Last updated: Jul 7, 2025

Tools that I have used for quick prototyping:

Code Editor:

https://www.cursor.com/

I get way more than $20 I spend on it every month. It makes editing code super easy.

Caveats:

• Be wary that as soon the project gets complicated, it creates duplicate code, rather than reusing code from other libraries. So prompt it to re-use code and give specific libraries it should use.
• Be wary of things like not leaking env variable secrets on client side.
• It gets installation of things wrongly sometimes as foundational model is dated. For example, it never got tailwindcss installation correct for me. The fix is to follow latest instructions on tailwind website.

Front End:

https://v0.dev/

Great for building initial UI for webapp. Then, one should download it, commit to git and make further changes with cursor.

https://vercel.com/

Easiest way to deploy the webapp. Just give it your git and it will deploy it for you.

https://ui.shadcn.com/

Good component library for react components. You can ask cursor to use specific components from this library. Only caveat is that installation has changed slightly and cursor gets it wrong. So check installation on shadcn website