Balázs Barta

Design Technologist

Stack

As a design technologist, I use different tools to build user interfaces, write code, and sometimes find smart shortcuts. Here's a full list of what keeps my digital world running.

Developer Tools

Next.js

Next.js

Web framework
A React framework for production-grade applications that offers server-side rendering, static site generation, and seamless deployment.
Astro

Astro

Static site generator
A modern static site generator that allows building faster websites by shipping zero JavaScript by default, supporting multiple frameworks.
PostHog

PostHog

Analytics
An open-source product analytics platform that combines analytics, feature flags, and A/B testing with a focus on data privacy and developer experience.
Vercel

Vercel

Deployment platform
An end-to-end platform for developing, previewing, and shipping modern web applications, offering automatic deployments and serverless functions.
Sanity

Sanity

Headless CMS
A composable content platform that treats content as data, enabling teams to structure and distribute content across multiple channels and platforms.
PagesCMS

PagesCMS

Headless CMS
Edit your static site content directly on GitHub with a user-friendly interface - no installation needed.
Storybook

Storybook

Frontend workshop
A development environment for UI components, allowing developers to create, test, and document components in isolation.
React Email

React Email

Email framework
A framework for building dynamic email templates using React components, making email development more maintainable.
VS Code

VS Code

JavaScript IDE
A powerful IDE by Microsoft tailored for JavaScript and web development, featuring smart coding assistance and integrated tools.
WebStorm

WebStorm

JavaScript IDE
A powerful IDE by JetBrains tailored for JavaScript and web development, featuring smart coding assistance and integrated tools.
Cursor

Cursor

Code editor
A powerful AI-first code editor that helps you write, refactor, and understand code faster with intelligent suggestions, code explanations, and seamless AI integration.
Ghostty

Ghostty

Terminal
A modern terminal emulator built for speed and efficiency, featuring low-latency rendering, ligature support, and extensive customization options.
GitHub

GitHub

Version control
A web-based platform for version control and collaboration that offers features like code review, project management, and continuous integration.
Webflow

Webflow

Page builder
A visual development platform that empowers designers to build professional, custom websites in a visual canvas without coding.

Design

Figma

Figma

Design tool
A collaborative web-based design tool used for interface design, prototyping, and design systems.
Mobbin

Mobbin

Reference library
A comprehensive UX reference library featuring thousands of mobile app interfaces, organized by patterns and components for efficient design research.
Copy Book

Copy Book

Copywriter tool
A curated collection of effective UX writing examples and patterns from successful digital products, helping create consistent and engaging content.
Stark

Stark

Accessibility tool
A comprehensive accessibility toolkit that helps create WCAG-compliant designs with features for color contrast checking, typography analysis, and focus order.
Tokens Studio

Tokens Studio

Figma plugin
A Figma plugin that enables creation and management of design tokens, allowing teams to maintain consistent design systems across platforms.
Use Contrast

Use Contrast

Figma plugin
A precision tool for ensuring color combinations meet accessibility standards, providing real-time contrast ratio calculations and WCAG compliance checks.
Print Variables

Print Variables

Figma plugin
A specialized plugin that transforms Figma variables into comprehensive documentation, streamlining design system maintenance and developer handoff.
Specs

Specs

Figma plugin
A powerful specification tool that automatically generates detailed documentation for design systems, including measurements, properties, and annotations.
Typeface

Typeface

Font manager
A wonderful font manager for macOS that helps you pick the perfect type for your designs.
Pixelmator Pro

Pixelmator Pro

Photo editor
A powerful Mac photo editor with AI tools, layer-based editing, and a wide range of creative features for image enhancement and design.
Affinity Publisher

Affinity Publisher

Publishing software
A professional publishing software for creating stunning layouts with master pages, advanced typography controls, and seamless integration with other Affinity apps via StudioLink.
Codepoint

Codepoint

Utility
Unicode & SF Symbols Finder. Contains more than 73,000 Unicodes, including SF Symbols and Emojis.

Productivity

Homebrew

Homebrew

Package manager
The popular package manager for macOS, making it easy to install and manage software from the command line.
Todoist

Todoist

Task manager
A popular task management app for organizing, tracking, and prioritizing your to-dos across devices with powerful collaboration features.
NotePlan

NotePlan

Notes
A markdown calendar and notes app for macOS and iOS that combines a calendar with a note-taking app, allowing you to plan your day and take notes in one place.
Obsidian

Obsidian

Notes
A powerful knowledge base that works on top of local folder of plain text Markdown files.
Pioneer

Pioneer

Utility
Pieoneer is a standout pie menu that transforms the way you use your Mac.
Notion Calendar

Notion Calendar

Calendar
A powerful calendar app, featuring collaborative scheduling, multi-calendar sync, and seamless connection with Notion databases and tasks.
1Password

1Password

Password manager
A comprehensive security tool that manages passwords, documents, and sensitive data while offering seamless autofill and secure sharing capabilities.
CleanShot X

CleanShot X

Screen capture
CleanShot X is the best screenshot and screen recording app for Mac with a built-in annotation tool, Cloud uploading, scrolling capture, and a lot more.
Optimage

Optimage

Image optimization
Automatically compress images achieving the highest compression ratio at consistent image quality.
Numi

Numi

Calculator
A beautiful calculator app that understands natural language, handles unit conversions, and performs complex calculations with a simple, clean interface.
Proton VPN

Proton VPN

VPN
A secure and privacy-focused VPN service offering fast connections, strong encryption, and a strict no-logs policy.

AI Tools

Raycast

Raycast

Launcher
An extensible launcher for macOS that boosts productivity with custom scripts, AI and workflows.
Claude

Claude

AI model
A next generation AI assistant built by Anthropic and trained to be safe, accurate, and secure to help you do your best work.
Gemini Pro

Gemini Pro

AI model
A powerful multimodal AI model from Google for advanced text, image, and code tasks, with seamless integration across Google’s ecosystem.
Perplexity

Perplexity

AI model
Ask questions naturally and get instant answers powered by AI with live web sources and citations.
ChatGPT

ChatGPT

AI model
An advanced conversational AI by OpenAI that helps answer questions, generate content, and assist with coding and creative tasks.
GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot

Coding Agent
An AI-powered code completion tool that helps developers write code faster and with fewer errors by suggesting whole lines or entire functions.
Granola

Granola

AI note-taking
Transform your messy meeting notes into clear, organized summaries with AI - right on your computer.