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Gear shelf · 10 categories · 104 items

The shelf, organized.

Everything we've tested lives in one of ten buckets. Each category gets a maintained best-of guide, plus the items that lost out and why.

LLM Models
APIs, local models, and fine-tuned variants.
14 items tested
AI Writing
Copywriting, editing, long-form, SEO.
11 items tested
AI Coding
Assistants, completions, review, testing.
9 items tested
AI Image Gen
Text-to-image, editing, upscaling.
12 items tested
AI Video
Generation, editing, avatars, dubbing.
8 items tested
GPU Servers
Cloud, spot, dedicated, edge inference.
16 items tested
AI Agents
Automation, multi-agent, browser, workflow.
7 items tested
Vector DBs
Embeddings, retrieval, hybrid search.
8 items tested
API Platforms
Gateways, routing, rate limiting, billing.
9 items tested
Deployment
Serving, MLOps, fine-tuning, monitoring.
10 items tested

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LLM Models

APIs, local models, and fine-tuned variants. We've tested 14 pieces across this category over the last 24 months.

14 items in rotation Featured guide → Best LLM APIs for Developers
02

AI Writing

Copywriting, editing, long-form, SEO. We've tested 11 pieces across this category over the last 24 months.

11 items in rotation Featured guide → The Developer's AI Stack Gift Guide
03

AI Coding

Assistants, completions, review, testing. We've tested 9 pieces across this category over the last 24 months.

9 items in rotation Featured guide → The Developer's AI Stack Gift Guide
04

AI Image Gen

Text-to-image, editing, upscaling. We've tested 12 pieces across this category over the last 24 months.

12 items in rotation Featured guide → The Developer's AI Stack Gift Guide