A semi-curated list of SaaS, platforms and web-based tools for software development.
- Chiffre - End-to-end encrypted analytics (shameless plug)
- Matomo - Self-hostable alternative to Google Analytics
- Geofabrik - Download OSM data for various regions
- OSRM - Open Source Routing Machine for pathfinding
- Repl.it - Sandbox for many languages
- Codepen - HTML + CSS + JS sandbox
- CodeSandbox - Integrations with Now & Netlify
- StackBlitz - Integrations with Google Cloud Run
- Observable - Reactive JavaScript notebooks
- RunKit - Node reactive playground
- Smart Swatch - Generate color palettes easily
- Color Picker - HTML color friendly
- Material Colors
- Shadows - Multi-layer shadow editor for smooth shadows
- Zeit Now - Serverless deployments from a CLI
- Surge - Static front-end deployments from a CLI
- Netlify - Auto-deploy static assets on GitHub pushes
- ExoFrame - Self-hosted Docker deployments from a CLI (alternative to now-defunct Now 1.0)
- Backery - Web application + DBaaS hosting platform
- Google Cloud Run - Beta serverless HTTP containers
- CleverCloud - French PaaS with no ties to BigCloud
- CSS Separator Generator - Generate CSS section separators
Not technically services, but great articles about design in general:
- Practical Tips for Cheating at Design
- Designing Landing Pages - Julian Shapiro
- Refactoring UI - Free resources & book about building great UIs
- Pixel Perfect Precision - Great book about small details and design in general
- Launchaco - Landing page generator
- Icons SVG - Simple UI icons in SVG format
- Simple Icons - Free SVG icons for popular brands
- Unsplash - Beautiful photos for placeholders with free/libre licenses
- ImgBB - Simple "image to URL" service with self-destruct options
- UploadCare - Gallery, CDN and upload/editor widget for React
- SubtlePatterns - Background pattern images
- SVGOMG - Optimise SVGs
- Fast & Beautiful Modern Image Delivery Techniques - Talk by Doug Sillars
- UpDown - Pay-as-you-go uptime monitoring
- ButtonDown - Simple, free for the first 1k subscribers
- Webtask - Node.js code editor for quick serverless functions setup
- Netlify Functions - Node.js functions as a service
- Zeit Now 2 - Various languages supported, wrapper over AWS Lambda
- Percy - Visual review of web page changes
- httpstat.us - Get various HTTP statuses for mocking & debugging clients
- WebpageTest - Waterfall analysis of network requests
- RequestMap - Visual representation of webpagetest results