Ai Tools

These are the tools that I have used and grown to love. I’ll keep this list updated as I learn more and add to it.

Analysis

[[Perplexity]]. I’ve long since signed up for this search engine/analysis tool. [[NotebookLLM]] . by Google. Makes podcasts, but much more than that.

Coding

Bolt . Prompt, run, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps. Aider. Aider lets you pair program with LLMs, via terminal. It’s an alternative way to view LLMs outside of the traditional Cursor/Windsurf methods. [[Vercel]]. Vercel’s frontend cloud gives developers the frameworks, workflows, and infrastructure to build a faster, more personalized web. [[Windsurf]] launched with much fanfare, but I have found it personally disappointing. [[Replit]] similarly - much fanfare but in my experience it doesn’t work as well as I hoped. I tried using this with my kids and those I teach and they found it very frustrating. [[Continue]]. https://www.continue.dev/ . Open source, any LLM, free. However, it’s a generation behind Cursor and not quite as smooth - but I expect this gap will close [[Cades]]. https://cades.dev/ . “first mobile AI app developer”. need to try this. [[Runloop]].

Video & images

[[CapCut]]. Video editor. Created by TikTok/ByteDance. (Seems mainly focused on product sales, but other AI tools mixed in) [[RecraftAI]]. Image gen for SVG Runway. Video editing. Magnific AI. [[Descript]] edits using transcript. Amazing. I’ve made a few videos using this tool.

Running

TogetherAI - cloud running models

Local AI

Ollama - Seems to be the standard way to interact with LLMs locally. But not the only one. LM Studio - Came across this, native Mac app that offers a bit more stuff. Hoop? [[Claude Desktop]].

Testing/Agents

[[CrewAI]]. . Multi-agent platform. To assemble a team of agents to work on something. [[Synthetic Users]]. Create users that can test your app. Charge $4 for interviews per user. No free tier available.

Anthropic guide to building effective agents

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