Tools & Stack · News brief
Editor A changes its plan limits: what actually matters
Worth a read if you run long agent sessions. Skip it if you mostly accept single-file edits.
DependsSample content
By Jason3 min read
The tool news worth reading, sorted for you. Every article ends in a verdict.
Sample content — not a real review yet. Every number, name and date here is placeholder text used to design the layout. Nothing on this page was measured.
Tools & Stack · Comparison
Cursor if you refactor across many files. Windsurf if $15 a month is your ceiling.
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Tools & Stack · Comparison
Claude Code for multi-file changes, Codex CLI when you want cheap, reviewable diffs.
By Jason7 min read
Write-up in progress
Workflow · Worth It?
No. It saved 11 minutes a week; a standalone assistant saved 70.
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Write-up in progress
Tools & Stack · Worth It?
Yes, as a second tool for autocomplete. No, as your only AI editor.
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Write-up in progress
Tools & Stack · Comparison
Vercel until you need more than 100 GB of bandwidth. Cloudflare after that.
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Write-up in progress
AI coding tools, SaaS and dev-stack news, sorted into what matters for your stack.
News brief
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Comparison
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Comparison
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Write-up in progress
Productivity apps, AI assistants and automation recipes that save hours you can count.
Worth It?
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Write-up in progress
Comparison
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Write-up in progress
Monitors, webcams and desk setups for remote work: the news and picks worth your attention.
This bench publishes once its first verdict has been reviewed. Meanwhile: Cursor vs Windsurf after 60 days on a real Next.js codebase
Reading list · Curated by Jason
The editor you code in, the automation that ships for you, and the desk you do it at: three reads, one setup.
Workflow
Zapier vs n8n for solo automations: what 14 workflows cost
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Gear & Setup
A monitor for long coding sessions
Coming soonSample layout. A real bench log states what we did, how we got each product and how we measured it, with the numbers filled in from our own testing.
Most of what we publish is the news, sorted. Every source is named and linked.
A summary isn't enough. Each piece says what we think matters and why.
Rarely, we get the product and use it. Those articles carry a Bench Log like the one here.