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12 of 122 toolsin Productivity
Amazon Q Developer CLI
ProductivityAI-powered terminal assistant from AWS. Natural language chat, command autocompletion, code generation. Agentic mode reads files, runs commands, and calls AWS APIs. Free tier.
aws.amazon.com
Codeburn
ProductivityInteractive TUI dashboard that shows exactly where your Claude Code and Cursor tokens are going, in real time.
github.com
Ghostty
ProductivityTerminal emulator built in Zig with platform-native UI and GPU acceleration. 2ms key-to-screen latency. Metal on macOS, Vulkan/OpenGL on Linux. By the co-founder of HashiCorp.
ghostty.org
Granola
ProductivityAI meeting notes that augment your own typing. Records the call, captures what you type, and fills in the gaps with context from the transcript.
granola.ai
Linear
ProductivityIssue tracking built for speed. Keyboard-first, sub-100ms UI. Cycles, roadmaps, GitHub integration. I use it to track all DevDigest engineering work.
linear.app
NotebookLM
ProductivityGoogle's AI notebook that lets you ground a Gemini chat in your own uploaded sources. Generates summaries, mind maps, and podcast-style audio overviews.
notebooklm.google
Obsidian
ProductivityLocal-first markdown knowledge base with wikilinks. My entire DevDigest pipeline lives here - research, scripts, content calendar, daily journal.
obsidian.md
Pieces for Developers
ProductivityAI-powered context manager that remembers your code, snippets, links, and project context across IDEs, browsers, and terminals. Local-first with 9 months of memory. Free.
pieces.app
Raycast
ProductivityKeyboard-first Mac launcher with built-in AI. 32+ models, 1,500+ extensions, clipboard history, window management, snippets. Replaced 4 apps in my workflow. Free tier available.
raycast.com
Superwhisper
ProductivityDictation on Mac that actually works. Uses Whisper locally, with optional LLM post-processing for formatting and punctuation.
superwhisper.com
Warp
ProductivityAI-powered terminal built in Rust with GPU rendering. Block-based output, natural language commands, Agent Mode for autonomous tasks. 700K+ developers. Free tier available.
warp.dev
Wispr Flow
ProductivityAI voice dictation for macOS. Works in any app - code editors, browsers, notes. Understands context and formats output appropriately. Faster than typing for prose.
wispr.com
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