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My daily developer tool stack — everything I actually use (Malaysia context)

by Darshan Pillai·May 22, 2026

After years of accumulation and pruning, here's what actually runs on my machine every workday.

Terminal: Wezterm + Fish shell + Starship prompt. Fast, configurable, doesn't get in the way.

Editor: Neovim for most things, VS Code for anything that needs heavy plugin support.

Git GUI: Lazygit — a TUI that makes complex git operations intuitive without leaving the terminal.

API testing: Bruno (open source Postman alternative) — local-first, no cloud sync of your API secrets.

Database: TablePlus for GUI database access — cleaner than DBeaver and works across Postgres, MySQL, SQLite.

Password/secrets: Bitwarden for personal, 1Password for work team.

Note-taking: Obsidian with a simple daily note template.

What's in your stack? Particularly curious what Malaysian devs use for local development given the bandwidth variability.

#developer-tools#stack#terminal#productivity
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Comments (6)

Rudy Azhan22

DuckDB for local analytics is genuinely impressive. Ran a 50M row query in seconds on my laptop. No cloud needed for exploration work.

Aina Fazlina18

dbt changed how our data team works more than any other tool in the last 5 years. Version-controlled, testable SQL transforms. Finally.

Mark Teoh12

Airflow is powerful but operationally heavy. Prefect is easier to get started with for smaller teams. Know your team's DevOps maturity before committing.