Summary

Eddie Hsu shares his conservative, pragmatic 2025 developer toolset, prioritizing fewer third-party dependencies and focusing on core productivity. His stack spans IDEs (JetBrains), platforms (Vercel, GCP CloudRun, GitHub), AI providers (Anthropic, Google, Groq), and business tools (Lemon Squeezy, Resend, BunnyCDN).

Eddie Hsu 分享他 2025 年保守且務實的開發工具組,重視減少第三方服務依賴,將心力放在產品本身。涵蓋 IDE(JetBrains)、平台(Vercel、GCP CloudRun、GitHub)、AI 提供商(Anthropic、Google、Groq)以及商業工具(Lemon Squeezy、Resend、BunnyCDN)。

Key Points

  • JetBrains All Pack + AI Assistant preferred over VS Code ecosystem chasing
  • Vercel over GCP for most products: DX advantage outweighs cost
  • GCP kept only for CloudRun and Firestore (legacy)
  • BunnyCDN for bulk file hosting: cheap, European CDN with prepaid credit model
  • AI: Anthropic for text/creative, Google Gemini for long context + cost, Groq for open-source fast inference
  • Lemon Squeezy for payments: developer-experience focused
  • Resend for transactional email: new-generation DX

Insights

The author’s philosophy of “I want to focus on the product, not more third-party services” is a useful counterweight to the tool-maximalist trend. The decision to migrate most products from GCP to Vercel reflects a broader indie developer trend: operations cost is measured in mental overhead, not just dollars. The GCP critique (“the dashboard is really slow”) is relatable and often underweighted in infrastructure decisions.

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Raw Excerpt

我在這幾年的服務或工具選用其實偏向保守,以實務導向為主。我想把心力放在產品上,而不是更多的第三方服務。