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title: This month's most useful tool for developers < February 2019
description: This month's most useful tool for developers < February 2019
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# [This month's most useful tool for developers < February 2019](https://www.dootrix.com/insights/months-useful-tool-developers-february-2019)

 Written by [Elliott King](https://www.dootrix.com/insights/author/dootrix_siteadmin) | Mar 5, 2019 10:44:55 AM

Some are about new thinking or new techniques, some are about legacy technology and some are just useful resources for different languages or platforms. Some are just lolz. The brief is simple - if we think they’re useful, you might too.

 

#### Want to learn how to deploy an API using cloud formation?

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-WqKkAg7qw[/embed]

Watch this fantastic presentation from one of our senior engineers Steve Atkinson!

 

#### Need a debugging library for RxJS?

Here we [go](https://github.com/cartant/rxjs-spy)!

 

#### Interested in virtual reality?

Read this [case study](https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/ford-virtual-reality-design-gravity-sketch/) to see how Ford is using VR software [Gravity Sketch](https://www.gravitysketch.com/) to design cars in virtual reality!

 

#### This new tool is awesome for testing!

We recently used [Requestly](https://www.requestly.in/) to redirect an API call to a custom json response. Snazzy!

 

#### Are you a drone enthusiast too?

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbRVNxL44c&feature=youtu.be[/embed]

Watch [Real Engineering](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR1IuLEqb6UEA_zQ81kwXfg)'s awesome episode on how Rwanda built a drone delivery service!

 

#### Want to test your design eye?

Check out this cool [game](https://cantunsee.space/)!

 

#### The best Linux desktop environment?

15 environments [reviewed and compared](https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-linux-desktop-environment-reviewed-and-compared/)!

 

#### Overcoming latency is hard

But you can use [instant.page](https://instant.page/) for just-in-time preloading! Awesome!

 

#### AI: that you can FaceTime!?

[embed]https://youtu.be/9SDIVuzYNyo[/embed]

 

#### The failed Netflix homepage redesign experience that no-one noticed

This is seriously cool. A snapshot of [an A/B test](https://goodui.org/blog/the-failed-netflix-homepage-redesign-experiment-that-nobody-even-noticed/) from media giants Netflix.

 

#### Need an animation library for React?

You're [welcome](https://www.react-spring.io/).

 

#### Need to connect with your remote team?

This product looks cool - a real-time whiteboard for distributed teams.

 

#### This person does not exist!!

This site uses AI to generate a [human face](https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/). ? Refresh for a new face!

 

#### Create a mobile app, from a Google sheet in 5 minutes, for free

Pick a sheet, customize your app, share it with a link. [Awesome](https://www.glideapps.com/)!

 

#### Lessons from 6 software re-write stories...

A new take on the age-old question: Should you rewrite your application from scratch, or is that “the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make”? [Read here](https://medium.com/@herbcaudill/lessons-from-6-software-rewrite-stories-635e4c8f7c22).

 

#### This cat... does not exist

You don't say ?. More [here](https://thiscatdoesnotexist.com/?ref=producthunt).

 

*Like this stuff? Want to work with people who like this stuff? We're hiring! Get in touch: [hello@dootrix.com](mailto:hello@dootrix.com) *

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