What tools should I use?

The best tools depend on your needs, but here are popular categories:

AI Coding Assistants:

• ChatGPT / Claude — general-purpose code generation
• Cursor — AI-native code editor
• GitHub Copilot — in-editor code completion
• Windsurf — AI-powered IDE

Security & Quality:

• Snyk / Dependabot — dependency vulnerability scanning
• ESLint / SonarQube — code quality analysis
• OWASP ZAP — security testing

Deployment & Monitoring:

• Cloudflare Pages / Vercel / Netlify — simple static hosting
• Sentry — error tracking
• Uptime Robot — availability monitoring

Documentation & Planning:

• Markdown — for specs and documentation
• Mermaid — for architecture diagrams
• Notion / Obsidian — for project planning

Choose tools that fit your workflow, not the other way around.