π June 19, 2025
π¬ Why pay when you can code smarter for free? π These tools will save you time, help you debug, and make your workflow feel smoother than a fresh VS Code theme.
π 1. Carbon.now.sh
π― Create beautiful code snippets with syntax highlighting for your blogs, social posts, or portfolio.
π‘ Great for: Social sharing, tutorials, dev aesthetic
π 2. Regex101.com
π― Test, debug, and understand regular expressions in real time.
π‘ Great for: Backend devs, form validation, anyone who fears regex (π)
π 3. Excalidraw
π― A collaborative, hand-drawn-style whiteboard for ideating and explaining concepts.
π‘ Great for: Team brainstorms, portfolio visuals, diagrams
π 4. Ray.so
π― Quickly turn code into gorgeous images. Minimal, clean, and export-ready.
π‘ Great for: Social media, pitch decks, aesthetic posts
π 5. CodePen / JSFiddle
π― Instant online editors for front-end code β perfect for prototyping.
π‘ Great for: Testing snippets, learning by doing, frontend experiments
π 6. DevDocs.io
π― Fast, offline-friendly API docs in one place.
π‘ Great for: Quick lookup of HTML, CSS, JS, Python, and more
π 7. JSON Formatter by JSONLint
π― Paste, validate, and format JSON without stress.
π‘ Great for: APIs, debugging, structuring responses
π§’ Bonus Tip: Organise these into a Notion or bookmark folder called "Dev Arsenal π§"
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