Resources

Essential tools, platforms, and communities for AI operators. Everything you need to build AI-powered systems.

AI Platforms

OpenAI (GPT-4)

Most capable LLM platform

Anthropic (Claude)

Best for long documents

Perplexity

AI-powered research

Midjourney

AI image generation

ElevenLabs

AI voice synthesis

No-Code Automation

Make.com

Visual automation platform

Zapier

Easy app integrations

n8n

Open-source automation

Airtable

Flexible database

Notion

All-in-one workspace

Development Tools

Cursor

AI-powered IDE

Replit

Collaborative coding

GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer

Supabase

Open-source Firebase alternative

Vercel

Frontend deployment

Learning Resources

OpenAI Cookbook

Code examples and guides

Anthropic Docs

Claude documentation

Prompt Engineering Guide

Comprehensive prompting resource

LangChain Docs

LLM application framework

Hugging Face

ML model hub

Video Tutorials

AI Jason

No-code AI automation

Matt Wolfe

AI news and tools

All About AI

AI use cases

Fireship

Quick dev tutorials

Web Dev Simplified

Web development

Communities

OpenAI Discord

Official OpenAI community

LangChain Discord

LangChain developers

r/LocalLLaMA

Open-source LLM community

r/ChatGPT

ChatGPT discussion

Indie Hackers

Startup builders

Recommended Starting Stack

For Beginners (Free Tier)

ChatGPT Free or Plus ($20/month)
Claude Free or Pro ($20/month)
Make.com Free (1,000 operations/month)
Airtable Free
Cursor Free trial

For Intermediate (~$100/month)

OpenAI API ($50-100/month usage)
Make.com Pro ($9/month)
Cursor Pro ($20/month)
Supabase Pro ($25/month)
ElevenLabs Starter ($5/month)

For Advanced ($200-500/month)

OpenAI API ($100-300/month)
Anthropic API ($50-100/month)
Make.com Teams ($29+/month)
Midjourney Pro ($60/month)
ElevenLabs Pro ($22+/month)

Note: This roadmap is not affiliated with any of these tools or platforms. We recommend them based on their quality and usefulness for AI operators.