What are the 5 tools you simply couldn't do your work without?
This could be related to your industry, or even a side project you're working on.
Here are my 5 (I couldn't function without them):
Grammarly – proofreading my texts, not just posts, but also client communication
ChatGPT / Claude – mostly brainstorming, help with copy, and summarising
Figma – I can put the basic graphics together quickly.
Translator – sounds incredibly old-school, but English is not my mother tongue
Gmail – and not only for communication, but also for storing ideas and sending myself email reminders for posts
[and soon one more that I am working on – SafeLimit – prevents me from being banned on LinkedIn, so I will not lose my account.]
What are your five?
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My phone, A gmail account, ChatGPT, the internet, translator and canva
Mine are:
Pocket - hardware for recording physical meetings and online, connected with Claude Code with their API
Claude Code - Fable for orchestration, Opus for execution
Paper MCP - replaces Figma and Canva through their amazing MCP, looks like magic everytime i 'summon' it
PostHog - been using it for about a week but already crazy insightful
Substack/Linkedin - Substack has been super interesting to see in terms of organic growth, Linkedin is my one excuse to actually be visible on social media
Mine are all research-heavy — I basically live in papers all day:
NotebookLM — I throw PDFs, transcripts and notes in and treat it as the thing I actually ask questions to. Closest thing I have to a second brain right now.
Claude — reasoning through messy problems and drafting.
Zotero — where every paper I've ever touched lives.
Obsidian — my permanent notes, the stuff I want to survive past a single project.
Readwise — catches highlights so they don't die inside a PDF I never reopen.
The gap I keep hitting is that NotebookLM is powerful but weirdly walled off from the rest of that flow, so I've been tinkering with a small workspace layer on top of it to make getting sources in and out less painful. Anyone else basically living in NotebookLM, or am I the odd one out?
Definitely ChatGPT / Claude. At this point, it’s not just a tool—it’s my unpaid co-founder doing 80% of the heavy lifting! 🤫😂
For me: a code editor, Git, a good terminal, ChatGPT, and a password manager. Those are the tools I use almost every day and would have a hard time working without.
My 5, as a solo founder running a bunch of small products:
Claude Code — most of my actual building lives here now
PostHog — every product's analytics in one project, so I see the whole funnel
Google Search Console — the only SEO signal I fully trust
Kamal — dead-simple deploys to my own servers, no PaaS bill
SEOBolt — full disclosure, I built this one: an SEO + LLM-search audit I dogfood on every site I own
Honestly the biggest unlock has been building the tool I personally needed and then living in it daily — the tightest product feedback loop I've found.
Claude Code – My go-to for coding, debugging, and shipping product features faster.
Kling – For generating AI videos and quickly testing creative ideas.
CapCut – Makes editing product demos and social content incredibly fast.
ChatGPT – I use it daily for marketing content, LinkedIn/X posts, and building my personal brand.
ClickUp – Keeps our product roadmap, client work, and internal operations organized.
My five would probably be:
ChatGPT for brainstorming, outlining, troubleshooting, and speeding up repetitive research tasks.
Google Docs for drafting, editing, and keeping project notes organized.
Canva for quickly creating graphics without needing a full design workflow.
Gmail for communication, follow-ups, and keeping a searchable record of conversations.
The Morse Lab for working with Morse code, decoding messages, and testing communication tools:
It is interesting how most of these tools are not just for one job anymore. They end up supporting writing, planning, learning, and side projects all at once.
i would say:
1. Supabase — my database and backend foundation for everything I build.
2. Vercel — deployment, routing, and stable hosting for all LogicBasis systems.
3. OpenAI — used mainly inside LogicBasis Room for writing, structuring, and accelerating cognitive work.
4. LogicBasis Room — my core workspace for clean thinking, system design, and operational clarity.
5. Technical AI support — for architecture, debugging, and deep technical knowledge.
I do more all in all cognitive use or for research and deep thinking
Mine's a strange one to list since I built it myself: FounderFlow, basically a daily read on which of my businesses actually needs me today. Everything else on my stack tells me what happened; this is the only one that tells me what to do next.