Here's the stack that most professional developers use in 2026.
Editor
VS Code (80%+ market share). Cursor (AI-first). Zed (speed-focused). Vim/Neovim (the diehards).
Terminal
Warp (AI-powered). iTerm2 (Mac). Windows Terminal (Windows). Oh My Zsh for customization.
Version Control
Git + GitHub (dominant). GitLab. Bitbucket. Our code assistant can generate git commands from plain English.
AI Assistants
GitHub Copilot. Cursor AI. Claude. And free tools like our code assistant for quick one-off questions.
Deployment
Vercel (frontend). Railway/Render (backend). AWS/GCP for scale. Docker everywhere.