Tools that have changed how I think about things, and yes some are hyped things you have probably heard of. But the opposite effect of people ignoring it becaus

Tools that have changed how I think about things, and yes some are hyped things you have probably heard of. But the opposite effect of people ignoring it because it's too hyped might come into play: Docker - figuring out what you really need to get something running and having a reproducible way of doing it. I did a blog post on it: https://stackabuse.com/how-docker-can-make-your-life-easier-as-a-developer/ https://stackabuse.com/how-docker-can-make-your-life-easier-... Node JS - much derided, but nothing compares in terms of the speed you can quickly hack up a tool in Node JS and the ecosystem you have access to. I don't use it as production server, but just as a quick way to hack up tools. Pandoc - being using this tool to convert markdown to PDF, and it does a nice job. Uses Latex & friends so you can find a nice template somewhere and base off that. Markdown - I love using markdown formats. Especially with the tooling, things like Pandoc and Github are enough to justify learning a bit of MD. Touchtyping - Makes typing a bit nicer and a bit faster. I could type without looking at the keyboard before, but now I don't lose my hands, just feel the bumps!