I deleted four AI tools from my workflow last week.
8 min readJust now
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Not because they stopped working. Because they worked too well.
Here is the uncomfortable truth nobody wants to admit… we are drowning in AI tools. Every day, another startup launches promising to 10x your productivity, revolutionize your workflow, or replace your entire team with a chatbot.
Most of them are garbage. Some are brilliant. And a few are so dangerous that they will actually make you worse at your job while convincing you that you are getting better.
I have spent the last 18 months testing 127 AI tools. I have wasted $3,400 on subscriptions I never used. I have automated tasks that should not have been automated. And I have finally figured out which tools are actually worth your ti…
I deleted four AI tools from my workflow last week.
8 min readJust now
–
Not because they stopped working. Because they worked too well.
Here is the uncomfortable truth nobody wants to admit… we are drowning in AI tools. Every day, another startup launches promising to 10x your productivity, revolutionize your workflow, or replace your entire team with a chatbot.
Most of them are garbage. Some are brilliant. And a few are so dangerous that they will actually make you worse at your job while convincing you that you are getting better.
I have spent the last 18 months testing 127 AI tools. I have wasted $3,400 on subscriptions I never used. I have automated tasks that should not have been automated. And I have finally figured out which tools are actually worth your time in 2026.
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