Tools

Design tool where everything is real HTML/CSS. Makes Figma feel like a detour.

Does everything Photoshop does without the subscription. One-time purchase.

Vector editor that replaced Illustrator for me. Fast and well-built.

Layout and print design. The whole Affinity suite is an easy recommendation.

Best terminal I've used. Modern UI, block-based output, and good AI integration.

Modal editor written in Rust. Fast, minimal, no plugin ecosystem to manage.

The coding agent I reach for first. Understands full codebases, writes real code.

OpenAI's coding agent. Good for a second opinion on tricky problems.

AI code review that actually understands your codebase. Catches things humans miss.

The only project tracker that doesn't slow you down. Fast, opinionated, well-designed.

Beautiful investment dashboard. Earnings alerts, portfolio tracking, clean UI.

Financial terminal that's actually usable. Real-time data without the Bloomberg price tag.

Worth paying for. Keyboard-first email that makes everything else feel slow.

Meeting notes that run silently. Enhances your own notes with transcript context.

AI assistant for calendar and comms. Still early, but the vision is right.

Underrated. Fast, syncs everywhere, and gets out of the way. I use it for everything.

Desktop app for reading and organising papers. Clean, local-first, with optional AI.

Best way to find papers fast. AI summaries save a lot of triage time.

Finds the right people to talk to and surfaces warm intros. Good for outreach.

Social media scheduling done well. Notion-like editor, cross-platform posting.