Tools I use

The stack behind the reels, the code and the company. Everything here is something I pay for or run myself, and each line says why it stays.

52 tools
12 jobs
10 free
6 run on my machine

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How they hand off

Most days the tools work in relays. Tap one to see just its tools.

Coding 4

Claude Code
Great harness for coding. On the Max plan, so the limits rarely get in the way.
Trae
Great alternative with sufficient limits.
Qoder
For the Chinese models.
OpenCodefreeopen source
Open source and plugs into any model.

App builders 4

Bolt
A working web app from a prompt, right in the browser.
Replit
Builds, hosts and runs it in one place.
Lovable
Good-looking apps for a client demo in an afternoon.
v0
Clean React screens I can drop into a real codebase.

Video & images 8

Higgsfield
Images, video, ads and AI influencers in one place.
LTX Studio
LTX-2.6: text, one photo, or a first and last frame in, one continuous shot out.
MiniMax H3
Up to three keyframes, and the shot lands where I tell it to.
Kling
Realistic motion when a shot has people in it.
Seedance
ByteDance's video model, and my pick over Veo: strong motion and multi-shot scenes from one prompt.
Midjourney
Still the best taste for a first frame or a cover.
Magnific
Upscales and adds real detail, so an AI image holds up full-screen.
HeyGen
Talking avatars and translated versions of a video.

Voice & audio 3

ElevenLabs
Voiceovers, dubbing and cloning. It also pays me: my own voice is in its library and earns every time someone uses it.
Handyfreeopen sourcelocal
Free alternative to Wispr Flow. I talk, it types.
Suno
Music for a reel that nobody else has.

Slides 5

Gamma
A good-looking deck from a prompt or a doc, in minutes.
NotebookLMfree
Gives a good starting point.
ChatGPT
Comes with an image generation skill that's handy.
Manus
Love the deep research.
Presentonopen source
Turns a deck into an editable PPTX or a PDF.

Design 2

Canva
Thumbnails, carousels and anything a client needs by tonight.
Figma
When a design has to be handed to someone who builds it.

Research 3

MiroMindopen source
Open deep-research agent that shows its working.
SearXNGfreeopen source
My own private search engine, and the one I hand to agents.
Tavily
Web search built for AI. It powers the chat on this site and the search box on this page.

Meetings 2

Granola
Takes the meeting notes and connects to my Claude, which helps me write proposals.
Zoom
Every call booked on this site lands on Zoom.

Automation 5

Claude skills
Connect to my Granola and email so I walk into every call prepared.
n8nopen source
Handles almost all of my email, systematically.
Make
For the flows I want running in ten minutes, not an afternoon.
Grok Bot
Answers my emails together with n8n, runs my LinkedIn automation, and drives the browser for it. Easy to set up.
OpenClawopen source
LinkedIn automation that's more versatile and holds up better.

Agent browsers 4

Grok Bot
Answers my emails together with n8n, runs my LinkedIn automation, and drives the browser for it. Easy to set up.
Claude in Chrome
Works inside my real, logged-in browser.
Camoufoxfreeopen source
Firefox, built for agents.
Obscura
A dedicated browser for agents.

Models & local AI 7

ComfyUIfreeopen sourcelocal
Image and video workflows on my own GPU.
Pinokiofreelocal
One-click launchers for local AI apps.
whichllmfreeopen sourcelocal
Tells me which local model will fit my GPU before I download 40 GB.
OpenAI API
Runs the AI version of me in this site's chat.
OpenRouter
One key for every model, so I can swap them in a line.
Ollamafreeopen sourcelocal
Pull a model and run it locally with one command.
LM Studiofreelocal
Local models with a proper app around them.

Ship & host 6

Hostinger
Domains and hosting. This site deploys itself on every push.
DigitalOcean
Servers for the things that need to run all day.
Supabase
Postgres, auth and storage without running any of it.
Neon
Serverless Postgres that branches like git.
GitHub
Every project lives here. A push to main puts this site live.
Beehiiv
The newsletter. Sign-ups on this site go straight into it.