Resources
Coding tools
Solo builders win on leverage. These are coding and AI tools that help you scaffold, debug, and ship without waiting on a team. The list skews toward daily-driver assistants and modern editors, not every CI vendor or enterprise IDE plugin. Pick one primary AI workflow, keep your stack boring, and spend the saved hours on product and distribution.
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Claude
Anthropic’s AI assistant, strong for writing, reasoning, and longer coding sessions.
Cursor
AI-native code editor built for agentic edits across a real codebase.
Bolt
Browser-based AI builder for prototyping full-stack apps quickly.
ChatGPT
OpenAI assistant for ideation, drafting, debugging help, and everyday maker workflows.
Claude Code
Anthropic’s agentic coding CLI for multi-file changes in a real repo.
GitHub Copilot
AI pair programmer inside popular editors, useful for autocomplete and inline help.
Replit
Cloud IDE and Agent workflows for building and hosting without local setup friction.
TypingMind
Tony Dinh’s power-user chat client for multiple AI models with better UX than stock UIs.
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Vercel’s AI UI generator for spinning up React interfaces and marketing sections fast.
Windsurf
AI coding IDE focused on cascading edits and agent-assisted development.