Wouter Raateland

(Perhaps contrary to what you read on X nowadays...) Next.js has reduced the complexity of web development a ton for me, especially since the app router. So many times, when building a single feature, I actually only have to edit code in a single file. Can't overstate the headspace that this saves me. Their stability does need a bit of work. However, the team is working hard on this and is very transparent in sharing their progress.

Awesome product with great support. Especially useful in the beginning stages of a product. They provide so many things out-of-the-box: authentication, file storage, etc. When a project grows, I find myself replacing some supabase's pre-built solutions with custom solutions. Even then, it holds up great, as it's just a Postgres database under the hood.

So many websites have buggy dropdowns and modals. With Radix, these primitives just work, i.e., pressing ESC just closes a modal as you'd expect. No customization needed. Would love for them to expose the underlying React Contexts of their components for easier modification.

Can't imagine styling on the web without Tailwind anymore! Have tried many other methods before, plain CSS, to SASS, styled-components etc., but none of these have scaled as well as Tailwind has. Excited for version 4.0!

Metabase makes it super easy to visualize all our business metrics. Have used it for myself, and with teams of 20+ and it works great in each case. With their a visual query constructor interface, non-tech users can easily prototype dashboards and I can easily refine afterwards using the SQL editor if necessary.

Love how customizable the product is. Use it for all things product planning, financials, organizing meeting notes. Replaces a whole bunch of other tools for me.