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Tools I actually use.

No affiliate links, no filler — every tool listed here has survived at least 6 months on my machine. Broken into 3 tracks so you only read what matters to you.

Android

For testing, automation, and reading what your phone doesn't want you to see.

ADB & Fastboot

Free

The command-line toolkit every Android power user needs. Debug, sideload, unlock bootloaders — all over a USB cable.

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Scrcpy

Free / Open Source

Mirror and control your Android screen from your desktop — low latency, no root, no app install on the phone.

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Termux

Free / Open Source

A full Linux terminal on your Android phone. Bash, Python, SSH, git — no root needed. I draft posts inside it.

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Web-Dev

What powers this site — and every other site I build.

Nginx

Free / Open Source

Web server, reverse proxy, and FastCGI cache layer. The config powering this exact site is documented in my infrastructure guides.

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Redis

Free / Open Source

In-memory data store used everywhere — object cache, transients, session storage, rate-limiting. Full configs in the blog.

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PHP 8.3 + OPcache

Free / Open Source

PHP with an optimized OPcache config — no bloated plugin stacks, no "managed WordPress" overhead.

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Software / Infrastructure

CLI tools, monitoring, and the terminal toolkit I live in.

Docker

Free / Open Source

Container runtime for running isolated dev environments, CI runners, and self-hosted services without polluting the host OS.

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Git

Free / Open Source

Distributed version control — branching, cherry-picking, hooks, and mirroring across GitHub + GitLab.

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Linux (Ubuntu Server)

Free / Open Source

Oracle Cloud free tier — Nginx, PHP, Redis, and everything documented in the infrastructure guides right on this blog.

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