Honest, hands-on reviews of AI tools.
If you spend your working day inside VS Code, the question is not whether you should try Claude Code, it is how fast you can get it running without breaking your current setup. The good news: the official path takes about five minutes, works alongside your existing extensions, and does not require moving your project … Read more
Here is the number that should change how you think about Google Ads in 2026: campaigns using AI Max with Smart Bidding saw an average 19% increase in conversions and an 18% increase in unique search-query categories that produced conversions, according to Google’s internal data as reported by Digital Engage. That is not a marginal … Read more
On April 2, 2026, OpenAI replaced Codex’s per-message pricing with token-based credit billing across all ChatGPT plans. That single change reshaped how developers compare the three terminal-native AI coding assistants that dominate the conversation: OpenAI Codex, Anthropic Claude Code, and Google’s Gemini CLI. If you have been putting off picking one, this is a good … Read more
A few months ago a friend sent me a song he made with Suno. It sounded like a real track. Drums, melody, lyrics, vocals. I asked him how long he spent on it. Ten minutes, he said. I did not believe him until I tried it myself. I spent the last month testing AI music … Read more
A developer friend of mine would not stop talking about Claude Code. He said it changed how he works. I was skeptical — developers get excited about new tools every week. Most of them fade. But he sent me a screenshot of his terminal. He had asked Claude Code to refactor a complex function, and … Read more
I was a Jasper user for about eight months. Paid plan, heavy usage, the whole deal. I wrote landing pages, email sequences, and blog post outlines in it almost daily. When people asked me which AI writing tool to use, Jasper was my answer without hesitation. Then I switched to Copy.ai three weeks ago. Here … Read more
I have a theory about free tools. If it is free, you are either the product or the tool is limited enough to make you upgrade within a week. For AI tools in 2026, that theory gets tested a lot. After testing about twenty free AI tools over the past month, I found five that … Read more
I am not a professional developer. I write scripts, fix bugs in my projects, and occasionally build small tools. For someone at my skill level, AI coding assistants have been transformative. Or overwhelming, depending on the day. This month I tested three of the most popular ones: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Windsurf. Here is what … Read more
The HeyGen vs Synthesia comparison is the one people keep getting wrong, usually because they compare price tags without comparing what the money buys. Both tools produce AI avatar videos from text, both have free tiers, both are used by real businesses. But they were built for different jobs: HeyGen leans toward content creators and … Read more
Last month I wrote just over 43,000 words. Blog posts, email newsletters, social media content, a few guest posts. That is roughly 10,000 words per week. I did not work more hours than usual. I just changed my writing process. Here is the system I use. It is not glamorous, but it works. The Tools … Read more