AI tools guide
AI tools for developers
Coding, testing, and AI-app building tools for engineering teams shipping real software.
n8n
Open-source workflow automation that connects your apps and drops AI steps right into the flow. Self-hostable and developer-friendly. A personal favorite.
Pipedream
Code-first automation for developers who want to drop real JavaScript or Python into workflows.
Claude
Strong at long documents, careful writing, and code. A great second opinion to ChatGPT.
DebuggAI
Agentic end-to-end testing that finds and helps fix bugs before they ship, with the evals and supervision to keep AI changes safe. (Disclosure: I built this.)
Cursor
AI-native code editor that reads and edits across your whole codebase, not just the current file.
GitHub Copilot
Inline completion and chat inside your IDE. The most widely adopted coding assistant.
v0
Generate React and Tailwind UI from a prompt or a screenshot.
Vercel AI SDK
Open-source TypeScript toolkit for building chat, streaming, and tool-using AI features.
Picking tools is the easy part
The hard part is choosing the few that actually fit your business and wiring them together so they save real time. That is the job of good generative AI consulting services. Tell me what you are trying to do and I will tell you what is worth using.