Developer Lists Essential Productivity Tools For 2026

Jesse Liberty publishes his 2026 list of indispensable developer utilities, highlighting Visual Studio 2026, Copilot, Evernote, TalkNotes, WhisprFlow, RoboForm, ExamDiffPro, and BlueSky. He emphasizes VS and Copilot as daily drivers for .NET development, recommends generative-AI dictation and transcription tools, and notes most listed utilities are free; some AI-driven apps can cost over $100/year. The list aims to share practical productivity tools for software practitioners.