Building my tools

10th November 2024

Building my own software tools is fun. They are perfectly tailored to my needs. The one I use the most is an interactive AI CLI (source code). Prompts I use most frequently are general programming questions, and finding related words/synonyms. Since it's a CLI, I don't need to open a web browser, and I can avoid the wasteful monthly subscription fee when using the top models. I am only charged for usage and even with moderate use, it costs <10c per month.

My other tool is a basic todo list CLI (source code). I have tried many todo list apps, but I always end up forgetting to use and cross items off them. So I created one perfect for me. Only 3 commands: todo ls, todo add, and todo rm. I usually use this to remember which page I'm up to in a long book.