/uses

A list of /uses pages detailing developer setups, gear, software and configs.

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/uses uses

A /uses page for the /uses site itself. Here's every piece of technology that powers this directory of developer setups.

Framework & Routing

Full-stack React framework with server functions, SSR, and streaming. Powers the server-side rendering and data loading.

react
ssr
full-stack

Type-safe file-based routing with built-in loaders, search params validation, and code splitting.

routing
type-safe

UI library. Using React 19 with server components support and the latest concurrent features.

ui
components

Hosting & Infrastructure

Edge runtime that serves the entire app. Zero cold starts, globally distributed.

edge
serverless

SQLite-based database at the edge. Stores scraped /uses pages, extracted items, and analytics events.

database
sqlite
edge

Vector database for similarity search. Stores OpenAI embeddings of /uses page content to find developers with similar setups.

vectors
similarity
edge

Lightweight event tracking for page views and item clicks without third-party scripts.

analytics
privacy

Data & ORM

Type-safe SQL ORM with zero overhead. Handles all D1 queries with full TypeScript inference.

orm
type-safe
sql

Schema validation for API inputs and data parsing.

validation
type-safe

Styling & UI

Utility-first CSS framework. v4 with the new engine, CSS-first configuration, and zero-config content detection.

css
utility-first

Accessible, composable component primitives built on Radix UI. Cards, badges, buttons, dropdowns, and more.

components
radix
accessible

Icon library used throughout the UI.

icons
svg

Build & Dev

Build tool and dev server. Lightning-fast HMR and optimized production builds via the Cloudflare Vite plugin.

build
hmr
bundler

Strict TypeScript across the entire codebase โ€” routes, server functions, database schema, and scripts.

type-safe
dx

Fast, disk-efficient package manager.

package-manager

AI & Extraction

GPT models extract structured gear/tool data from scraped /uses pages โ€” item names, categories, and tags.

ai
extraction
llm

Converts scraped HTML into clean Markdown before sending to the LLM for extraction.

html
markdown

Services

Universal avatar service. Resolves profile pictures from Twitter/X, GitHub, Bluesky, and website favicons with automatic fallback chaining.

avatars
api

Generates dynamic Open Graph images on the edge for social sharing previews.

og-images
social
Source Code

This site is open source. Check out the repo at github.com/wesbos/awesome-uses.