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

 Written by [Elliott King](https://www.dootrix.com/insights/author/dootrix_siteadmin) | May 7, 2019 9:54:01 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.

 

#### Did someone say Skynet?

Boston Dynamics release new mobile manipulation robot for logistics.

[embed]https://youtu.be/5iV_hB08Uns[/embed]

 

#### Notion user?

We love their new template gallery!

#### Start coding on powerful servers

Need a remote development environment serving Visual Studio Code? Accelerate your workflow and surpass the capabilities of your local development machine with [Coder](https://coder.com/).

#### Need a front-end tool to work with visual studio?

Try [Gimli](https://gimli.app/)!

#### Technical debt is like Tetris...

You can't win, you can only control how quickly you lose. An awesome [blog](https://medium.com/s/story/technical-debt-is-like-tetris-168f64d8b700) from [Eric Higgins](https://medium.com/@erichiggins).

#### Handing the Japanese new year, in .NET

An awesome [blog](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/handling-a-new-era-in-the-japanese-calendar-in-net/) from our partners Microsoft

#### User testing?

The latest product update from [Marvel](https://marvelapp.com/) contains some very effective new [features](https://blog.marvelapp.com/user-testing-feature-preview-iphone-testing-playback/?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=71403491&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--q_S3iGp7PNdHlk7OhMOvd9iGOvWr3xsw5BOIoQrPRfYWZzUl73i4mO5gZgWows2ty_PVO-Tv4nrWCY6MkAo6uRiGRyA&_hsmi=71403755)!

#### Need a quick & simple tool for trimming images?

Remove black, white or transparent space from around images quickly with [Trimmy](https://trimmy.io/)!

#### Looking for a new programming font?

Check this out! 50 free programming [fonts](https://app.programmingfonts.org/)!

#### Millennials want vertical TV's?

Samsung sure [thinks so](https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/29/18522287/samsung-sero-vertical-tv-price-release-date-millennials). We're... not that certain.

#### GoT Fan?

Read these hilarious episode recaps from [ChryswatchesGoT](https://imgur.com/user/chryswatchesgot/posts).

#### Retro gaming enthusiast?

Now you can build your own instant classic with GB Studio!

[embed]https://youtu.be/9k3RPaziVcw[/embed]

 

###### *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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