Hidden Gems

This is just my personal list of resources I actually use. Figured I'd make it public. I keep a running list of tools, articles, and references that I find myself going back to. Nothing fancy—just the stuff that's genuinely useful in my day-to-day work.

Excalidraw

Virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams. Perfect for quick mockups and visual thinking.

excalidraw.com

cloudconvert

A service that translates files from one digital language to another—because your content shouldn't be trapped by the format it happened to be born in.

cloudconvert.com

Pixel Art Converter

A tool that takes the infinite resolution of today and deliberately constrains it to the chunky, honest pixels of yesterday—because sometimes moving forward means choosing your limitations on purpose.

pixel-studio.figma.site

readme.so

The easiest way to create a README. Simple editor with templates and live preview.

readme.so

Joel on Software

Timeless insights on software development, management, business, and the Internet.

www.joelonsoftware.com

Clerk

Need more than sign-in? Clerk gives you full stack auth and user management — so you can launch faster, scale easier, and stay focused on building your business.

clerk.com

98.css

A design system for building faithful recreations of old UIs. The Windows 98 aesthetic for the web.

jdan.github.io

Hacker News

Social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. Community-driven tech discussions.

news.ycombinator.com

Tiny Helpers

A collection of free single-purpose online tools for web developers. Hundreds of useful utilities.

tiny-helpers.dev

This is just my personal list of resources I actually use. Nothing fancy—just the stuff that's genuinely useful in my day-to-day work. Most of these I discovered by accident or through random recommendations. Take what's useful, ignore the rest.