The following is the current list of AI tools I use each day, both at work and personally.
I’ll hope to update this as time goes on.
- Claude Code: For making fixes across a large codebase (a little like an AI-powered find-replace). I have also found it useful for technical writing.
- Replit: The Replit Agent is great for prototyping, but becomes a bit destructive once you have a good basis. The Assistant is okay, but at a certain point I tend to feel the value/effort balance tips towards it being more efficient for me to dive into the code myself.
- OpenAI Response API: For programmatic LLM use (specifically good for chain-of-thought).
- SingleStore: For vector database.
- ChatGPT: For general content generation (mostly initial drafts) using Canvas and rubber-ducking tough questions / problems.
- Perplexity: For information and question-answering, especially for current events or historical events. However my use of Perplexity has decreased since ChatGPT introduced Search & Deep Research.
- Kling AI: For generating animation or video content.