  If your site is mostly content (blog, marketing, docs), which framework is actually worth the build overhead? I've shipped all three in production.