I care a lot about the tools I use. Especially when they aren’t free.
Some tools are too good to keep to myself. I have to share them! Here’s what I’ve spent my money on in 2022–23 that has genuinely improved my life as a software engineer.
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1. GitHub Copilot: an AI pair programmer
When I’m writing code, Copilot works in the background by reading what I’ve written and quietly suggesting what I might want to write next.
Copilot has improved my productivity by at least 30%.