Recommended Software

Below is a list of tools, services, and software that I use and recommend to others:

• Fastmail - Email hosting (I recommend using your own domain)
• Hetzner - Cheap VPS
• DigitalOcean - Hosting for small / medium sites
• AWS - Hosting for large sites
• Tailscale - Private VPN, access home services from remote
• Help Scout - Support Requests
• Google content experiments - A/B testing
• Trello - Bug tracking and organization
• Gitlab - SCM and CI/CD
• Drone - Self-hosted build automation CI/CD (mostly use gitlab now)
• Docusaurus - Markdown based documentation
• Sphinx - Documentation
• Duplicity - Encrypted Backups
• Restic - Encrypted Backups
• Backblaze - Cheap backup storage
• LastPass - Password Management
• Bitwarden - Password Management
• Stripe - Payment Processing
• UptimeRobot - Website Monitoring
• Central Logging Website Monitoring
• Sketch - Web Design