Tools worth installing. Nothing else. A short, opinionated kit.
01 · SectionFoundation.
The base layer for thinking, writing, and shipping with AI.
AI that codes, writes, and thinks. Claude Code builds software from your terminal.
OpenAI's coding agent. Runs in the cloud. Included in ChatGPT Plus/Pro.
Notes that link together. Local-first, plugin-friendly, your files on your machine.
Email, calendar, storage under your domain. Gemini AI baked in.
02 · SectionProductivity.
Tools that actually stay installed past the first week.
Email that doesn't waste your time. AI triage, keyboard-first.
Talk to your computer and it does the thing. Hold Fn and speak.
AI voice recorder you wear. Records meetings, transcribes, summarizes. I use it daily.
Audio to text, 100% local. Meetings, podcasts, voice memos.
A privacy-focused music player. Lightweight and beautiful.
03 · SectionInfrastructure.
The base on top of which you can put something live today.
Easiest way to put a website online. Git push, it deploys.
Database + auth + storage. The backend when you're building something real.
Domain names without the upsell circus. Fair prices, free privacy.
Email API developers actually like. 3K emails/month free.
Make videos with code. React components in, MP4s out.
Build emails that don't break. Every inbox renders HTML differently - this fixes that.