Software and Platforms I Use

A curated collection of tools and utilities I use or have evaluated.

Tool	Category	Cost	Commentary
Ollama	Local LLMs	Free	Essential tool for running AI models locally. Great integration with other tools through its API. Active development and strong community support.
Open WebUI	AI Interface	Free	Clean interface for local AI models. Works seamlessly with Ollama. Customizable prompts and easy model switching.
Portainer	Docker Management	Free CE	Makes Docker container management visual and intuitive. Essential for managing multiple AI containers and services.
Neo4j	Graph Database	Free CE	Powerful graph database for AI knowledge storage. Great for implementing RAG systems and knowledge graphs.
ChromaDB	Vector Database	Free	Efficient vector storage for AI embeddings. Simple API and good performance for local development.
LangChain	AI Framework	Free	Essential framework for building AI applications. Great documentation and active community support.
Cloudflare Workers	Cloud / Edge Platform	Free tier	My primary deploy target — serverless edge compute with Workers AI, D1, R2, KV, Durable Objects, and Vectorize under one platform.
Anthropic Claude API	Model Provider	Usage-based	Primary LLM API for agents and apps. Strong tool use, long context, and prompt caching.
Claude Code	AI Coding Agent	Usage-based	Terminal-native coding agent I run daily for building, refactoring, and reviewing across repos.
OpenAI API	Model Provider	Usage-based	GPT models, embeddings, Whisper, and the Agents/Apps SDKs.
Groq	Fast Inference	Free tier	Ultra-low-latency inference for open models. Great for real-time agent loops; I also run the Groq desktop client.
Model Context Protocol (MCP)	Agent Protocol	Open standard	Open standard for connecting agents to tools and data. The backbone of most of my server and client projects.
LangGraph	Agent Framework	Free (OSS)	Graph-based orchestration for stateful, multi-step agents. My go-to for building deep agents and swarms.
LangSmith	Observability / Evals	Free tier	Tracing, evals, and prompt management for LLM apps. Indispensable for debugging agent runs.
Cursor	AI Code Editor	Freemium	AI-first editor built on VS Code with fast inline edits and codebase-aware chat.
VS Code	Code Editor	Free	My primary general-purpose editor and extension host.
Docker Desktop	Containers	Free / Paid	Local container runtime for building and testing services before they ship to the edge or a server.
Hono	Web Framework	Free (OSS)	Tiny, fast web framework that runs great on Workers. My default for edge APIs.
Playwright	Browser Automation	Free (OSS)	Reliable end-to-end browser automation and testing; also powers browser-use agent tooling.
Microsoft Azure	Cloud Platform	Free tier / Paid	Microsoft cloud, used via the Azure CLI and azd for hosting, Functions, and identity (Entra External ID).
Azure AI Foundry	AI Platform	Usage-based	Microsoft platform for building, evaluating, and deploying AI agents and models; I also run Foundry Local for on-device models.
Cloudflare Vectorize	Vector Database	Free tier	Edge-native vector store that pairs with Workers AI for low-latency RAG.
Hugging Face	Model Hub	Free tier	Models, datasets, and Transformers for local inference and fine-tuning.
Tavily	AI Web Search	Free tier	Search API built for LLMs; my default web-search tool for research agents.
Daytona	Dev Sandboxes	Free (OSS)	Fast, disposable dev environments and sandboxes for running agent-generated code.
Terraform	Infrastructure as Code	Free (OSS)	Declarative infra provisioning, including the Cloudflare provider.
Google Gemini	Model Provider	Free tier	Gemini models for multimodal tasks and Veo video experiments.
Obsidian	Knowledge Base	Freemium	Local-first markdown knowledge base where I keep notes and research.