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Tools

published 2020-03-01,updated 2023-05-01

A few days ago I read this article [1] which made me want to list some of the tools used at the four startups I have worked at so far.

I have mostly listed SaaS tools here, but you can also check out the ~stack tag on my Pinboard [2] for more.

I have also added a section at the end for some tools I use for my own projects.

1: https://medium.com/@kunaljasty/how-a-2-person-startup-already-uses-26-other-tools-318da014cf38

2: https://pinboard.in/u:catwell/t:~stack/

Moodstocks (2010 - 2013)

Fastmail [3] - E-mail
GitHub [4] - Code hosting & issues
Basecamp [5] - PM
Campfire [6] - Chat & Customer Support
Salesforce [7] - CRM
Desk.com [8] - Customer Support
Gandi [9] - DNS
Uptime Robot [10] - Alerting
AWS [11] - Hosting
Mandrill [12] - Transactional e-mails
Kong [13] - API Gateway

3: https://www.fastmail.com

4: https://github.com

5: https://basecamp.com

6: https://basecamp.com/retired/campfire

7: https://www.salesforce.com

8: https://desk.com

9: https://gandi.net

10: https://uptimerobot.com

11: https://aws.amazon.com

12: https://mandrillapp.com

13: https://konghq.com

Lima (2014 - 2019)

GSuite [14] - E-mail & Calendar
GitHub [15] - Code hosting, issues & PM
Flowdock then Slack [16] - Chat
Lucca [17] then Payfit [18]
Segment [19] - Customer workflows
customer.io [20] - Customer base, emailing
Zendesk [21] - Customer support
Invision [22] - Design work
OneSky [23] - App translation
Talent.io [24] - Hiring
Gandi [25] - DNS
Datadog [26] - Monitoring
Uptime Robot [27] - Alerting
Pushover [28] - Alerting
Sentry [29] - Error monitoring
AppVeyor [30] - Windows build & CI
Travis [31] - Build & CI
Firebase [32] (Fabric [33]...)
AWS [34] (+ many others including OVH [35] and Scaleway [36]) - Hosting
Sendgrid [37] - Transactional e-mails
Cloudflare [38] - CDN

14: https://gsuite.google.com

15: https://github.com

16: https://slack.com

17: https://www.lucca.fr

18: https://payfit.com

19: https://segment.com

20: https://customer.io

21: https://www.zendesk.com

22: https://www.invisionapp.com

23: https://www.oneskyapp.com

24: https://www.talent.io

25: https://gandi.net

26: https://www.datadoghq.com

27: https://uptimerobot.com

28: https://pushover.net

29: https://sentry.io

30: https://www.appveyor.com

31: https://travis-ci.com

32: https://firebase.google.com/

33: https://get.fabric.io

34: https://aws.amazon.com

35: https://www.ovh.com

36: https://www.scaleway.com

37: https://sendgrid.com

38: https://www.cloudflare.com

Chilli (eFounders, 2019)

GSuite [39] - E-mail, Calendar, Drive
GitHub [40] - Code hosting
Slack [41] - Chat
Slite [42] - EDM
Airtable [43] - Process modeling
Pipedrive [44] - CRM
Trello [45] - PM
Payfit [46] - Payroll, Leaves & absences
Spendesk [47] - Expenses
Zoom [48] - Video calls
Intercom [49] - Lead acquisition
Aircall [50] - Centralized phone calls
Moqups [51] - Design work
Invision [52] - Design work
Google Analytics [53] - Analytics
Squarespace [54] - Blog
1Password [55] - Team password management
Codility [56] - Hiring (screening)
Hiresweet [57] - Hiring (sourcing)
Workable [58] - Hiring
Gandi [59] - DNS
Uptime Robot [60] - Alerting
AWS [61] - Hosting
Mailjet [62] - Transactional e-mails

39: https://gsuite.google.com

40: https://github.com

41: https://slack.com

42: https://slite.com

43: https://airtable.com

44: https://www.pipedrive.com

45: https://trello.com

46: https://payfit.com

47: https://www.spendesk.com

48: https://zoom.us

49: https://www.intercom.com

50: https://aircall.io

51: https://moqups.com

52: https://www.invisionapp.com

53: https://analytics.google.com

54: https://www.squarespace.com

55: https://1password.com

56: https://codility.com

57: https://hiresweet.com

58: https://www.workable.com

59: https://gandi.net

60: https://uptimerobot.com

61: https://aws.amazon.com

62: https://www.mailjet.com

Inch (2019 - 2023)

Google Workspace [63] - E-mail, Calendar, Drive
GitHub [64] - Code hosting & issues
Slack [65] - Chat
Notion [66] - EDM
Hubspot [67] - CRM
Payfit [68] (previously Lucca [69]) - Payroll, Leaves & absences
Mixpanel [70] - Analytics
Intercom [71] - Customer support
Aircall [72] - Centralized phone calls
Uptime Robot [73] - Alerting
Rollbar [74] - Error monitoring (backend)
Sentry [75] - Error monitoring (frontend)
Scout [76] - APM
GCP [77] (+ OVH [78]) - Hosting
Mandrill [79] - Transactional e-mails
Xero [80] - Accounting
Postman [81] - API documentation
Pipefy [82] - Customer lifecyce
Vonage [83] and smsmode [84] - Transactional SMS

63: https://workspace.google.com

64: https://github.com

65: https://slack.com

66: https://www.notion.so

67: https://www.hubspot.fr

68: https://payfit.com

69: https://www.lucca.fr

70: https://mixpanel.com

71: https://www.intercom.com

72: https://aircall.io

73: https://uptimerobot.com

74: https://rollbar.com

75: https://sentry.io

76: https://scoutapm.com

77: https://cloud.google.com

78: https://www.ovh.com

79: https://mandrillapp.com

80: https://www.xero.com

81: https://www.postman.com

82: https://www.pipefy.com

83: https://www.vonage.com

84: https://www.smsmode.com/

Finegrain (2023)

Google Workspace [85] - E-mail, Calendar, Drive
GitHub [86] - Code & documentation hosting
Linear [87] - Project management and issues
Slack [88] - Chat
Notion [89] - EDM
Uptime Robot [90] - Alerting
Sentry [91] - Error monitoring
Vercel [92] - Frontend platform

85: https://workspace.google.com

86: https://github.com

87: https://linear.app

88: https://slack.com

89: https://www.notion.so

90: https://uptimerobot.com

91: https://sentry.io

92: https://vercel.com

Personal

Fastmail [93] - Email
GitHub [94] - Code hosting
Pinboard [95] - Bookmarks
Gandi [96] - DNS
Uptime Robot [97] - Alerting
Vultr [98] - Hosting

93: https://www.fastmail.com

94: https://github.com

95: https://pinboard.in

96: https://gandi.net

97: https://uptimerobot.com

98: https://my.vultr.com