Thoughts on ThoughtWorks Radar 2024

Developer Tools Software Development Productivity

Zed Landing Page
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Zed

Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Excited to try the Zed IDE despite VSCode having it’s clutches on me, namely because built-in pair programming, super fast speed, and because the Roc lang creator joined their team.

#Productivity #Code Editor #Text Editors 52 social mentions
Storybook Landing Page
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Storybook

Storybook is an open source tool for developing UI components in isolation for React, Vue, and Angular. It makes building stunning UIs organized and efficient.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Storybook to help test React components in isolation, utilized heavily for component framework authors.

#React #React Components #Developer Tools 225 social mentions
Mockoon Landing Page
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Mockoon

Mockoon is the easiest and quickest way to design and run mock REST APIs. No remote deployment, no account required, free and open-source.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $15.0 / Monthly (5 API mocks synchronized accross your devices, 1 mock deployed)
I hate mocks. I tend to work in languages which allow side-effects, and with developers who do not follow Pure Core, Imperative Shell. So anything I can do to learn more about my enemy, and how to manage it, is a good use of time, and Mockoon is another one of those mock creators.

#Developer Tools #API Tools #APIs 34 social mentions
Dhall Configuration Language Landing Page
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Dhall Configuration Language

A non-repetitive alternative to YAML
Pricing:
- Open Source
I was first turned onto Pkl during my Dhall Trough of Disillusionment phase (Dhall is cool, but man is it hard) by James Ward. It looked to be a language that had enough types to compile YAML/JSON configuration files wayyyy more safely. I’ve had enough YAML/JSON misconfigurations break production, that I started looking into ways to compile those problems away, and Dhall helped a lot, but the learning curve and compiler errors are brutal to work through, and I never got excitement amongst peers. Hoping Pkl makes in-roads here.

#Configuration Management #Software Development #Developer Tools 91 social mentions