About DevPicks

Who runs this

I'm a solo developer who ships small SaaS products and side projects for a living. I've spent the last decade writing code in production, paying for my own stack out of pocket, and learning the hard way which tools are worth the monthly bill. DevPicks is a one-person operation — no content team, no agency, no ghostwriters.

Why DevPicks exists

Most "best dev tools" articles are written by SEO agencies that have never opened the product. You can tell: vague feature lists, no screenshots from real use, and a suspicious tendency to rank whichever vendor pays the highest commission. I got tired of wasting evenings on tools that looked great in reviews and fell apart on day three. DevPicks is the site I wished existed when I was evaluating my own stack.

How reviews work

Every tool I review is one I've paid for with my own money and used on a real project for at least two weeks — usually much longer. I test the onboarding, the pricing traps, the edge cases, and what happens when something breaks at 2am. I write about what actually matters to solo devs: cost at scale, time to first value, lock-in risk, and whether the free tier is honest or bait. If a tool is bad, I say so. If I haven't used it, I don't review it.

Affiliate disclosure

Some links on DevPicks are affiliate links. If you sign up through them, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. That commission never changes my opinion — I recommend tools I'd use without the affiliate deal, and I skip affiliate programs for products I don't believe in. If a review reads like an ad, I've failed.

Get in touch

Found a tool I should cover, or disagree with a review? Email me at hello@devpicks.dev — I read everything and reply to most.