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It’s Not Just the College Kids
Dev.to · Nic Lydon 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
It’s Not Just the College Kids
Sam Altman told a Sequoia Capital audience that older people use ChatGPT like Google, millennials use...
I Review 50+ AI Tools a Month — Here's My Evaluation Framework
Dev.to · Sam Chen 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I Review 50+ AI Tools a Month — Here's My Evaluation Framework
Running an AI tool review site means I test 50+ new tools monthly. Most are wrappers around GPT-4...
The no-code AI business stack that earns $5k/month on autopilot
Dev.to · Already Here LLC 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
The no-code AI business stack that earns $5k/month on autopilot
The No-Code AI Business Stack That Earns $5K/Month on Autopilot In today’s tech-driven...
How to build a faceless YouTube channel with AI in 30 days
Dev.to · Already Here LLC 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How to build a faceless YouTube channel with AI in 30 days
How to Build a Faceless YouTube Channel with AI in 30 Days Building a faceless YouTube...
5 AI tools that generated $50k for creators in 2026 — steal this strategy
Dev.to · Already Here LLC 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
5 AI tools that generated $50k for creators in 2026 — steal this strategy
5 AI Tools That Generated $50K for Creators in 2026 — Steal This Strategy As we dive into...
I Built a GitHub Achievement Automation Toolkit (CLI + Local Dashboard)
Dev.to · Raja Irfan Ahmed 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I Built a GitHub Achievement Automation Toolkit (CLI + Local Dashboard)
Have you ever looked at a GitHub profile and wondered how people get badges like Pull Shark, Galaxy...
How to build a faceless YouTube channel with AI in 30 days
Dev.to · Already Here LLC 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How to build a faceless YouTube channel with AI in 30 days
How to Build a Faceless YouTube Channel with AI in 30 Days Creating a YouTube channel that...
What I found auditing my own homepage for AI Overview compatibility
Dev.to · Tijo Gaucher 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
What I found auditing my own homepage for AI Overview compatibility
I have been quietly losing top-of-funnel traffic to a thing I cannot click on. Not a competitor....
Using AI for a Better CV Without Sounding Generic
Dev.to · Esther Studer 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Using AI for a Better CV Without Sounding Generic
AI is useful for job applications, but the default result often sounds generic. The fix is to use AI...
How to build a faceless YouTube channel with AI in 30 days
Dev.to · Already Here LLC 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How to build a faceless YouTube channel with AI in 30 days
How to Build a Faceless YouTube Channel with AI in 30 Days Creating a faceless YouTube...
The passive income blueprint that AI makes possible in 2026
Dev.to · Already Here LLC 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
The passive income blueprint that AI makes possible in 2026
The Passive Income Blueprint That AI Makes Possible in 2026 In 2026, the landscape of...
Building MakeMyVisuals: AI Tools for Faster Image Workflows
Dev.to · MakeMyVisuals 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Building MakeMyVisuals: AI Tools for Faster Image Workflows
Hello Dev Community, I recently launched MakeMyVisuals, a browser-based platform focused on...
How to build a faceless YouTube channel with AI in 30 days
Dev.to · Already Here LLC 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How to build a faceless YouTube channel with AI in 30 days
How to Build a Faceless YouTube Channel with AI in 30 Days In recent years, faceless...
Fast edit loops improve AI document workflow
Dev.to · Papers Mache 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps 📄 Paper ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Fast edit loops improve AI document workflow
The moment you hit “regenerate” and watch a 30‑second spinner eat your momentum, the allure of...
I stopped using GitHub stars to rank AI tools. Here's what I use instead.
Dev.to · Alex Morgan 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I stopped using GitHub stars to rank AI tools. Here's what I use instead.
GitHub stars are a trap. Not in the "popularity doesn't equal quality" sense — that's obvious. I...
Add Real Business Trust Signals to Claude Desktop in 60 Seconds
Dev.to · Pico 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Add Real Business Trust Signals to Claude Desktop in 60 Seconds
A zero-install MCP server that lets you ask Claude "How trustworthy is Equinor?" Verified data from Brønnøysund, D&B, and supply chain signals.
I built Chintu for online interviews, tests, and assessments
Dev.to · Abhishek Tiwari 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I built Chintu for online interviews, tests, and assessments
I built Chintu to help people during online interviews, technical tests, MCQs, and assessments. It’s...
Building 21 AI Tool Pages in 6 Weeks: Lessons from a Solo Dev
Dev.to · keke lele 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Building 21 AI Tool Pages in 6 Weeks: Lessons from a Solo Dev
Six weeks ago I shipped the first version of MelodyCraft AI, a single-page AI music generator....
How to use Claude for pitch decks, month-end close, and KYC
Dev.to · Sameer Khan 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How to use Claude for pitch decks, month-end close, and KYC
Anthropic shipped 10 ready-made Claude templates for finance teams on May 5, 2026.1 Three of them are...
AI usage billing gets complicated fast — here's what breaks first
Dev.to · Ciroandrea 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
AI usage billing gets complicated fast — here's what breaks first
At first, AI billing looks simple. A user makes a request. You charge them. Done… right? Not...
How to Build Admin Dashboards Faster Using AI Prompts in Shadcn
Dev.to · Mihir Koshti 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How to Build Admin Dashboards Faster Using AI Prompts in Shadcn
Building a new dashboard feature sounds simple, but often it isn't. Adding a page or integrating a...
hiData: AI to clean, analyze & generate data reports via plain talk.
Dev.to · chenyiwei 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
hiData: AI to clean, analyze & generate data reports via plain talk.
hiData is a Singapore-based AI software company building a data-to-deliverables conversational AI...
The $0.02/Hour AI That Replaced My $700 Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dev.to · How Minds Work 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
The $0.02/Hour AI That Replaced My $700 Dragon NaturallySpeaking
I bought Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional in 2019. It was $700. I justified it as a productivity...
Your AI database connector is a control plane, not a shortcut
Dev.to · Mads Hansen 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Your AI database connector is a control plane, not a shortcut
The first successful AI database query is not the milestone. It's the trap. Because the demo...
How I Use AI Tools to Build a Research Workflow for Writing Technical Articles
Dev.to · weiwei yang 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How I Use AI Tools to Build a Research Workflow for Writing Technical Articles
How I Use AI Tools to Build a Research Workflow for Writing Technical Articles I write...
I shipped a free ATS preview inside my paid AI tool. Here's the engineering write-up.
Dev.to · Giovanni Sizino Ennes 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I shipped a free ATS preview inside my paid AI tool. Here's the engineering write-up.
Most resume tools either charge for ATS scanning ($49/mo Jobscan) or treat it as a one-shot...
Where your AI budget is actually going (it’s not what you think)
Dev.to · Joshua Chukwu 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Where your AI budget is actually going (it’s not what you think)
Series: AI Isn’t an Engineering Problem Anymore (Part 3) It’s a cost problem–and most...
How to Create a Ready-to-Use Customer Journey Map for Your Online Store With AI
Dev.to · Fan Song 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How to Create a Ready-to-Use Customer Journey Map for Your Online Store With AI
Most online stores lose customers in moments they cannot see. A visitor finds the product, adds it to...
How I Built a Free AI Tools Website With Next.js and Groq API
Dev.to · Hadi Rizvi 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How I Built a Free AI Tools Website With Next.js and Groq API
I Built a Free AI Writing Tools Platform in a Weekend — Here’s Exactly How Last weekend, I...
AI Tools Have Shorter Half-Lives Than the Workflows They Automate
Dev.to · Paulo Victor Leite Lima Gomes 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
AI Tools Have Shorter Half-Lives Than the Workflows They Automate
AI developer tools churn quickly. The durable architecture is the workflow, approval gates, and artifacts around them.
MerMark Editor v0.2.0 - Markdown/Mermaid editor with built-in Claude/Codex
Dev.to · Vespi 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
MerMark Editor v0.2.0 - Markdown/Mermaid editor with built-in Claude/Codex
Hey, me again. Posted MerMark Editor here a while back — first post got 120+ GitHub stars and the...
I built a multilingual AI tools directory in Kotlin and Next.js, solo. Here's what 6 months taught me (mostly painful).
Dev.to · AI Explorer 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I built a multilingual AI tools directory in Kotlin and Next.js, solo. Here's what 6 months taught me (mostly painful).
Posting this from Nouméa (New Caledonia), currently here for work. Big timezone gap with most of...
I Have 300+ AI Conversations Saved. Here's How I Use Them.
Dev.to · doremi 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I Have 300+ AI Conversations Saved. Here's How I Use Them.
People always ask: "Why save so many conversations? Don't you just forget about them?" Fair...
I rebuilt the install for my "git blame for AI" tool — six steps became one
Dev.to · Mason Delan 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I rebuilt the install for my "git blame for AI" tool — six steps became one
A week ago I shipped Selvedge, an MCP server that captures why AI agents change code. The first...
5 New AI Tools for Developers Worth Testing This Month
Dev.to · Max Mendes 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
5 New AI Tools for Developers Worth Testing This Month
If you search for new AI tools for developers in 2026, you mostly get the same useless list posts....
How to Build a BSC Memecoin Sniper Bot
Dev.to · Moon Soon 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
How to Build a BSC Memecoin Sniper Bot
A BSC memecoin sniper bot watches PancakeSwap and other BSC DEXes for newly-added liquidity pairs,...
AI Slop Cleaner: Automating Your Codebase Hygiene
Dev.to · Nilofer 🚀 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
AI Slop Cleaner: Automating Your Codebase Hygiene
Every codebase accumulates clutter over time. An import left behind after a refactor. A helper...
What Does "Full-App" Really Mean in AI Builders? A Breakdown for Non-Technical Founders
Dev.to · Fan Song 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
What Does "Full-App" Really Mean in AI Builders? A Breakdown for Non-Technical Founders
When you search for an AI app builder and find dozens of tools claiming to "build your app...
Claude rewrote my resume and I couldn’t send it, so I built unslop.
Dev.to · Mohamed Abdallah 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Claude rewrote my resume and I couldn’t send it, so I built unslop.
I built unslop because Claude rewrote my resume and I couldn't send it I was updating my...
Process Images From Your Coding Session — Smart Crop, Convert, Compress via MCP
Dev.to · Iteration Layer 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Process Images From Your Coding Session — Smart Crop, Convert, Compress via MCP
Use MCP to resize, smart crop, convert, and compress images directly from Claude Code or Cursor. Chain 24 operations without leaving your editor.
Parse Documents Inside Claude and Cursor with MCP — No Code Required
Dev.to · Iteration Layer 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Parse Documents Inside Claude and Cursor with MCP — No Code Required
Use MCP to parse invoices, contracts, and receipts directly from Claude Desktop or Cursor. No code, no server, no pipeline.
Magento 2 AEO Guide: Make Your Store Visible in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity (2026)
Dev.to · Ievgenii Gryshkun 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Magento 2 AEO Guide: Make Your Store Visible in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity (2026)
Complete technical guide to AI Engine Optimization for Magento 2. All 9 AEO signals with CLI commands, free MIT modules, and a 90-minute checklist that takes mo
I Built an n8n Workflow That Generates “Top 10” Videos Automatically (System Design + Lessons)
Dev.to · Jayanth 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I Built an n8n Workflow That Generates “Top 10” Videos Automatically (System Design + Lessons)
Why I built this Creating content manually doesn’t scale. Even a simple “Top 10” video...
When I Tried Doing Everything With AI, It Backfired
Dev.to · Jaideep Parashar 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
When I Tried Doing Everything With AI, It Backfired
There was a phase where I started pushing AI into everything. Writing with AI. Planning with...
Why Developers Abandon 90% of Their Side Projects (And How I Used AI to Fix My Brain)
Dev.to · trobasuj-cpu 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Why Developers Abandon 90% of Their Side Projects (And How I Used AI to Fix My Brain)
If you’re a developer, indie hacker, or just someone who builds things, you probably have a folder on...
Claude AI Dev Tools: MCP Server, Blender Connector & Sonnet Evaluation Patterns
Dev.to · soy 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Claude AI Dev Tools: MCP Server, Blender Connector & Sonnet Evaluation Patterns
Claude AI Dev Tools: MCP Server, Blender Connector & Sonnet Evaluation Patterns ...
Kiro Specs: Deja de Improvisar y Empieza a Planificar Features con IA
Dev.to · Antonia Navarrete 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
Kiro Specs: Deja de Improvisar y Empieza a Planificar Features con IA
Si alguna vez arrancaste a codear una feature "porque ya sabes lo que hay que hacer" y terminaste...
I Stopped Paying for Subtitle Services After Running Whisper in a Browser Tab
Dev.to · Aral Roca 🛠️ AI Tools & Apps ⚡ AI Lesson 1mo ago
I Stopped Paying for Subtitle Services After Running Whisper in a Browser Tab
Last Tuesday I needed subtitles for a 12-minute product demo. The video was in English, the audience...