Patryk and Wojciech share their favorite less-obvious developer tools they use regularly, focusing on tools that genuinely improve day-to-day work rather than the usual basics like terminals or password managers.

CleanShot X — their go-to app for screenshots and screen recordings, with strong annotation tools, scrolling capture, OCR, webcam overlays, and easy cloud sharing.

Clop — a handy companion for compressing and downsizing screenshots and videos, especially useful for keeping GitHub PR attachments under upload limits.

MonoLisa — a paid coding font they praise for readability, personality, and overall developer experience.

scrcpy — recommended for Android development because it mirrors and lets you control a real Android device from your desktop, making testing much more convenient than relying on an emulator.

Proxyman — their preferred proxy/network debugging tool for inspecting, modifying, and simulating API traffic in mobile apps.

Tuple — highlighted as a strong remote pair-programming tool because both people can interact directly with the shared machine, making reviews and collaborative debugging smoother.

Kaleidoscope — recommended for comparing text, code snippets, and images with a much nicer experience than older merge tools.

DevCleaner for Xcode — a useful Mac utility for reclaiming disk space by cleaning old Xcode caches, SDKs, and derived data.

Objective-See tools — especially LuLu, BlockBlock, and KnockKnock, recommended for monitoring outgoing connections, persistence attempts, and suspicious startup items on macOS.

Reactotron — a long-running favorite for React Native debugging, appreciated for stability in a tooling ecosystem that changes often.

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