All AI tools · Technical · that make code

A computer model of a fruit fly's brain playing chess. Weird, fun science.

AI·rete·RAG

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A system where rules make the decisions and AI explains why. For engineers.

folkbench

For Developers

Rates the go-between services that resell AI access, measuring uptime, speed and price. For developers shopping around.

Helps AI data assistants build and update a map of how your business data fits together.

A scoreboard comparing small AI models. Developers only.

A reading list about AI models that make quick yes/no-style decisions.

A huge index (1,207 links) of resources about Jev, an AI decision model. In English and Chinese.

Scores comparing small decision-making AI models on 100+ tests. Researchers only.

A lightweight code editor that adapts to how you work, built for 'vibe coding' with AI.

vicoa

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Run a whole team of AI coding helpers from your desktop or phone. Free, but you'll need tech skills.

Course notes, in Chinese, on building with AI and 'vibe coding'.

Keeps a software project's guides and progress notes up to date automatically, so AI helpers don't lose track.

A toolkit that gives AI helpers one consistent way to use many online services.

A collection of fun little games made with GPT-6 Astra. Many are playable demos, so it's worth a browse even if you don't code.

A research model that checks whether a statement matches a text or an image.

Adds a nicer menu and status bar to the Pi AI agent. Only matters if you already use Pi.

Companion files for a book about making 3D things with AI by describing them, including demos and an online version of the book.

Parsimony

For Developers

Measures how much extra code AI models add when they program. For developers.

Pocketty

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An iPhone app that pings you when your AI coding helper gets stuck.

Maps out how messy code actually works, so a business can see the hidden risks in software an AI wrote.

Makes the AI coding tools you already have work together like a small dev team.

ZCodium

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A privacy-focused copy of the ZCode editor with all the tracking removed.

Eleven playful demos (camera, drawing and text) of a small AI model you can try in your browser.

Explains tech jargon in plain language while you build with AI, so you can ask for what you actually want. Built for beginners.

Races small robot-control AIs against the clock. A research curiosity.

Strata

For Developers

A layer that sits between your business data and AI and blocks questions it can't answer reliably.

300 games built by AI, rated and sorted, each with a link to its code. A fun look at what AI can make.

A guide for picking the right tech services when you build with AI, with a map of options and recommended combinations.

A drawing game: sketch something and see whether Google's EmbeddingGemma 2 AI can guess it.

A research engine for checking AI decisions. Very technical.

Lets the Pi coding helper use OpenAI Codex's add-ons.

Practice worlds where researchers train AI agents. Technical.

A programmer used AI on a $100/month budget to build a working compiler, the kind of tool that turns code into programs.

A tiny voice-command AI that runs inside a web page. For developers.

Tells you how much computer memory an AI model needs and what renting a graphics chip costs. For tinkerers.

Tests how well AI safety filters catch harmful content. Researchers only.

A free, all-in-one AI app you run on your own computer.

A safe sealed-off space where code an AI writes can run without touching the rest of your computer. For developers.

Scrape Anything by Context.dev

For Developers

A service programmers use to pull information from any website automatically.

Free AI models that decide which bigger AI should answer each question. Developer plumbing.

Lets one AI helper run your other AI coding helpers.

Dropstone CLI

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An AI coding helper that learns as it goes, used by typing commands.