The AI stack

The AI Tools I Actually Use

A curated list of my favorite AI apps organized by where they fit in my workflow. Life without the “must-haves” would be very difficult!

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11 tools across 3 categories

Productivity

Apps that buy back hours every week.

Must-Have

Granola

granola.ai

AI meeting transcription with MCP connections.

Productivity$14/mo

Must-Have

Wispr Flow

wisprflow.ai

AI voice-to-text transcription.

Productivity$15/mo

Supercut

supercut.video

Screen-recording alternative to Loom.

Productivity$15/mo

Perplexity Computer

perplexity.ai

Turn-key agentic workflows (at a high cost).

ProductivityPro $20/mo

Knowledge Management

Where ideas, notes and knowledge live.

Must-Have

Obsidian

obsidian.md

Local-first markdown knowledge base with bidirectional linking and a plugin ecosystem.

Knowledge$5/mo

Notion

notion.so

All-in-one workspace for notes, databases, project management, and team collaboration.

KnowledgePlus $10/mo

Coding

Build and ship software faster.

Must-Have

GitHub

github.com

"Dropbox for code" and the hub for saving all your coding projects.

Coding$4/mo

Cmux

cmux.com

Terminal that supports multiple sessions.

CodingFree

Cursor

cursor.com

Code editor with a very cheap and fast model (Composer).

Coding$20/mo

Vercel

vercel.com

How I deploy my sites and web apps.

Coding$20/mo

VS Code

code.visualstudio.com

Open-source code editor.

CodingFree