My toolkit for pet projects, and associated costs
Aug 28, 2017 · 1 min read
I like to build things with software and I use many tools to draft ideas, code, host things, etc as part of the process. Today I decided to have a look at the things I used and how much I spend on it.
Disclaimer: I used to work for Atlassian and still own shares with them.
- Writing down ideas: Google Drive (Free with my personal Gmail)
- Design: Sketch ($99)
- Repositories hosting: Bitbucket (Unlimited private repos for Free)
- Coding: Sublime Text 3 ($70)
- CI/CD/Automation: Bitbucket Pipelines (50 mins / month for free)
- Domain name: Hover ($13/year for .com)
- Email management: GSuite ($5/user/month)
- Static website with https: Jekyll or Hugo + Netlify (Free)
- Analytics: Google Analytics (Free)
- Application hosting: Heroku (Free is enough for pet projects) or Digital Ocean ($5/month)
- Mobile app publishing: Apple Developer Program ($99/year) & Android Developer Program ($25)
So now let’s do some maths on that.
Fixed cost for all projects: $194 (Sketch + Sublime Text 3 + Android dev programme) + $99/year (Apple developer program)
Cost per project: $73 to $133/year (Domain name + emails + hosting)
If you’re reading this please feel free to share alternatives in the comments as I’d be really keen to know other stuff.
