dev who’s used all three in production:

• Supabase – my pick. PostgreSQL is real SQL, open source, great DX
• Firebase – easy start, NoSQL pain later. Google might kill it.
• MongoDB – flexible, but overkill for most apps

2026 pick: Supabase. real database, real queries, good free tier.

as someone who can’t design to save my life, these are gold ✨

especially Remove.bg. used it for my stream overlays and people thought i paid someone lol

also adding Photopea – free Photoshop alternative. works in browser.

skills > tools but these make skills look better 😂

adding:

• ElevenLabs – voice AI is insane now
• Runway – video editing with AI is the future

also… is anyone actually using Claude for coding? switched from Copilot and never looking back 😎

lmao i use Apple Notes for everything and i’m not ashamed 😂

it’s literally always there. on my phone, watch, mac, ipad.

don’t @ me but i genuinely don’t understand the Obsidian hype. yes the graph is cool but i just want to write notes??

notion is fine but feels slow sometimes.

maybe i’m just old school but… it works? 💀

gamer/streamer here. use AI art for thumbnails and overlays.

my setup:

• Midjourney – for the aesthetic stuff. discord workflow is actually fun
• DALL-E – for quick stuff. chatgpt integration = fast
• SD – for batch generating. have my own model trained on my art style

all 3 are worth having. different tools for different jobs.

hot take: the “best” one is whichever one your collaborators use. consistency matters more than quality for team projects.

built 3 apps both ways, here’s the tea:

traditional WP:

• pros: done in hours, not weeks
• cons: you’re stuck in WP land

WP + NextJS:

• pros: modern stack, better perf, full control
• cons: twice the maintenance, API lag

honest advice: if it’s just a content site, stick with traditional WP. the “headless” hype is overrated for most use cases.

we switched back to traditional WP for our blog and couldn’t be happier. less is more sometimes.

lmao i literally use Figma because that’s what my team uses

but for real – i tried Sketch back in the day and it was fine until my mac died and i had to use windows lol

Adobe XD is basically dead no cap 💀

Figma just works everywhere. browser, phone, whatever. that’s the move.

been using both for years. here’s the deal:

React:

• more jobs, more resources
• flexible but you need to pick your own tools
• react hooks changed the game

Vue:

• easier to learn, better docs
• less job market but growing
• vue 3 composition API is clean af

for 2026: both are solid. react has enterprise dominance, vue has better DX. pick based on team, not trends.

i personally prefer vue for side projects because i don’t wanna config webpack for 3 days lol