Tools for people who ship.
developheat is a curated directory of developer tools — the editors, terminals, AI assistants, and infrastructure we actually use — plus a blog and merch.
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Cursor
The AI-first code editor
VS Code fork with deep AI integration — tab completion, agent mode, and codebase-aware chat built into the editor.
GitHub Copilot
AI pair programmer in your editor
Inline code suggestions and chat from OpenAI/Anthropic models, wired into VS Code, JetBrains, and Neovim.
Aider
AI pair programming in your terminal
Command-line tool that edits your repo with you — git-aware, works with any LLM, and respects your workflow.
Neovim
Hyperextensible Vim-based editor
The keyboard-driven editor that never leaves your terminal, with a Lua plugin ecosystem and built-in LSP.
Coolify
Self-hosted Heroku alternative
Deploy apps, databases, and services to your own VPS with a clean dashboard and git push.
Supabase
Open-source Firebase alternative
Postgres database, auth, storage, and realtime — with a dashboard you'll actually enjoy.
Latest from the blog
Notes on tools, deploys, and building in the open.
Charcoal, fire, chrome — the developheat brand
Why the site looks the way it does: a dark charcoal canvas, a fire gradient, and polished chrome.
Welcome to developheat
A curated directory of developer tools, a blog, and merch — built on a quiet Sunday morning.
What actually earns a slot in the directory
Our curation bar for the developheat tool directory — and why most tools don't clear it.
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