My A.I. Assisted Development Toolbox

As I experiment with and use some of the latest A.I. Tools for software development, I'll keep track of what I've tested. The good, the bad and the ugly of each.

Currently Active Tools

1. Replit - Using Replit Agent + AI to assist with Development. This site was built using Replit Agent and is deployed via Replit.
2. Cursor - Using Cursor for more complex development jobs, the Claude integration is amazing.
3. ChatGPT - Team Subscription. The reasoning models are incredibly powerful for complex problem-solving.
4. Anthropic Claude - Pro Subscription. I prefer Claude as a brainstorm partner, the Artifacts are really useful.
5. Polymet - Used to help design Web Layouts.
6. Grok - I use it for Image Generation.
7. Google NotebookLM - Summary and AI Podcast Generation.
8. Ollama - On MacBook Pro M2, as on-device LLM if internet is unreliable.
9. DeepSeek-Coder-v2 - Great for coding tasks.
10. Phi3 - Lightweight model for local use.

Tools I've Used Over Time

• GitHub Copilot
• ChatGPT (Team Subscription)
• OpenAI Platform (API)
• Azure OpenAI (API)
• Groq
• Anthropic Platform (API)
• Ollama with Mixtral 8x7B, Llama 3.1 8B
• Cursor
• Zed
• Replit
• AnythingLLM
• Polymet
• Google NotebookLM

Key Takeaways

The AI development tool landscape is evolving rapidly. I've found that the most effective approach is to use multiple tools, each for their strengths. Cursor excels at complex code changes, ChatGPT and Claude are great for reasoning through architecture, and Replit is unbeatable for rapid prototyping and deployment.