It's 2026, and if you're still coding the way you did in 2023, you're working twice as hard for half the output.

I'm a frontend developer, and over the past year I've tested over 30 AI tools. Some saved me 10+ hours a week. Others were just hype.

Here's my honest stack — what stayed, what got cut, and why.

1. Claude Code (Anthropic)

This is my main driver. Not ChatGPT, not Copilot — Claude Code.