Istiaq Nirab full stack + ai
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Tools

Things I install on a fresh machine before anything else, or reach for often enough to keep a list.

PhpStorm

Where all the plugin work actually happens — the WordPress stub integration and Xdebug step-through are worth the license on their own.

jetbrains.com ↗

Xdebug Key

A small menu bar toggle for switching Xdebug on and off without editing php.ini by hand mid-debug session.

xdebug.org ↗

TablePlus

The GUI I reach for over wp-cli when I need to eyeball wp_postmeta after a migration went sideways.

tableplus.com ↗

Warp

A terminal that treats blocks and AI completion as first-class, which matters when you're bouncing between PHP, TS and Python shells all day.

warp.dev ↗

Ollama

Running local models to test LangChain and LangGraph flows offline before burning API credits on the real thing.

ollama.com ↗

Anaconda Navigator

Keeps the Python environments for different AI engineering projects from fighting each other over package versions.

anaconda.com ↗

RapidAPI

Useful for probing a third-party API's actual shape before wiring it into a LangChain tool or a plugin's REST bridge.

rapidapi.com ↗

GitHub Desktop

Not my daily driver for commits, but the fastest way to review a messy diff before it goes into a PR.

desktop.github.com ↗

Zed

Fast enough that it's become the default for quick edits and one-off scripts where PhpStorm would be overkill.

zed.dev ↗

Claude

Where most of the LangChain and LangGraph design thinking happens before a single line gets written — pairing on architecture, not just code.

claude.ai ↗

VS Code

The default for TypeScript and Python work — Copilot-adjacent extensions and a lighter footprint than PhpStorm when I'm not touching PHP.

code.visualstudio.com ↗

Brave Browser

Daily browsing and quick DevTools checks, kept separate from the profile I use for client staging logins.

brave.com ↗
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