Topic
AI Agents & Tools
237 articles
October 7, 2026
AI Agent Marketplace: 7 Places to Get Agents, Compared
What an AI agent marketplace is, the three kinds, and how AWS, Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, the GPT Store, Apify and Taku compare.
October 7, 2026
AI App vs Prompt vs Skill: What's the Difference?
A prompt is text you paste each time, a skill is packaged instructions the AI loads on demand, and an app runs a job end to end. How to pick one.
October 7, 2026
AI for Research Papers: The Right Tool for Each Job
AI for research papers, sorted by job: finding papers, mapping a field, reading one closely, and cutting a conference down to a 20-paper reading list.
October 7, 2026
How to Monetize AI Agents: 5 Models and Their Costs
How to monetize AI agents: subscriptions, usage or outcome pricing, client builds, marketplaces and open source, plus model costs and what to validate first.
October 7, 2026
TypingMind Alternatives: 9 Chat Apps for Your Own API Keys
TypingMind alternatives compared: open-source, self-hosted, desktop and local-model chat apps that take your own API keys, and how to pick one.
October 5, 2026
AI Agent Memory: How It Works and What It Costs You
AI agent memory explained: why a model starts blank on every call, the four layers apps use to remember you, and what to ask any AI product about it.
October 5, 2026
AI Tools for Excel: What Each One Does Well
AI tools for Excel, sorted by job: formulas, data cleaning, analysis and charts, and whole workbooks. What to use, and how to check the numbers.
October 5, 2026
Claude Code Headless Mode: Run claude -p in Scripts
Claude Code headless mode is the -p flag. How to pipe input, pick an output format, limit tools and turns, resume sessions, and run it in CI.
October 5, 2026
Context Window Explained: Why the AI Forgets
What a context window is, how tokens fill it, why long chats go wrong, and how compaction, memory, and retrieval differ. Habits that keep AI useful.
October 5, 2026
Dify vs Langflow: App Platform or Flow Builder
Dify vs Langflow compared on licence, RAG, publishing, MCP and self-hosting. Dify ships a finished AI app; Langflow is a Python-based visual builder.
October 5, 2026
MCP Security Risks: What to Check Before You Connect
MCP security risks as the spec itself names them: code execution, prompt injection, token misuse, and untrusted servers, plus a checklist before you connect.
October 5, 2026
What Is an API Key? A Plain-English Guide
An API key is a secret string that lets software use an AI service on your account. How it differs from a password, where to get one, and how to keep it safe.
October 1, 2026
Bubble Alternatives: Ranked by What You Can Export
Bubble apps can't leave Bubble. Compare WeWeb, FlutterFlow, Webflow, Adalo, Glide, Softr and more on code export, mobile, and backend.
October 1, 2026
ElevenLabs Alternatives: Studios, APIs, Open Source
The best ElevenLabs alternatives by job: voiceover studios, low-latency voice APIs, big-cloud TTS, and free open-source models you can run yourself.
October 1, 2026
HeyGen Alternatives: 8 AI Avatar Tools Compared
The best HeyGen alternatives for avatar videos, training content, translation and editing, plus HeyGen vs Synthesia and what consent rules to expect.
October 1, 2026
Jasper AI Alternatives, Sorted by What You Need
The best Jasper AI alternatives in 2026, from free writing tools to SEO and sales platforms, plus which old 'AI copywriters' have quietly changed category.
October 1, 2026
Midjourney Alternatives: 10 Picks Sorted by Job
The best Midjourney alternatives in 2026, grouped by what you need: free tools, no Discord, open-source FLUX and Stable Diffusion, text and vectors.
October 1, 2026
Otter.ai Alternatives: AI Note Takers Compared
The best Otter.ai alternatives for meeting notes: Fireflies, Fathom, tl;dv, Granola and more, plus the AI notes already built into Zoom, Teams and Meet.
October 1, 2026
Retool Alternatives: Sorted by Licence and Hosting
Open source, self-hosted, code-first or AI-first: how Appsmith, Budibase, ToolJet, Refine, Power Apps and others compare as Retool alternatives.
September 30, 2026
Claude Code Subagents: How They Work and When to Use Them
Claude Code subagents run side tasks in their own context window. Where the files live, the frontmatter fields, and when a skill or agent team fits better.
September 30, 2026
How to Build an MCP Server in Python or TypeScript
Build an MCP server with the official v2 SDKs: define a tool, serve it over stdio, test it in the MCP Inspector, and connect it to Claude Code.
September 30, 2026
Langfuse vs LangSmith: Open Source vs the LangChain Platform
Langfuse vs LangSmith compared on licence, self-hosting, tracing, evals, prompts, deployment and billing model, so you can pick an LLM observability tool.
September 30, 2026
LangGraph vs LangChain: Which Layer Do You Actually Need?
LangChain's agents now run on LangGraph. Here's what each layer does, when to drop down to LangGraph, and whether you need LangChain at all.
September 30, 2026
MCP vs API: The Difference, and Where Function Calling Fits
An API is a service's own interface. MCP is a standard way for AI apps to discover and call tools that usually wrap APIs. Plus where function calling fits.
