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These are open in my browser or running on my computer right now.
Chat-based AI from Anthropic — my daily-driver for thinking, writing, and coding.
Why I use it. Claude reads my voice better than the others. I paste a transcript, a half-thought, a messy email — and what comes back sounds like me. That's the moat. The other ones write generic; Claude writes me.
Chat-based AI from OpenAI — the one most people know.
Why I use it. I keep it open for one specific job: image generation and a few API tasks where its tooling is just better. Not my primary anymore, but I'd be lying if I said I never opened it.
CRM + marketing automation + scheduling all under one roof.
Why I use it. I run my entire client business on GHL — and most of my clients' businesses too. Once you're past spreadsheets and Mailchimp, this is the next floor. I'm in the top 1% of users on the platform; I'll set yours up faster than you can read the docs.
A pocket AI voice recorder that transcribes everything you say.
Why I use it. I tested four. Plaud won because it actually works one-tap, the hardware is small enough to forget about, and the transcription quality holds up in a noisy room. The summaries beat the raw transcript half the time.
AI meeting transcription + searchable history of every call.
Why I use it. I've had every "what did Danny say in the call last month?" question answered by a one-line search. The summaries are good enough to send to a client immediately. Used to do this manually — never going back.
Calendar app for fast scheduling.
Why I use it. Cuts the "what about Tuesday at 3?" loop down to seconds. Slot picker that pastes into a thread, conflict detection that's smart, mobile that doesn't feel like a downgrade. Calendars are about speed — this is fastest.
Screen + face recording for quick walkthroughs.
Why I use it. I send three Looms a day. Faster than typing it, more useful than a meeting. The AI summaries on the recordings turn into great SOPs.
Design tool that doesn't require you to be a designer.
Why I use it. Not for the magazine cover. For the proposal hero image, the LinkedIn slide deck, the one-pager the client needs by 2pm. AI features now actually useful.
Deployment platform — where onlydans.ai and most of my client sites live.
Why I use it. I push code, the site goes live. Preview URLs per branch make review trivial. If you build a Next.js site, this is the host.
Not my daily stack — but solid for the right use case. I've vetted them against real client work and would happily put them on someone's stack.
AI meeting notes with a different UI than MeetGeek.
Why I use it. Cleaner interface; some operators prefer the notebook-style flow. I've put it on three client stacks and gotten zero complaints.
AI-powered code editor — VS Code with AI baked in.
Why I use it. If you're even a little dev-curious, Cursor turns a productive day of coding into something that feels like cheating. Not for pure operators — for the operator who tinkers.
Docs + database + wiki + project management — flexible workspace.
Why I use it. For operators who want a docs-first workspace. I don't use it daily anymore, but I've set up half a dozen client knowledge bases on it and they all stuck.
Newsletter platform — the modern Substack alternative.
Why I use it. For operators who don't live in GHL and just want a clean newsletter that grows. Built-in referral mechanics that actually work.
AI-assisted website builder — describe what you want, get a working site.
Why I use it. For operators who need a landing page or a small site without hiring a designer. Output is real React, not a hosted lock-in.
The prompt library has the actual prompts I use shoulder-to-shoulder with clients. Free to start.
Grab the prompt library →If your operators are looking at this list and thinking “I want my team using these properly” — I run in-person training and team workshops on the operator stack.
Speaking + in-person training →If you're building a tool that helps business owners and operator teams — especially in the spaces I work in (CRM and automation, AI workflow, meetings and follow-up, content and ops) — I'm happy to take a look.
The bar is simple: would I recommend it to a paying client? If yes, it could end up in the Recommend section above. If no, I'll tell you straight and we both save time.
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