Everyone loves a good setup post. Here is mine — honest, no sponsored tools.
Editor: VS Code
With extensions: Prettier (format on save), GitLens (blame annotations), and Error Lens (inline errors). These three alone save me more time than anything else.
Terminal: Windows Terminal + Oh My Zsh
Custom aliases for git commands cut my typing in half. gs for git status, gc for git commit, gp for git push.
Browser: Chrome DevTools
I use the Network tab more than anything else — checking API calls, response times, and payload sizes. If you are not comfortable in DevTools, spend a weekend learning it.
Note-taking: Obsidian
Everything goes in here. Code snippets, learnings, ideas. Linked notes make it easy to connect concepts over time.