Useful online tools for everyday use
Tags: productivity, developer, tips
Published: 2020-03-29 10:16:02

This is my living list of the online tools I use from time to time. Feel free to suggest new ones or alternatives.

* https://free-for.dev/ or https://appy-dev.netlify.app/ or https://tiny-helpers.dev/ - Various free stuff for developers.
* https://bundlers.tooling.report/ - A quick and easy way to figure out what the best tool for your next project is. If it's worth your time to migrate from one tool to another and how to adopt a best practice into your existing codebase.
* https://rapidapi.com/collection/recommended-apis - API collections hub
* https://devdocs.io and https://devhints.io - Documentation aggregator - works even offline.
* https://githistory.xyz - browse the history of the file on GitHub with a few keystrokes
* http://tatiyants.com/pev/ or https://dalibo.github.io/pev2/ or https://explain.depesz.com/ - SQL explain tools ([Postgres Explain Visualizer](https://github.com/AlexTatiyants/pev))
* https://app.diagrams.net - Draw diagrams in a browser.
* https://regex101.com - RegExp debugger
* http://httpbin.org and https://badssl.com - HTTP(S) testing services.
* https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/slovakia/bratislava - all about time(zone)s.
* https://ihateregex.io - RegExp library for any use-case.
* http://www.text-utils.com/url-encoder or https://transform.tools - Transform data formats between each other.
* https://senseful.github.io/text-table/ or http://stevecat.net/table-magic/ - text to ASCII table converter.
* https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ - Python binaries for Windows.
* https://www.iconfinder.com - Find icon by a keyword.
* https://emoji-maker.flat-icons.com - Create custom emojis.
* https://codesandbox.io or https://stackblitz.com or http://collabedit.com or https://www.tutorialspoint.com/codingground.htm - Write code collaboratively.
* https://grep.app - Search across the GitHub repositories like with grep. Regexp included.
* https://unicode-table.com/en/ or https://shapecatcher.com/index.html or https://www.copypastecharacter.com or http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html - Search Unicode/LaTeX characters easily.
* http://en.utrace.de - Show IP on the map.
* https://explainshell.com/ - copy & paste CLI commands to see what they do
* https://backgroundchecks.org/justdeleteme/ - how to delete the account on various sites.
* https://tldrlegal.com or https://choosealicense.com/licenses/ - Which license to pick for your project?
* https://www.join.me - Work on a single computer remotely.
* https://varvy.com - SEO
* https://www.bearer.sh - alerts for the 3rd party APIs
* https://hyperpolyglot.org/scripting - programming language constructs comparison
* https://drop.lol/ - send files peer to peer over HTTP website.
* https://imgbb.com/ - host images for free + API
* https://requestbin.com/ - captures requests you sent there
* https://extendsclass.com/mock-rest-api.html - create JSON API mocks (+other tools on the main page)
* https://pipedream.com - Zappier/IFTTT alternative? Run any Node code on HTTP requests and connect to hundreds of apps (via pre-built functions or custom code). you can trigger workflows on HTTP requests, a timer (cron job), email, and a growing list of app-based triggers. For example, you can run a workflow every time someone mentions you in a tweet - check out [these examples](https://twitter.pipedream.com/))
* https://letter.so/ - create email newsletters in minutes
* https://nocodeapi.com/ - setup Node.js API without the hassle
* https://www.staticforms.xyz/ - simple HTML email form without backend for free
* https://gitlab.com/edouardklein/falsisign - make documents look like scanned
* https://www.svgrepo.com/ - free collection of SVG graphics/icons


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2. https://dev.to/hrishikesh1990/40-free-forever-tools-for-developers-4gdm