Tool
Recommended
Free
Vite
Frontend bundler for this site and every Laravel app I ship.
Catalogue
Recommended in the library
Third-party CSS, JavaScript, APIs, and tools I actually use, with honest trade-offs.
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JavaScript Recommended Free
htmx
HTML-driven partial updates without a SPA.
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Tool Recommended Free
Laravel
PHP framework I ship production sites with.
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JavaScript Recommended Free
Alpine.js
Sprinkles of behaviour for server-rendered HTML.
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CSS Recommended Free
Tailwind CSS
Utility-first CSS for layouts you can ship this week.
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CSS Recommended Free + paid
daisyUI
Tailwind component classes when you want buttons and cards without inventing a design system.
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API Recommended Free
GitHub REST API
How I integrate with GitHub without reaching for GraphQL first.
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API Recommended Free + paid
Stripe
Payments API for products, and for paid packs on this site.
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JavaScript Recommended Free
Livewire
Full-stack components for Laravel without leaving PHP.
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CSS Recommended Free
Bootstrap
The familiar component CSS stack when the team already knows it.
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CSS Recommended Free
Pico CSS
Classless semantic CSS for pages that should look decent immediately.
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Tool Recommended Free
Filament
Admin panels and internal tools on Laravel.
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CSS Recommended Free
Open Props
CSS custom properties as a sensible design-token baseline.