Russ Bashaw

Russ Bashaw

SoWorkSoWork
Designer, traveler, music fan
Sanity.io
A very intuitive and easy-to-use headless CMS. Seamless integration with Next.JS and GitHub. Respectable pricing and easy to use resources for schema updates for developer newbs like me.

What's great

easy setup (3)headless CMS (2)Next.js integration (1)GitHub integration (1)
SendGrid
Easy to use and hook up, love that you can get a dedicated server for cheap. Analytics leave a lot to be desired as they paywall you for specific user activity beyond 7 days. Pretty affordable.

What's great

easy integration (2)dedicated server option (1)

What needs improvement

limited analytics access (1)
Discord
Easy to use with an intuitive UI. Love joining game specific communities and chatting with fellow enthusiasts. Custom emojis for each game are cute and add value. Haven't tried Nitro yet (paid service) but strongly considering it.
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Miro
Easy to use and integrate into any existing workflow. Cannot recommend Miro enough.

What's great

user-friendly interface (14)
VS Code
Simple and light-weight with a plethora of community built extensions to turn it into a behemoth.
Spotify
Solid user interface regardless of device and great way to discover new music. Wish artists made more off of it but what can you do?

What's great

user-friendly interface (14)music discovery (42)
Figma
Incredible tool for designing interfaces, web pages, and applications. You name it Figma does it, and it does it intuitively.

What's great

intuitive interface (45)