Tool Stack

How I build this website

Below you’ll find a list with all the tools and programs I use to make this website.

Small side note: Some of the links below are so-called affiliate links. This means that if you buy something through that link, I will receive a small compensation at no extra cost to you and without the price changing. It’s a great way to support Rockets are cool.

Node.JS – Open source JavaScript runtime environment used to power the back-end servers

Gulp – Open source JavaScript toolkit to automate & enhance my dev workflow

SASS – Open source preprocessor scripting language that is interpreted or compiled into Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Webpack – Free and open-source module bundler for JavaScript.

Woocommerce & Woocommerce Subscriptions – Plugins for my memberships

Stripe – Handler for all payments and subscriptions

Sendy.co – Self hosted email application for the newsletters

AWS – Service for sending my newsletters


Google Analytics – To measure all behaviour and statistics.

Cloudflare – My CDN network

Transmit – A wonderful FTP tool for the Mac

Visual Studio Code – HTML editor from Microsoft for almost all programming languages

Github – Where all the code is stored

Local – For local WordPress development

Gravity Forms – The best WordPress plugin for creating forms

Bluehost – Super fast hosting with strong security

Linear – To keep an overview of all bugs and further developments

WordPress – The CMS I use for in the background

Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator – For creating illustrations.