💿 Software
We use software selectively and intentionally. This list is designed to be exhaustive for 80% of software use at Flexpa.
Homebrew
If you are setting up a developer machine for the first time you can take a look at Homebrew to install many of these dependencies automatically
| Tool | Purpose | Access control |
|---|---|---|
| 🔑 1Password | Password manager | Self-sign up |
| 🔮 Vowel | Video calling that doesn't suck (used for internal meetings) | Onboarding task (Ops) |
| 🆔 Auth0 | Authentication and authorization platform | Onboarding (Ops) |
| 👷 AWS | Underlying infrastructure provider | Onboarding (CTO) |
| 🕵 Doppler | Secrets management | Self-sign up (use Google @flexpa.com account) + Onboarding (CTO) |
| 📆 Cal.com | Meeting scheduling assistant | Invite only (depending on role) |
| 📝 Webflow | Headless Content Management system powering marketing website | Onboarding task (CTO) |
| 🐕 Datadog | Logging, monitoring & security | Onboarding (CTO) |
| ✍️ Figma | Design & Branding | Self-sign up (use @flexpa.com account) |
| 🎥 Fireflies | Meeting transcription and notetaking | Invite only (depending on role) |
| 🎈Fly.io | App deployment | Onboarding task (CTO) |
| 👨💻 Github | Public and private code repositories and project management | Onboarding task (CTO) |
| ✉️ Google Apps | Identity, Email, Sheets, Docs, and Calendar | Onboarding task (CTO) |
| 🔤 Grammarly | Spelling and grammar checker | Onboarding (Ops) |
| 👥 Gusto | U.S. HRIS & Payroll | Onboarding (Ops) |
| 👥 Humi | Canada HRIS & Payroll | Onboarding (Ops) |
| 🚦Instatus | Status page | Self-sign up |
| 📈 Stripe | Usage-based Billing and Analytics for API Products | Invite only (depending on role) |
| 🎙 Loom | Screen recording | Onboarding task (Ops) |
| 🎨 FigJam | White-boarding | Onboarding task (Ops) |
| 📥 Slack | Messaging and chat | Self-sign up |
| ☑️ Typeform | Form builder | Invite only (depending on role) |
| 🔄 Vercel | Frontend previews and deployment | Self-sign up (use @flexpa.com account) |
| ⌨️ Visual Studio Code | Paired programming | Download |
| 🎥 Zoom + Fireflies | External Meetings | Onboarding task (CTO) |
Adding new software
Before adding new tools ask questions like:
- Is this something we can do with another tool already?
- Is this something that is dramatically better than the alternatives?
- Will 80% of the company possibly use this tool?