#tools
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Dev tools — my must-haves in 2026 (terminal, editor, tooling)
After a year of mixing in new tools I have a stable list of dev tools I actually use daily. Showing each one, why, and what I dropped along the way.
n8n or a plain bash script — when is the workflow tool overkill
n8n is great for orchestration, but often bash + cron does the same faster and cheaper. Here's the rule I use and three examples of each from my setup.
Obsidian + CouchDB livesync — my Notion replacement
Notion was comfortable, but data on someone else's server and a format lock-in. Obsidian + CouchDB livesync gives the same, locally, with markdown on disk. Showing the setup.
Vikunja — a task tracker that talks to agents
Trello was comfortable but my data lived on someone else's server. Vikunja is a local alternative, plus MCP. Showing how I wired it into Claude Code and what actually changed in my workflow.
AI image generation in 2026 — Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Flux vs SDXL — what I use and when
Four models, three price points, one case study (cover image for the blog). Showing what works for which use case, where the API hurts, and when it pays to go back to Sharp + Canvas.