The Toolkit
Every tool in the operator stack, what it does, and how hard it gets used.
Free| Tool | What it does | How it’s used | Price | Status | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Models & Assistants | |||||
| Most capable AI assistant and coding model | Primary AI for writing, strategy, and code | $20per month | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| General-purpose AI assistant | Backup reasoning, research cross-check | $20per month | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| Multimodal AI with massive context window | Long-doc analysis, Google Workspace tasks | $20per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| AI-powered search with citations | Real-time research with sourced answers | $20per month | TestingFREE TIER | — | |
| Real-time AI with X/Twitter access | News, trends, social intelligence | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Open model and dataset hub | Finding models, datasets and whatever else already exists | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Long-context model for reading and research | Long audits and research sweeps, off the main quota | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Vibe Coding & Dev Tools | |||||
| Workspace and terminal manager for coding agents | Where every coding session runs | $20per month | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| Agentic coding in terminal | Autonomous coding tasks, file operations | $20per month | In use | — | |
| OpenAI's coding agent | The main workhorse. Writes most of the code and reviews the rest | — | In use | Daily | |
| Code hosting and version control | All repos and CI/CD pipelines | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Frontend cloud and deployment | Deploy all Next.js / React projects | $20per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Backend cloud deployment | Deploy APIs, databases, services | $5per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Serverless Postgres database | The database behind the products | $25per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Hosting for the backends | Where the product APIs actually run | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| AI Agents & Voice AI | |||||
| xAI's always-on agent with its own cloud machine | Standing agents that do the legwork: personal assistant, researcher, watcher | Freefree plan | TestingFREE TIER | — | |
| Open-source self-hosted AI agent | Standing agents that do the legwork: personal assistant, researcher, watcher | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| AI voice synthesis and cloning | Voiceovers for video content | $22per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Media Generation & Creative AI | |||||
| Image generation and stock assets in one place | Where the image models get used | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Design platform with AI features | Social media graphics and presentations | $13per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Every image and video model in one place | One subscription instead of chasing each model separately | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| UI/UX Design & Prototyping | |||||
| Collaborative design and prototyping | All UI/UX design work | $15per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| No-code web builder | Marketing sites and product pages | $23per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Hand-drawn style whiteboard and diagramming | Mind-mapping an idea before any of it gets built | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Design Assets | |||||
| Lightweight animation library | Micro-animations for web and app UI | Freefree plan | TestingFREE TIER | — | |
| Company logos on demand, by web address | Every tool icon on this page came from it | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Productivity & Knowledge Management | |||||
| Local-first knowledge management | Primary PKM, AI OS, second brain | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| Connected workspace and docs | Team wikis and project docs | $16per month | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| Task management | Daily tasks and project tracking | $4per month | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| AI meeting notes with transcription | Meeting summaries auto-synced to Obsidian | $18per month | In use | Daily | |
| Issue tracking for software teams | Engineering project management | $8per month | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| AI voice-to-text dictation | Hands-free writing and note capture | $14per month | In use | Daily | |
| AI-enhanced email client | Email triage and fast responses | $30per month | Testing | — | |
| Remote desktop for Macs and PCs | Driving the Studio and the worker Macs from wherever I am | — | In use | Daily | |
| Team chat and channels | Where everything gets talked about, people and agents both | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| Video meetings and webinars | Calls, and the webinars that go out to a list | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Data Research & Analysis | |||||
| Research notebook grounded in your own sources | Pulling a pile of research into one place and asking it questions | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Neural search for developers | Feeding agents live data from the web | Freefree plan | TestingFREE TIER | — | |
| AI-optimized search API | Research agent web access layer | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| AI research assistant, content writer | Deep research on market topics | Freefree plan | TestingFREE TIER | — | |
| Trend discovery platform | Early trend identification for content | $39per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
SurveyTaleCodas Labs | Research and survey platform | Themes, outliers and the follow-up you should have asked. | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — |
| Automation & Integrations | |||||
| AI memory layer for LLMs | Cross-model persistent memory for agents | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| LLM proxy for unified API access | Route all LLM calls through single endpoint | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| Run LLMs locally | Local embeddings and inference | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| Vector database for AI apps | Semantic search and embeddings storage | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Web scraping and data extraction at scale | Pulling structured data off sites that have no API | — | In useFREE TIER | — | |
MeshTaleCodas Labs | Shared AI memory layer | One shared memory every agent reads from and writes to. | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — |
| Inboxes agents can create and read on their own | Giving each agent its own address, so it can sign up and read what comes back | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Current documentation, fed straight to AI agents | So agents read today's docs instead of what they were trained on | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| CRM & Sales | |||||
| All-in-one CRM and marketing platform | CRM, pipelines, and client management | $97per month | In use | Daily | |
| AI data enrichment for outbound | Lead enrichment and personalized outreach | $149per month | In useFREE TIER | On-Demand | |
LeadTaleCodas Labs | Sales intelligence and engagement | Prospect research and email sequences | $49per month | In useFREE TIER | On-Demand |
| Cold email automation | Outbound email campaigns | $37per month | In useFREE TIER | Weekly | |
| Customer Support | |||||
ToreCodas Labs | AI-native customer support platform | Answers in seconds, around the clock, in their language. | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — |
| Email & Newsletter | |||||
TribeTaleCodas Labs | Newsletter platform with monetization | Primary newsletter platform | $39per month | In useFREE TIER | Weekly |
| Transactional email that has to arrive | Sign-up confirmations, password links, receipts. Never marketing | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Social Media & Content Distribution | |||||
| Social media scheduling | Multi-platform content distribution | $15per month | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| Video Creation & Editing | |||||
| Video/podcast editing with AI transcription | Podcast and video editing | $24per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| AI video repurposing for short form | Turn long video into shorts/reels | $29per month | TestingFREE TIER | — | |
| AI editing and captions for short video | Cutting and captioning short-form clips | — | In use | — | |
| AI avatars and video generation | Making video without filming it | — | Testing | — | |
| Screen Recording & Visual Tools | |||||
| Beautiful screen recordings for Mac | Tutorial and walkthrough videos | $89per month | In use | Daily | |
| Advanced screenshot and screen capture | Annotated screenshots and quick recordings | $29per month | In use | Daily | |
| AI-designed slide decks | Building presentations without fighting a slide editor | — | In use | — | |
| Infrastructure, DevOps & IT | |||||
| Container platform | Run all local services (Mem0, Qdrant, etc.) | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Zero-config mesh VPN | Secure network between Mac Studio and laptop | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| CDN, DNS, and security | Domain management and edge caching | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Cloud infrastructure | S3 storage, Lambda functions | $15per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Error monitoring | Application error tracking | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Website monitoring | Uptime alerts for all live products | $7per month | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Isolated cloud machines for agents to work in | Where Hermes, GrokBot and the rest run, sealed off from everything else | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Faster machines for running test suites | Every test run for every product goes through here | Freefree plan | In use | Daily | |
| Dashboards for metrics and logs | Watching what the systems are actually doing | Freefree plan | TestingFREE TIER | — | |
| Errors, logs and traces in one place | First stop whenever something fails or throws | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Uptime monitoring, self-hosted | Tells me a service is down before a customer does | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
TokenUsageCodas Labs | Token spend and burn rate across every model | Watching what the agents cost, per model and per session | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — |
| Payments & Finance | |||||
PayKickstartCodas Labs | Subscription billing and affiliate management | Primary checkout platform (Mark owns this) | $99per month | In use | Daily |
| Payment processing | Direct Stripe integrations where needed | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | Daily | |
| Virtual cards with their own spending limits | Giving agents a card that can only spend what I let it | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Ads & Analytics | |||||
| Web analytics platform | Traffic and conversion tracking | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Search and display advertising | Paid search campaigns | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Facebook and Instagram advertising | Social paid campaigns | Freefree plan | In useFREE TIER | — | |
| Advanced ad attribution | Cross-channel ROI tracking | $149per month | TestingFREE TIER | — | |
Claude (Anthropic)AI Models & Assistants
$20per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesMost capable AI assistant and coding model
How it’s usedPrimary AI for writing, strategy, and code
Why it made the cutBest reasoning + coding model available. My daily driver for everything.
ChatGPT (OpenAI)AI Models & Assistants
$20per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesGeneral-purpose AI assistant
How it’s usedBackup reasoning, research cross-check
Why it made the cutBest alternative model; useful for cross-checking Claude's outputs.
Gemini (Google)AI Models & Assistants
$20per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesMultimodal AI with massive context window
How it’s usedLong-doc analysis, Google Workspace tasks
Why it made the cut2M token context is unmatched; useful for massive document analysis.
Perplexity AIAI Models & Assistants
$20per month
TestingFREE TIER
What it doesAI-powered search with citations
How it’s usedReal-time research with sourced answers
Why it made the cutReplaces Google for 80% of research. Citations make it trustworthy.
Grok (xAI)AI Models & Assistants
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesReal-time AI with X/Twitter access
How it’s usedNews, trends, social intelligence
Why it made the cutOnly AI with real-time X/Twitter data. Essential for trend research.
Hugging FaceAI Models & Assistants
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesOpen model and dataset hub
How it’s usedFinding models, datasets and whatever else already exists
Why it made the cut—
MiniMaxAI Models & Assistants
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesLong-context model for reading and research
How it’s usedLong audits and research sweeps, off the main quota
Why it made the cutReads what would blow another model's budget. Findings only, never the code itself.
SupersetVibe Coding & Dev Tools
$20per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesWorkspace and terminal manager for coding agents
How it’s usedWhere every coding session runs
Why it made the cut—
Claude CodeVibe Coding & Dev Tools
$20per month
In use
What it doesAgentic coding in terminal
How it’s usedAutonomous coding tasks, file operations
Why it made the cutHandles complex multi-file tasks autonomously. Pairs perfectly with Cursor.
CodexVibe Coding & Dev Tools
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In use
What it doesOpenAI's coding agent
How it’s usedThe main workhorse. Writes most of the code and reviews the rest
Why it made the cutDoes the volume so the expensive thinking stays for the decisions. Also reviews what it did not write.
GitHubVibe Coding & Dev Tools
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesCode hosting and version control
How it’s usedAll repos and CI/CD pipelines
Why it made the cutNon-negotiable. All code lives here; Actions handles CI/CD.
VercelVibe Coding & Dev Tools
$20per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesFrontend cloud and deployment
How it’s usedDeploy all Next.js / React projects
Why it made the cutZero-config deploys for Next.js. Edge network. Best DX in the game.
RailwayVibe Coding & Dev Tools
$5per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesBackend cloud deployment
How it’s usedDeploy APIs, databases, services
Why it made the cutSimpler than AWS for backend services. Git push to deploy.
NeonVibe Coding & Dev Tools
$25per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesServerless Postgres database
How it’s usedThe database behind the products
Why it made the cut—
Fly.ioVibe Coding & Dev Tools
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesHosting for the backends
How it’s usedWhere the product APIs actually run
Why it made the cut—
GrokBotAI Agents & Voice AI
Freefree plan
TestingFREE TIER
What it doesxAI's always-on agent with its own cloud machine
How it’s usedStanding agents that do the legwork: personal assistant, researcher, watcher
Why it made the cutIts own machine, running whether I'm at the desk or not.
HermesAI Agents & Voice AI
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesOpen-source self-hosted AI agent
How it’s usedStanding agents that do the legwork: personal assistant, researcher, watcher
Why it made the cutSelf-hosted and it remembers. The agent gets better the longer it runs.
ElevenLabsAI Agents & Voice AI
$22per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesAI voice synthesis and cloning
How it’s usedVoiceovers for video content
Why it made the cutMost realistic AI voices. My go-to for content voiceovers.
FreepikMedia Generation & Creative AI
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesImage generation and stock assets in one place
How it’s usedWhere the image models get used
Why it made the cut—
CanvaMedia Generation & Creative AI
$13per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesDesign platform with AI features
How it’s usedSocial media graphics and presentations
Why it made the cutFastest path to polished social graphics without a designer.
HiggsfieldMedia Generation & Creative AI
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesEvery image and video model in one place
How it’s usedOne subscription instead of chasing each model separately
Why it made the cut—
FigmaUI/UX Design & Prototyping
$15per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesCollaborative design and prototyping
How it’s usedAll UI/UX design work
Why it made the cutIndustry standard. Every product design starts here.
WebflowUI/UX Design & Prototyping
$23per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesNo-code web builder
How it’s usedMarketing sites and product pages
Why it made the cutMost powerful no-code web builder with full CMS capabilities.
ExcalidrawUI/UX Design & Prototyping
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesHand-drawn style whiteboard and diagramming
How it’s usedMind-mapping an idea before any of it gets built
Why it made the cutThinking on a canvas, not in a document. Rough on purpose, so nothing feels decided too early.
LottiefilesDesign Assets
Freefree plan
TestingFREE TIER
What it doesLightweight animation library
How it’s usedMicro-animations for web and app UI
Why it made the cutBest source for lightweight web animations. JSON-based.
Logo.devDesign Assets
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesCompany logos on demand, by web address
How it’s usedEvery tool icon on this page came from it
Why it made the cut—
ObsidianProductivity & Knowledge Management
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesLocal-first knowledge management
How it’s usedPrimary PKM, AI OS, second brain
Why it made the cutMy entire operating system. Local files + Markdown + plugins = full control.
NotionProductivity & Knowledge Management
$16per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesConnected workspace and docs
How it’s usedTeam wikis and project docs
Why it made the cutBest team wiki and lightweight database for shared docs.
TodoistProductivity & Knowledge Management
$4per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesTask management
How it’s usedDaily tasks and project tracking
Why it made the cutSimple, reliable task manager. Has never gotten in my way.
GranolaProductivity & Knowledge Management
$18per month
In use
What it doesAI meeting notes with transcription
How it’s usedMeeting summaries auto-synced to Obsidian
Why it made the cutTranscribes and summarizes every meeting automatically. Zero manual notes.
LinearProductivity & Knowledge Management
$8per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesIssue tracking for software teams
How it’s usedEngineering project management
Why it made the cutBest issue tracker. Fast, keyboard-driven, beautiful.
WisprFlowProductivity & Knowledge Management
$14per month
In use
What it doesAI voice-to-text dictation
How it’s usedHands-free writing and note capture
Why it made the cutFastest way to get thoughts into text. Works system-wide on Mac.
SuperhumanProductivity & Knowledge Management
$30per month
Testing
What it doesAI-enhanced email client
How it’s usedEmail triage and fast responses
Why it made the cutThe only email client that made me faster. Split-second triage.
Screens 5Productivity & Knowledge Management
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In use
What it doesRemote desktop for Macs and PCs
How it’s usedDriving the Studio and the worker Macs from wherever I am
Why it made the cutThe machines that do the heavy work sit at home. This is how I reach them from anywhere.
SlackProductivity & Knowledge Management
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesTeam chat and channels
How it’s usedWhere everything gets talked about, people and agents both
Why it made the cut—
ZoomProductivity & Knowledge Management
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesVideo meetings and webinars
How it’s usedCalls, and the webinars that go out to a list
Why it made the cut—
NotebookLMData Research & Analysis
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesResearch notebook grounded in your own sources
How it’s usedPulling a pile of research into one place and asking it questions
Why it made the cut—
Exa AIData Research & Analysis
Freefree plan
TestingFREE TIER
What it doesNeural search for developers
How it’s usedFeeding agents live data from the web
Why it made the cutBest semantic search API for agent workflows. Understands intent.
TavilyData Research & Analysis
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesAI-optimized search API
How it’s usedResearch agent web access layer
Why it made the cutPurpose-built for LLM agents. Returns clean, structured results.
Poppy AIData Research & Analysis
Freefree plan
TestingFREE TIER
What it doesAI research assistant, content writer
How it’s usedDeep research on market topics
Why it made the cutAI content and ad generation platform that turns your ideas into viral-ready posts, threads, and ad copy at scale.
Exploding TopicsData Research & Analysis
$39per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesTrend discovery platform
How it’s usedEarly trend identification for content
Why it made the cutCatches trends 6-18 months early. Content gold.
SurveyTaleCodas LabsData Research & Analysis
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesResearch and survey platform
How it’s usedThemes, outliers and the follow-up you should have asked.
Why it made the cut—
Mem0Automation & Integrations
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesAI memory layer for LLMs
How it’s usedCross-model persistent memory for agents
Why it made the cutGives all my agents persistent memory across sessions. Core infrastructure.
LiteLLMAutomation & Integrations
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesLLM proxy for unified API access
How it’s usedRoute all LLM calls through single endpoint
Why it made the cutSingle API for every LLM. Swap models without changing code.
OllamaAutomation & Integrations
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesRun LLMs locally
How it’s usedLocal embeddings and inference
Why it made the cutDead-simple local LLM runner. Powers all my self-hosted embeddings.
QdrantAutomation & Integrations
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesVector database for AI apps
How it’s usedSemantic search and embeddings storage
Why it made the cutBest vector database for production. Self-hosted in Docker.
ApifyAutomation & Integrations
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In useFREE TIER
What it doesWeb scraping and data extraction at scale
How it’s usedPulling structured data off sites that have no API
Why it made the cutSomeone else runs the proxies, the retries and the blocking. I just get the data.
MeshTaleCodas LabsAutomation & Integrations
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesShared AI memory layer
How it’s usedOne shared memory every agent reads from and writes to.
Why it made the cut—
AgentMailAutomation & Integrations
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesInboxes agents can create and read on their own
How it’s usedGiving each agent its own address, so it can sign up and read what comes back
Why it made the cut—
Context7Automation & Integrations
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesCurrent documentation, fed straight to AI agents
How it’s usedSo agents read today's docs instead of what they were trained on
Why it made the cut—
GoHighLevelCRM & Sales
$97per month
In use
What it doesAll-in-one CRM and marketing platform
How it’s usedCRM, pipelines, and client management
Why it made the cutFull CRM + email + SMS + funnels in one. Best ROI for small teams.
ClayCRM & Sales
$149per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesAI data enrichment for outbound
How it’s usedLead enrichment and personalized outreach
Why it made the cutEnriches leads with 50+ data sources. Makes outreach hyper-personalized.
$49per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesSales intelligence and engagement
How it’s usedProspect research and email sequences
Why it made the cutBest B2B prospect database + sequencing combo.
Instantly.aiCRM & Sales
$37per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesCold email automation
How it’s usedOutbound email campaigns
Why it made the cutScales cold outreach with inbox rotation. Best deliverability tool.
ToreCodas LabsCustomer Support
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesAI-native customer support platform
How it’s usedAnswers in seconds, around the clock, in their language.
Why it made the cut—
$39per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesNewsletter platform with monetization
How it’s usedPrimary newsletter platform
Why it made the cutBest newsletter platform for monetization and growth tools.
ResendEmail & Newsletter
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesTransactional email that has to arrive
How it’s usedSign-up confirmations, password links, receipts. Never marketing
Why it made the cut—
BufferSocial Media & Content Distribution
$15per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesSocial media scheduling
How it’s usedMulti-platform content distribution
Why it made the cutSimple multi-platform scheduler. No bloat. Does what it says.
DescriptVideo Creation & Editing
$24per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesVideo/podcast editing with AI transcription
How it’s usedPodcast and video editing
Why it made the cutEdit video like a doc. Overdub and transcription save hours per episode.
Opus ClipVideo Creation & Editing
$29per month
TestingFREE TIER
What it doesAI video repurposing for short form
How it’s usedTurn long video into shorts/reels
Why it made the cutBest long-to-short video AI. Finds the best clips automatically.
CaptionsVideo Creation & Editing
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In use
What it doesAI editing and captions for short video
How it’s usedCutting and captioning short-form clips
Why it made the cut—
HeyGenVideo Creation & Editing
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Testing
What it doesAI avatars and video generation
How it’s usedMaking video without filming it
Why it made the cut—
Screen StudioScreen Recording & Visual Tools
$89per month
In use
What it doesBeautiful screen recordings for Mac
How it’s usedTutorial and walkthrough videos
Why it made the cutMakes screen recordings look cinematic. One-time purchase.
CleanShot XScreen Recording & Visual Tools
$29per month
In use
What it doesAdvanced screenshot and screen capture
How it’s usedAnnotated screenshots and quick recordings
Why it made the cutReplaced Mac's native screenshot tool entirely. Essential.
GammaScreen Recording & Visual Tools
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In use
What it doesAI-designed slide decks
How it’s usedBuilding presentations without fighting a slide editor
Why it made the cut—
DockerInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesContainer platform
How it’s usedRun all local services (Mem0, Qdrant, etc.)
Why it made the cutEverything self-hosted runs in Docker. Non-negotiable.
TailscaleInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesZero-config mesh VPN
How it’s usedSecure network between Mac Studio and laptop
Why it made the cutWireGuard VPN that just works. Connects all my machines securely.
CloudflareInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesCDN, DNS, and security
How it’s usedDomain management and edge caching
Why it made the cutAll domains, all DNS, all DDoS protection. Zero-cost for basics.
AWSInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
$15per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesCloud infrastructure
How it’s usedS3 storage, Lambda functions
Why it made the cutS3 for storage, Lambda for serverless. Just the essentials.
SentryInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesError monitoring
How it’s usedApplication error tracking
Why it made the cutCatches production errors before users report them.
Uptime RobotInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
$7per month
In useFREE TIER
What it doesWebsite monitoring
How it’s usedUptime alerts for all live products
Why it made the cutFree tier monitors 50 URLs. Instant SMS/email on downtime.
Orgo.aiInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesIsolated cloud machines for agents to work in
How it’s usedWhere Hermes, GrokBot and the rest run, sealed off from everything else
Why it made the cut—
BlacksmithInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
In use
What it doesFaster machines for running test suites
How it’s usedEvery test run for every product goes through here
Why it made the cut—
GrafanaInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
TestingFREE TIER
What it doesDashboards for metrics and logs
How it’s usedWatching what the systems are actually doing
Why it made the cut—
SigNozInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesErrors, logs and traces in one place
How it’s usedFirst stop whenever something fails or throws
Why it made the cut—
Uptime KumaInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesUptime monitoring, self-hosted
How it’s usedTells me a service is down before a customer does
Why it made the cut—
TokenUsageCodas LabsInfrastructure, DevOps & IT
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesToken spend and burn rate across every model
How it’s usedWatching what the agents cost, per model and per session
Why it made the cut—
$99per month
In use
What it doesSubscription billing and affiliate management
How it’s usedPrimary checkout platform (Mark owns this)
Why it made the cutI own this platform. Best affiliate management + subscription billing.
StripePayments & Finance
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesPayment processing
How it’s usedDirect Stripe integrations where needed
Why it made the cutThe payment API. Everything else is built on top of this.
Privacy.comPayments & Finance
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesVirtual cards with their own spending limits
How it’s usedGiving agents a card that can only spend what I let it
Why it made the cut—
Google AnalyticsAds & Analytics
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesWeb analytics platform
How it’s usedTraffic and conversion tracking
Why it made the cutNon-negotiable baseline analytics for every web property.
Google AdsAds & Analytics
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesSearch and display advertising
How it’s usedPaid search campaigns
Why it made the cutBest intent-based ad platform. Testing for Codas Labs acquisition.
Meta Ads ManagerAds & Analytics
Freefree plan
In useFREE TIER
What it doesFacebook and Instagram advertising
How it’s usedSocial paid campaigns
Why it made the cutBest social ad platform for interest-based targeting at scale.
HyrosAds & Analytics
$149per month
TestingFREE TIER
What it doesAdvanced ad attribution
How it’s usedCross-channel ROI tracking
Why it made the cutBest multi-touch attribution for complex funnel tracking.