Uses This

Here is a list of tools, apps, and hardware I use on a daily basis for product management, writing, building, and general productivity. I will keep this page updated as my stack evolves.

Writing

• Roam Research -- For Morning Pages and quick idea capture. Roam lets me get thoughts down on the daily page with super low friction. I am still exploring its power for connecting ideas across different notes.
• Notion -- For organizing ideas, drafts, and the writing pipeline. I use a Kanban board view to visualize the workflow between Ideas, Drafts, Actively Writing, and Editing.
• Google Docs -- For editing and collaboration. The collaborative editing workflow is far superior for polishing drafts.
• Grammarly -- For catching grammatical mistakes during the editing phase.
• Substack -- For publishing The Discourse, my newsletter on product and AI.

Productivity

• Todoist -- My go-to task manager. It integrates with Google Calendar for 2-way sync, which makes timeboxing seamless.
• Google Calendar -- For timeboxing and scheduling. Every task gets a time slot.
• TickTick -- An alternative I have used that offers 1-way sync with Google Calendar and has a built-in Pomodoro timer.

Building

• Bubble -- For building complex web app MVPs with no code.
• Glide -- For building mobile-first apps from spreadsheets. Used it to build the India Covid Resources app and Mind Health.
• Softr -- For building portals and internal tools on top of Airtable.
• Webflow -- For design-heavy websites like MakeMyResume.
• Framer -- For quick, polished landing pages.
• Airtable -- As a backend database for no-code apps.
• Zapier -- For automating workflows between apps.
• Cursor -- For AI-assisted coding when building with code.

Communication

• Slack -- For team communication and community management.
• Telegram -- Built the Eliza Mental Health Bot on this platform.
• Twitter / X -- For sharing ideas and connecting with the product and tech community.

AI Tools

• ChatGPT -- For brainstorming, drafting, and building custom GPTs like the Product Manager GPT and UX Copywriting GPT.
• Claude -- For longer-form writing assistance and coding with Cursor.

Other

• Gumroad -- For selling Notion templates and digital products.
• Mailerlite -- For email marketing and automation.

This page is inspired by Uses This, a collection of interviews asking people what tools they use to get the job done.