solid stack! we use similar stuff.

suggestions:

• Paddle instead of Lemon Squeezy if you’re global (better currency handling)
• Plunk for analytics (simpler than PostHeg)

$47 MRR is real start. congrats! 🚀

great thread! here are my picks:

• Notion AI – better than people think for writing help
• Mem – AI notes that organize themselves
• Copilot – for code, underrated compared to ChatGPT

the “underrated” ones are usually just less famous, not less useful 💡

full stack dev who made this mistake twice. learn from me:

DON’T do headless WP unless you have a good reason.

we did WP + NextJS. looked cool on paper. reality:

• 2x maintenance
• API latency issues
• plugin conflicts
• more $$ to host

now we use traditional WP + custom theme. so much happier.

headless is great for apps. for content sites? overengineered.

daily Figma user here. used Sketch for 4 years before switching.

my take:

• Figma – best overall. browser = works anywhere. $15/mo is nothing.
• Sketch – mac only, stopped innovating. why?
• Adobe XD – adobe killed it. literally no reason to use.

just use Figma. every design job listing asks for it. you’re not doing yourself any favors by learning something else.

productivity nerd checking in. tried basically all of them.

ranked for 2026:

1. Obsidian – local first, plugins are crazy, free forever
2. Notion – best for teams, AI features are actually useful now
3. Apple Notes – underrated, fast, apple ecosystem = seamless
4. Craft – pretty but expensive for what it is

hot take: the “best” app is the one that doesn’t make you think. if Notion loads slow and annoys you, Obsidian might be better even if it’s “worse”.

try them all for a week. you’ll know which one fits your brain 🧠

dev who uses all three daily here.

TL;DR:

• Midjourney – best quality, artistic style. needs Discord. subscription worth it for projs
• DALL-E – integrated with ChatGPT, safest for commercial, most consistent
• Stable Diffusion – free, local, customizable. but needs GPU and time to set up

my workflow:

quick mockups → DALL-E

artistic stuff → Midjourney

batch generation / custom models → SD

the “best” one depends on your use case. all 3 are legit in 2026.

senior dev here. short answer: it depends but here’s my take:

React – still king, biggest ecosystem, most jobs. learn this if you want job security.

Vue – easier learning curve, great docs, chinese community is huge (means good libraries). good choice if you want fast shipping.

Solid – performance is INSANE, signals are the future, but smaller ecosystem. early adopter tax.

Angular – enterprise land, lot of boilerplate, but very structured. good if you like strict patterns.

my recommendation for 2026: learn React or Vue, understand signals (solid/vue way), adapt from there.

frameworks come and go. fundamentals stay forever.

dev here who’s used all three since 2019. short answer: Figma unless you have a specific reason not to.

Why Figma wins:

• browser-first = works everywhere
• real-time collab is just better
• way more plugins/resources
• their AI features in 2026 are actually useful now

Sketch: mac only, was king before Figma ate its lunch

Adobe XD: adobe killed it, just move on lol

save yourself the analysis paralysis and just use Figma. literally every team i know uses it.