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State of AI
Mar 25, 2026|Living Document
Here's what I actually use every day. No affiliate links, no sponsored picks. Just the tools that survived my constant swapping and ended up earning a permanent spot in my workflow. This changes often — I'll keep it updated.
Select the Y on a card to see why it earned a spot.
Coding
Where the actual building happens
Apps & Tools
Everything else I reach for daily
Granola
Meeting notes without the manual cleanup.
My personal and business assistant.
My personal and business note-taker and CRM.
Local autocomplete across Mac text fields.
Simple image generation with reliable results.
Replaced my search engine.
All my chats in one inbox.
Talkt
My own Android dictation app.
My Mac launcher, with AI built in.
Agents Development
Building agents that actually do things
Durable Pi harness on Cloudflare.
Models
The models I think are worth using right now.