Ask HN: Tools of the trade, 2013 edition
I've been assembling  a list of these lately for a book that I'm working on. (<a href="http://startingandsustaining.com" rel="nofollow">http://startingandsustaining.com</a>) Some of the categories are fairly loose as some apps don't fit nicely into categorical buckets, but hopefully this is a helpful list.<p>--Browser/Email Testing<p>BrowserStack (<a href="http://www.browserstack.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.browserstack.com</a>)<p>Litmus (<a href="http://litmus.com" rel="nofollow">http://litmus.com</a>)<p>--Bug/Issue Tracking<p>BugHerd (<a href="http://bugherd.com" rel="nofollow">http://bugherd.com</a>)<p>Lighthouse (<a href="http://lighthouseapp.com" rel="nofollow">http://lighthouseapp.com</a>)<p>Sifter (<a href="http://sifterapp.com" rel="nofollow">http://sifterapp.com</a>) (Disclaimer: I built this.)<p>--Planning & Project Management<p>Sprintly (<a href="http://sprint.ly" rel="nofollow">http://sprint.ly</a>)<p>Podio (<a href="https://podio.com" rel="nofollow">https://podio.com</a>)<p>Flow (<a href="http://www.getflow.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.getflow.com</a>)<p>Interstate (<a href="http://interstateapp.com" rel="nofollow">http://interstateapp.com</a>)<p>Basecamp (<a href="http://basecamp.com" rel="nofollow">http://basecamp.com</a>)<p>Apollo (<a href="http://www.apollohq.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.apollohq.com</a>)<p>Pivotal (<a href="http://www.pivotaltracker.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.pivotaltracker.com</a>)<p>Asana (<a href="http://www.asana.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.asana.com</a>)<p>Trello (<a href="https://trello.com" rel="nofollow">https://trello.com</a>)<p>Blossom (<a href="https://www.blossom.io" rel="nofollow">https://www.blossom.io</a>)<p>Trajectory (<a href="https://www.apptrajectory.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.apptrajectory.com</a>)<p>--Business & Traffic Analytics<p>KissMetrics (<a href="http://kissmetrics.com" rel="nofollow">http://kissmetrics.com</a>)<p>MixPanel (<a href="http://mixpanel.com" rel="nofollow">http://mixpanel.com</a>)<p>DigMyData (<a href="http://digmydata.com" rel="nofollow">http://digmydata.com</a>)<p>--Continuous Integration / Code Quality<p>Travis (<a href="https://travis-ci.org" rel="nofollow">https://travis-ci.org</a>)<p>Circle (<a href="http://circleci.com" rel="nofollow">http://circleci.com</a>)<p>CodeClimate (<a href="http://codeclimate.com" rel="nofollow">http://codeclimate.com</a>)<p>Sempaphore (<a href="https://semaphoreapp.com" rel="nofollow">https://semaphoreapp.com</a>)<p>--Dashboards<p>Ducksboard (<a href="http://ducksboard.com" rel="nofollow">http://ducksboard.com</a>)<p>Geckoboard (<a href="http://www.geckoboard.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.geckoboard.com</a>)<p>Instrumental (<a href="https://instrumentalapp.com" rel="nofollow">https://instrumentalapp.com</a>)<p>--Error/Exception Handling<p>Sentry (<a href="https://getsentry.com" rel="nofollow">https://getsentry.com</a>)<p>Coalmine (<a href="https://www.getcoalmine.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.getcoalmine.com</a>)<p>HoneyBadger (<a href="https://www.honeybadger.io" rel="nofollow">https://www.honeybadger.io</a>)<p>BugSnag (<a href="https://bugsnag.com" rel="nofollow">https://bugsnag.com</a>)<p>Raygun (<a href="http://raygun.io" rel="nofollow">http://raygun.io</a>)<p>--Log Monitoring<p>Loggly (<a href="http://loggly.com" rel="nofollow">http://loggly.com</a>)<p>Papertrail (<a href="https://papertrailapp.com" rel="nofollow">https://papertrailapp.com</a>)<p>LogEntries (<a href="https://logentries.com" rel="nofollow">https://logentries.com</a>)<p>--Billing & Payment Processing<p>Braintree (<a href="https://www.braintreepayments.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.braintreepayments.com</a>)<p>Stripe (<a href="http://stripe.com" rel="nofollow">http://stripe.com</a>)<p>Pin (<a href="http://pin.net.au" rel="nofollow">http://pin.net.au</a>)<p>PayMill (<a href="http://paymill.com" rel="nofollow">http://paymill.com</a>)<p>Recurly (<a href="http://recurly.com" rel="nofollow">http://recurly.com</a>)<p>Chargify (<a href="http://chargify.com" rel="nofollow">http://chargify.com</a>)<p>Spreedly (<a href="http://spreedly.com" rel="nofollow">http://spreedly.com</a>)<p>Spreedly Core (<a href="https://core.spreedly.com" rel="nofollow">https://core.spreedly.com</a>)<p>--Support/Help Desks<p>Desk (<a href="http://desk.com" rel="nofollow">http://desk.com</a>)<p>HelpScout (<a href="http://helpscout.net" rel="nofollow">http://helpscout.net</a>)<p>ZenDesk (<a href="http://zendesk.com" rel="nofollow">http://zendesk.com</a>)<p>Groove (<a href="http://groovehq.com" rel="nofollow">http://groovehq.com</a>)<p>Intercom (<a href="http://intercom.io" rel="nofollow">http://intercom.io</a>)<p>Tender (<a href="http://tenderapp.com" rel="nofollow">http://tenderapp.com</a>)<p>--Transactional Email<p>Postmark (<a href="https://postmarkapp.com" rel="nofollow">https://postmarkapp.com</a>)<p>Mandril (<a href="http://mandrill.com" rel="nofollow">http://mandrill.com</a>)<p>MailGun (<a href="http://www.mailgun.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mailgun.com</a>)<p>SendGrid (<a href="http://sendgrid.com" rel="nofollow">http://sendgrid.com</a>)<p>CloudSMTP (<a href="http://www.cloudsmtp.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.cloudsmtp.com</a>)<p>CritSend (<a href="http://www.critsend.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.critsend.com</a>)<p>Postage (<a href="http://postageapp.com" rel="nofollow">http://postageapp.com</a>)<p>--Email Collection/Landing Page Apps<p>Launchrock (<a href="http://launchrock.com" rel="nofollow">http://launchrock.com</a>)<p>Unbounce (<a href="http://unbounce.com" rel="nofollow">http://unbounce.com</a>)<p>KickoffLabs (<a href="http://www.kickofflabs.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.kickofflabs.com</a>)<p>Launch Effect (<a href="http://launcheffectapp.com" rel="nofollow">http://launcheffectapp.com</a>)<p>Prefinery (<a href="https://www.prefinery.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.prefinery.com</a>)<p>LaunchGator (<a href="http://launch.deskgator.com" rel="nofollow">http://launch.deskgator.com</a>)