Toolshed · 39 tools · not mine

AI Tools

An honest board. What's in daily use, what's in rotation, what I retired.

Verdict 01 · 12 tools

In use

ChatGPT All-purpose AI assistant for writing, research, coding, and productivity IN USE · Jan 26 Claude Anthropic's frontier assistant with strong reasoning and long context IN USE · Jan 26 Claude Code Anthropic's agentic coding assistant for the terminal IN USE · Jan 26 Codex OpenAI's cloud-based agentic coding environment with frontier model IN USE · Jan 26 Confluence Team wiki and documentation from Atlassian. IN USE · Apr 26 Forgejo Self-hosted Git forge with a lightweight UI. IN USE · Apr 26 Google Workspace Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Drive in one suite. IN USE · Apr 26 Jira Issue tracking and agile project management. IN USE · Apr 26 Microsoft Teams Chat, meetings, and collaboration in Microsoft 365. IN USE · Apr 26 Obsidian Local-first markdown knowledge base. IN USE · Apr 26 Plaud AI voice recorder that turns meetings into transcripts, summaries, and action items IN USE · Apr 26 Slack Channel-based messaging for teams. IN USE · Apr 26

Verdict 02 · 9 tools

In rotation

Backlog.md Markdown task tracker that lives in your git repo IN ROTATION · Aug 26 Canva AI Design platform with Magic Studio AI tools IN ROTATION · Jan 26 DeepSeek Open-weight Chinese reasoning model with free chat and self-host options IN ROTATION · Jan 26 Figma Collaborative interface design and prototyping. IN ROTATION · Apr 26 Gemini Google's advanced AI for search, productivity, and creative tasks IN ROTATION · Jan 26 Google Analytics Web and product analytics at scale. IN ROTATION · Apr 26 Google NotebookLM AI research assistant for documents and knowledge synthesis IN ROTATION · Jan 26 LM Studio Desktop app for running local LLMs with a friendly GUI IN ROTATION · Jan 26 Microsoft Copilot AI assistant across Microsoft 365 IN ROTATION · Jan 26

Verdict 03 · 18 tools

Retired

Beautiful.ai AI presentation software with automatic design RETIRED · Jan 26 Bolt.new Browser-based full-stack development with WebContainers running Node.js in-browser RETIRED · Jan 26 Cursor AI-first code editor that understands your entire codebase RETIRED · Jan 26 DALL-E OpenAI's image generator, built into ChatGPT RETIRED · Feb 26 ElevenLabs Realistic AI voice generation RETIRED · Jan 26 Gamma AI-powered presentations and docs RETIRED · Jan 26 GitHub Copilot AI pair programmer for code completion RETIRED · Jan 26 Grammarly AI writing assistant for clear, credible communication RETIRED · Jan 26 Lovable AI app builder with Supabase backend and team collaboration RETIRED · Jan 26 Midjourney Leading AI art generator for stunning visuals RETIRED · Jan 26 Miro Collaborative whiteboard for workshops and strategy. RETIRED · Apr 26 n8n Open-source workflow automation with AI nodes RETIRED · Jan 26 Notion Docs, wikis, and project notes in one workspace. RETIRED · Apr 26 Notion AI AI writing and knowledge assistant RETIRED · Jan 26 Ollama Run large language models locally with a simple CLI RETIRED · Jan 26 Outlook Microsoft's email and calendar client. RETIRED · Apr 26 Perplexity AI-powered answer engine with real-time search RETIRED · Jan 26 Tana Supertag-powered workspace for notes, tasks, and meetings RETIRED · Feb 26