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Tools & reviews.

Reviews, comparisons and shortlists built around the work you do.

Review previews: test evidence, scores and recommendations will be added after documented testing.

20 stories

A research and writing workbench with source cards, annotations and final human editing.
AI models / Review

Claude review: research and writing workflows

Claude for research and writing: plans, citations, limits and data.

Three abstract assistant forms meeting at a central decision compass.
AI models / Comparison

Claude vs. ChatGPT vs. Gemini: choosing an assistant

Three assistants compared on price, context, tools and data terms.

Everyday work tasks orbiting an assistant within a clearly marked limitation boundary.
AI models / Review

ChatGPT review: everyday work and limitations

ChatGPT's plans, features and documented shortcomings for everyday work.

Two assistants processing the same long stack of documents with source checks.
AI models / Comparison

Claude vs. ChatGPT for long-document work

Which assistant handles long reports and contracts, and how.

Two analysis lenses inspecting the same spreadsheet and its conclusions.
AI models / Comparison

ChatGPT vs. Gemini for spreadsheet analysis

Which assistant shows its working on spreadsheet analysis.

Two research approaches converging on the same evidence checkpoint.
AI at work / Comparison

Perplexity vs. ChatGPT for research

Two cited-answer tools compared on sources, control, price and data.

Two coding workflows compared against the same abstract code task and review markers.
AI at work / Comparison

Cursor vs. GitHub Copilot

A standalone editor against a plug-in assistant, compared feature by feature.

A task-based coding assistant toolkit arranged against a common evaluation rail.
AI at work / Roundup

Best AI coding assistants for defined coding tasks

Seven coding tools sorted by job, permissions and cost.

A research engine searching an archive while exposing missing context.
AI at work / Review

Perplexity review: research quality and limitations

Perplexity's plans, citations and what independent checks found.

AI code changes entering a workspace and being traced by a human reviewer.
AI at work / Review

Cursor review: coding workflow and review effort

How Cursor's features fit together, and the review work left.

Inline coding suggestions passing through accept, reject and test gates.
AI at work / Review

GitHub Copilot review: coding tasks and limitations

Copilot's plans, agents and limits after the move to credits.

A coding task expanding into file changes, tests and a reviewed result.
AI at work / Review

Claude Code review: from task to reviewed change

One coding task followed from brief to merge in Claude Code.

Terminal and editor coding workflows compared on the same repository task.
AI at work / Comparison

Claude Code vs. Cursor: choosing a coding workflow

Terminal agent or agent-first editor: where review happens and what it costs.

A research toolkit for discovery, verification, synthesis and citation.
AI at work / Roundup

Best AI research tools for evidence-led work

Seven research tools sorted by job, sources and cost.

Several video-generation machines feeding usable clips into one editing timeline.
Creative AI / Roundup

Best AI video generators for creator workflows

Six video tools sorted by job, credits and commercial terms.

A polished image studio and a modular creator-controlled studio compared side by side.
Creative AI / Comparison

Midjourney vs. Stable Diffusion for creator control

Hosted polish against open weights: control, licence and risk.

Four image-generation tools arranged around control, iteration, texture and speed.
Creative AI / Roundup

Best AI image generators for creator workflows

Seven image tools compared on cost, ownership and legal cover.

Generated video frames passing through editing and export checkpoints.
Creative AI / Review

Runway review: usable video outputs and editing

Runway's models, credits, clip limits and terms, examined.

A voice-production workflow with waveform editing and listening checkpoints.
Creative AI / Review

ElevenLabs review: voice production and editing

ElevenLabs for narration and dubbing: models, costs and voice rules.

A probabilistic detector gauge compared with a verifiable provenance chain.
AI & society / Comparison

AI detectors vs. content credentials

Detectors guess; credentials record. Why the difference matters.