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Tool stack comparison 2025 vs 2023
Last week, I shared what my productivity tool stack looked like in summer 2023.
Today, I’ll share what has changed since, and which tools I’m using in 2025.
Spoiler alert: A lot has changed ;)
Let’s dive in!
The tools I do NOT use anymore
Here’s why I’m not using them anymore:
Adobe: Replaced with image & video gen/editing in Black Forest Labs
Asana: Moved all to Jira and Notion
AuthoredUp: Replaced with ChatGPT
Fathom: Replaced with Granola
Medium: Replaced with Substack
Pitch: Back to pptx
Signal: Not enough people used it, so back to WhatsApp
TextBlaze: Replaced with ChatGPT
TweetDeck: Thank you, Elon. You killed it..
UiPath: All automation done via Zapier and n8n
Zoom: Replaced with Google Meet
In a nutshell, ChatGPT replaced many tools like AuthoredUP or TextBlaze, and I’ve consolidated a lot into G-Suite, e.g. Teams and Zoom.
