Applied AI

AI Tools & Apps

Reviews, tutorials and walkthroughs of the latest AI tools and apps

26,997
lessons
Skills in this topic
View full skill map →
AI Productivity Tools
beginner
Use Claude and ChatGPT for research and writing
AI Workflow Automation
intermediate
Build a 5-step n8n workflow with an LLM node
Building Custom AI Tools
advanced
Build and publish a custom GPT with actions
All Reads (1,503) Articles (399)Blog Posts (223)Tutorials (823)Research Papers (5)News (53)
Medium · Startup 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
3 Places AI Can Be Started in a Small Service Business
Working on using AI for your business, there are three specific places where a small service business can put AI to use this week, without… Continue reading on
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Industrialization of Creative Work
The twentieth century mechanized physical labor. The twenty-first is beginning to mechanize creative labor. Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Startup 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Industrialization of Creative Work
The twentieth century mechanized physical labor. The twenty-first is beginning to mechanize creative labor. Continue reading on Medium »
Is This the Best Skill to Learn in 2026?
Medium · Programming 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Is This the Best Skill to Learn in 2026?
Every few years, the world changes so fast that one skill suddenly becomes more valuable than almost everything else. Continue reading on Medium »
Best AI Meeting Note Tools for Founders in 2026
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Best AI Meeting Note Tools for Founders in 2026
The best AI meeting note tool for a founder is not the one with the longest feature list. It is the one that lets you leave a customer… Continue reading on Medi
Best AI Meeting Note Tools for Founders in 2026
Medium · Startup 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Best AI Meeting Note Tools for Founders in 2026
The best AI meeting note tool for a founder is not the one with the longest feature list. It is the one that lets you leave a customer… Continue reading on Medi
20 Magical Rain AI Photo Editing Prompts for 2026 Creators
Medium · ChatGPT 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
20 Magical Rain AI Photo Editing Prompts for 2026 Creators
Rain has a language of its own. It softens hard lines, soaks fabric into second skin, turns city streets into mirrors, and makes every… Continue reading on Medi
Why I Spent 2 Months Building a Local AI Tool to Redact PDFs (And Purge Metadata Permanently)
Medium · Data Science 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Why I Spent 2 Months Building a Local AI Tool to Redact PDFs (And Purge Metadata Permanently)
Tired of manually blacking out sensitive data or risking privacy with online converters? Here is how I solved the PII leakage nightmare. Continue reading on Med
5 AI Tools That Replace Your Financial Advisor (For Free)
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
5 AI Tools That Replace Your Financial Advisor (For Free)
No, you don’t need to pay $300/hour for someone to tell you to stop eating out so much. Continue reading on Medium »
WebMCP Might Be the Most Important Announcement at Google I/O 2026
Dev.to · Papa 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
WebMCP Might Be the Most Important Announcement at Google I/O 2026
Every few years a technology shows up that looks like a product but is actually a protocol. When that...
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
How I Replaced a $3,000/Month Team With 10 AI Tools (And You Can Too)
The practical playbook every business owner needs in 2026 — zero tech experience required Continue reading on Medium »
Building an Open MIT-Licensed Ephemeris Engine in C — JPL Moshier Ephemeris
Dev.to · Jayesh Patel 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Building an Open MIT-Licensed Ephemeris Engine in C — JPL Moshier Ephemeris
For a long time, most of my work around astronomical and astrological software revolved around...
Notes Are for Forgetting
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Notes Are for Forgetting
Why Freeing Your Brain from Memory Is the Key to Better Thinking Continue reading on Medium »
AI Can Generate Interfaces on the Fly. But Users Still Need Orientation.
Dev.to · Ran Dror 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AI Can Generate Interfaces on the Fly. But Users Still Need Orientation.
Why should software even have fixed interfaces anymore? Last week, Google announced new...
Dev.to AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Roofing answering service: after-hours intake rules for storm-call surges
I'm Abe, founder of OnCrew, so read this with the bias up front: I build an AI answering service for contractors, and roofing is one of the trades that pushes i
The Hyper-Productive Studio: Automating Premium Asset Generation in the Digital Audio Economy
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Hyper-Productive Studio: Automating Premium Asset Generation in the Digital Audio Economy
How to eliminate creative fatigue, build a modular syntax library, and scale a high-fidelity digital asset business using predictable AI… Continue reading on Me
The Hyper-Productive Studio: Automating Premium Asset Generation in the Digital Audio Economy
Medium · ChatGPT 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Hyper-Productive Studio: Automating Premium Asset Generation in the Digital Audio Economy
How to eliminate creative fatigue, build a modular syntax library, and scale a high-fidelity digital asset business using predictable AI… Continue reading on Me
Building an on-chain alerts bot in Python without any blockchain library
Dev.to · Слава Жуланов 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Building an on-chain alerts bot in Python without any blockchain library
PolySignal — my Telegram bot that watches Polymarket — has a small subsystem called chain_watcher. It...
TechCrunch AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I tried Amazon’s Bee wearable and am both intrigued and slightly creeped out
Like other AI wearables, Amazon's Bee offers an odd combination of convenience and privacy anxiety.
Turning text into diagrams with AI: field notes from documenting a side project
Dev.to · Auke de Haan 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Turning text into diagrams with AI: field notes from documenting a side project
I spend more time than I want to admit redrawing architecture diagrams every time a service moves....
I Fired My $24K-a-Year Bookkeeper. My Replacement Costs $400 a Month.
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I Fired My $24K-a-Year Bookkeeper. My Replacement Costs $400 a Month.
Last March, I realized my bookkeeper was costing me $24,000 a year. What replaced her costs $4,800. And the books have never been cleaner. Continue reading on M
Medium · Machine Learning 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The 10 AI Tools Worth Paying Attention to Right Now
Not the loudest tools on social media. The ones that are starting to earn a real place in daily work. Continue reading on Medium »
I built an MCP server that searches the web
Dev.to · z z 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I built an MCP server that searches the web
MCP servers become a lot more useful when they can reach the internet. A file-reader is nice. A tool...
Connect your MCP server to Claude Desktop in 5 minutes
Dev.to · z z 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Connect your MCP server to Claude Desktop in 5 minutes
You built an MCP server. Now what? Here's how to wire it up to Claude Desktop so you can actually use...
I was manually comparing two versions of a contract for 2 hours before I built this tool
Dev.to · Ubed Sheikh 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I was manually comparing two versions of a contract for 2 hours before I built this tool
A few months ago I was helping a friend review a revised freelance contract. The client had "made...
I Built a Chrome Extension That Summarizes Any Web Page Using AI And It Works With Claude, ChatGPT…
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
I Built a Chrome Extension That Summarizes Any Web Page Using AI And It Works With Claude, ChatGPT…
We’ve all been there — 47 browser tabs open, a 20-minute read staring back at you, and a deadline in an hour. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Character Mapping with AI: Automating Documentary Interview Analysis
You’ve just wrapped a six-hour interview with your subject, but as you scan the transcript, their story feels like a blur. The emotional highs, the contradictio
Dev.to AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Enhancing the AI Blog System: SQLite Support and Streamlined Publishing Features
Enhancing the AI Blog System: A Deep Dive into SQLite Integration and Workflow Optimization <img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2C
Ferrari AI fan app sees a brilliant 56% jump in race users
Dev.to · PixelAura Tech 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Ferrari AI fan app sees a brilliant 56% jump in race users
Most people heard "IBM and Ferrari have a new app" and moved on. But the actual numbers from one year...
From AI excitement to operational discipline
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
From AI excitement to operational discipline
For a while, the dominant story around AI was simple. We can build anything. Continue reading on Medium »
Language Reactor: The Free Tool Every Language Learner Should Know About
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Language Reactor: The Free Tool Every Language Learner Should Know About
Learning a new language has never been easier. We have access to millions of videos, podcasts, movies, and tutorials online. Yet many… Continue reading on Mediu
The Best AI Products May Never Become Products.
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Best AI Products May Never Become Products.
Software isn’t getting smarter. It’s disappearing. Continue reading on GPTalk »
The Best AI Products May Never Become Products.
Medium · Startup 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Best AI Products May Never Become Products.
Software isn’t getting smarter. It’s disappearing. Continue reading on GPTalk »
The AI Stack Trap: Why Seven Tools Make You Slower Than Zero
Dev.to · binky 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The AI Stack Trap: Why Seven Tools Make You Slower Than Zero
You're paying for seven different AI tools that can't talk to each other—and you're actually slower...
Windows speech recognition vs Dragon in 2026
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Windows speech recognition vs Dragon in 2026
When people search Windows speech recognition vs Dragon, they are usually asking a much less glamorous question: is the free thing built… Continue reading on Me
The 5-Minute Claude AI Mental Reset That Actually Fixes Writer’s Block (Evidence-Based).
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The 5-Minute Claude AI Mental Reset That Actually Fixes Writer’s Block (Evidence-Based).
I spent six months staring at a completely blank screen. Every morning began with the agonizing weight of chronic, suffocating creative… Continue reading on Med
Medium · Startup 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Top 5 Best AI Tools for Beginners
AI tools are very popular in the world. A lot of people use AI tools for help. Students, teachers, and businesspeople use AI tools to… Continue reading on Mediu
Claude Writes Confluence Docs. I Just Review Them.
Medium · Programming 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Claude Writes Confluence Docs. I Just Review Them.
Automate Confluence docs from code or a plan file using Claude AI. Under a minute. Continue reading on Level Up Coding »
AI Workflow Automation in Modern Business: Revolutionizing Efficiency and Growth
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AI Workflow Automation in Modern Business: Revolutionizing Efficiency and Growth
Businesses today operate in an increasingly competitive and fast-paced digital environment. Organizations are constantly looking for ways… Continue reading on M
AI Workflow Automation in Modern Business: Revolutionizing Efficiency and Growth
Medium · Machine Learning 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AI Workflow Automation in Modern Business: Revolutionizing Efficiency and Growth
Businesses today operate in an increasingly competitive and fast-paced digital environment. Organizations are constantly looking for ways… Continue reading on M
Why Using One AI Tool for Everything Is the Reason You Keep Getting Bad Results
Medium · ChatGPT 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
Why Using One AI Tool for Everything Is the Reason You Keep Getting Bad Results
ChatGPT is not bad. You’re just asking it to do a job it was never built for — and there’s a simple fix. Continue reading on Medium »
AI Workflow Automation for Growing Businesses: Practical Guide
Medium · Startup 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AI Workflow Automation for Growing Businesses: Practical Guide
Let’s Be Honest — Most Small Businesses Are Still Doing Too Much Manually Continue reading on Medium »
How I Automated My Entire Client Onboarding Process Using AI (Step-by-Step)
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
How I Automated My Entire Client Onboarding Process Using AI (Step-by-Step)
It took me one focused afternoon to set up. Now it runs perfectly every single time without me touching it. Continue reading on Medium »
The Daily AI Routine Every Busy Realtor Should Use
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Daily AI Routine Every Busy Realtor Should Use
By 9:00 a.m., most busy realtors already have too much happening. Continue reading on Medium »
The Daily AI Routine Every Busy Realtor Should Use
Medium · ChatGPT 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
The Daily AI Routine Every Busy Realtor Should Use
By 9:00 a.m., most busy realtors already have too much happening. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AI tools Guide
Unlock the Full Potential of Your Business with the Best AI Tools: AI-Powered Solutions for Increased Efficiency and Growth Are you tired of struggling with man
Dev.to AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
🌒 From Legacy to Launch: How Gemini CLI Helped Me Build a Meta-Search Engine to Honor My Late Father - Part 1
🗓️ Timeline Devlog: From Legacy to Launch (Gemini CLI → Meta-Search Engine) Kshanik Search is a tribute to my grandfather, Kshanik Kumar Biswas (May 9, 2021).
AI and Tech Gadgets in 2026: The Quiet Helpers That Actually Make Life Easier (Not Just Hype)
Medium · AI 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 3w ago
AI and Tech Gadgets in 2026: The Quiet Helpers That Actually Make Life Easier (Not Just Hype)
I used to feel like every “AI gadget” in 2025 was begging for attention: flashy lights, over‑hyped demos, and features I didn’t actually… Continue reading on Me