Honest reviews and comparisons of AI tools for developers.
After producing 200+ hours of AI voiceover content, here’s the honest comparison: ElevenLabs leads on voice quality, Murf wins for studio workflow, and PlayHT offers the best economics at scale in 2026.
After testing Pika 2.1, Runway Gen-3 Alpha, and Sora on identical prompts, here’s the honest breakdown: which AI video generator is actually worth paying for in 2026 — and which one to skip.
Resend, SendGrid, or Postmark — which email API should developers use in 2026? Real comparison of deliverability, developer experience, pricing, and which platform fits your app’s needs.
Railway, Render, or Fly.io — which platform should you deploy your app on in 2026? Real comparison of developer experience, pricing, multi-region support, and who each platform is actually best for.
Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, or Paddle — which payment platform should SaaS founders choose in 2026? We break down fees, tax compliance, setup time, and real costs to help you pick the right one.
Dify, Flowise, and LangFlow are the top no-code AI app builders in 2026. We tested all three on real production pipelines — here’s which one to use based on your use case and team.
Supabase, Firebase, and PlanetScale each serve different use cases for indie developers in 2026. We tested all three in production — here’s which backend to use based on your app type, data model, and budget.
Pinecone, Weaviate, and Qdrant are the top vector databases for AI apps in 2026. We tested all three on real production RAG pipelines — here’s which one to use based on your actual use case.
GPT-4o mini, Claude 3.5 Haiku, and Gemini 2.0 Flash are the top budget AI APIs in 2026. We tested all three on code generation, instruction following, and document processing — here’s which one to use for your use case.
I’ve deployed real projects on Vercel, Netlify, and Cloudflare Pages. Here’s the honest breakdown on DX, pricing, framework support, and performance in 2026.