You Can Make Money With AI Without Quitting Your Job
I care a lot about the tools I use. Especially when they aren't free.
Here's what I'm paying for in 2025 to improve my performance and productivity as a software engineer.
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Cursor: the best AI programming tool
Cursor feels like a bargain for the level-up it provides me. I'm an average programmer with a strong preference for back-end projects, but Cursor lets me work across the full stack with the clarity and quality of a much better engineer.
