Languages

• Python - The universal glue language
• SQL - You will write more SQL than you expect
• JavaScript/TypeScript - Frontend work and quick dashboards
• Bash - Deployment scripts and automation

Data and Infrastructure

• Docker - Containerize everything
• Terraform/Pulumi - Infrastructure as code
• Airflow/Prefect - Pipeline orchestration
• Spark/Databricks - Large-scale data processing

Client-Facing

• Jupyter Notebooks - Showing work to clients
• Streamlit/Gradio - Quick demo apps

What is in YOUR toolkit? What tools do you wish existed?