Developer Tools Nobody Talks About (But Should)

Everyone knows about VS Code, Docker, and Postman. Here are tools that deserve more attention. 1. HTTPie — curl for humans # curl version curl -X POST https://api.example.com/data -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name": "test"}' # HTTPie version http POST api.example.com/data name = test Same result, 70% fewer characters. Colored output, JSON by default. 2. jq — JSON Swiss Army knife # Extract nested data from API response curl -s https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/simple/price?ids = bitcoin \& vs_currencies = usd | jq '.bitcoin.usd' # Output: 67234 # Transform arrays echo '[{"name":"a","val":1},{"name":"b","val":2}]' | jq '.[].name' # Output: "a" "b" 3. ripgrep (rg) — grep but 10x faster # Search all Python files for 'import requests' rg 'import requests' --type py # Find TODO comments across entire codebase rg 'TODO|FIXME|HACK' --type-add 'code:*.{py,js,ts,go,rs}' -t code Respects .gitignore, blazing fast on large codebases. 4. fzf — fuzzy finder for everything # Fuzzy search