Lately I ve been wondering whether the one AI tool builds the whole product idea is actually what people want.

For a simple website or SaaS-style app, the workflow often ends up looking like this:

UI in one tool, backend somewhere else, auth/payment setup in another place, deployment on a different platform, and maybe an admin dashboard built separately.

That gives you flexibility, but it can also get messy fast especially for non-technical founders, small teams, or people trying to validate an idea quickly.

I ve been thinking about how messy the current build an app with AI workflow still is.

For a simple website or SaaS-style product, people often end up jumping between multiple tools:

• one tool for UI generation

• another for backend/database

• another for auth

• another for payments

• another for deployment

• and maybe something else for internal dashboards or admin tools

It works, but the workflow can get fragmented pretty quickly especially if you re not a full-stack developer.

New AI models pop up every week. Some developer tools like @Cursor, @Zed, and @Kilo Code let you choose between different models, while more opinionated products like @Amp and @Tonkotsu default to 1 model.

Curious what the community recommends for coding tasks? Any preferences?

I was recently talking with a group of founders, and we went around sharing tools we're using now. Posting my notes for our community here - would love to know what else people are using!

Voice AI toolkit:

- Vapi

I am attempting to observe what you use for coding. I have come across many tools on Product Hunt + Web, but I am fairly certain I have missed quite a bit.
I divided them into "traditional" and "specialised".

Traditional AI models:

DeepSeek

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With so many AI tools popping up every week, I m curious:

Which ones have actually stuck around in your workflow?

• Are you using anything for image/video generation?

• Got an underrated writing or code assistant?

• Something that helps automate tedious stuff?

Would love to hear what s been useful (or surprising)!

Hey folks

We re living in the golden age of AI tools from idea generation to design, marketing, customer support, dev workflows, and even fundraising decks.

But I m super curious... how are YOU actually using AI in your business?

What s genuinely worked for you?

I recently installed @Augment Code based on an ad somewhere, and I'm super impressed, but haven't heard a peep about it in most channels. But it got me wondering what else I'm missing. This is a crowded field with a few frontrunners and a lot of more esoteric newcomers, but I want to know about the ones that blow your mind but hardly get any coverage.