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This Week's Best Developer Tools & Betas
WorkOS, GoNIX, Once, Iosevka, Plannotator, Lambda Web Functions, Jevgrep - the best tools for developers
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- Featured tool reviews
- Beta release roundup
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A weekly digest of the best developer tools — We keep track of everything - dev tools, devops, cloud, and APIs - so you don't have to. Contents ✦ Flox – Reproducible environments [sponsor]. ＋ WorkOS – Auth and access control. ＋ GoNIX – UNIX with a Go userspace. β Once – Command output caching. β Iosevka – Open source coding font. β Plannotator – Annotate agent work. β Lambda Web Functions – Standard HTTP on Lambda. β Jevgrep – Find code by asking what it does. ✦ BuildKite – Better CI [sponsor]. ✦ Sponsor Flox - Create reproducible environments for devs + agents, across laptops → CI → prod, on macOS/Linux, x86/ARM. ＋ Interesting tools Here are our developer tool picks of the week. WorkOS Auth and access control. What we like: Pre-built UI and widgets, but with APIs for full customization of auth flows. Delegate credential storage for third-party logins and mint access tokens on demand. Handles agent auth, SAML, SSO, etc. Complementary features like audit logs, secrets vault, impersonation, access controls. What we don't like: Verifying sessions across language boundaries e.g. from web / JS to a Go API backend requires some extra work to implement. GoNIX UNIX with a Go userspace. What we like: Init, coreutils, networking, etc all written in Go. Statically linked. Includes a package manager, also written in Go. Can upgrade running systems in place. Built on the Linux kernel, then the Go init becomes PID 1. Supports both server and (Wayland) desktop. Website is served by GoNIX itself. What we don't like: Does have to build some C, which it does with musl. β New beta releases Here are the most interesting betas & early access releases this week: Once Command output caching. Developer Tools, Open Source, Open access Iosevka Open source coding font. Developer Tools, Open Source, Open access Plannotator Annotate agent work. Developer Tools, Open Source, Open access Lambda Web Functions Standard HTTP on Lambda. DevOps, Proprietary, Open access Jevgrep Find code by asking what it does. Developer Tools, Open Source, Open access Reach out 👀 Found a tool you think we'd like? Email us. 🚀 Planning a launch or major release? Advertise with us. 🛠️ Building something developer first? We invest in devtools. ✦ Disclosure: All reviews are editorially independent and tools must meet our selection criteria - we do not run sponsored reviews and all reviews are written by a human. We do not track email opens, but do track clicks to refine our criteria. Sent by Console Ltd 483 Green Lanes London, N13 4FG United Kingdom. Ctrl+C? Update email address or unsubscribe.