Technologies

The tools, and when they win.

Every framework here earns its place in a real product decision. Open one to see how it compares to its rivals, where each stands out — and the apps we've shipped with it.

AI
Where we stand

Teams that aren't building with these platforms aren't keeping pace with how software is made now. But be precise about what they are: these tools help developers — they don't replace them. In the hands of a senior engineer they're a multiplier; in the hands of no engineer they're a liability. Every line they produce here is reviewed, tested and owned by a human who could have written it.

Claude
Frontier LLM · agentic coding

The model we trust with production code — long context, careful reasoning, and the strongest agentic coding workflow today.

vs ChatGPT / GPT · GeminiCompare →
ChatGPT / GPT
Frontier LLM · broadest ecosystem

The platform that started the era — still the broadest toolbox: text, voice, vision, agents and the largest third-party ecosystem.

vs Claude · DeepSeekCompare →
Gemini
Frontier LLM · multimodal + scale

Google's frontier model — native multimodality, the biggest context windows, and a home-field advantage on Google Cloud.

vs ChatGPT / GPT · ClaudeCompare →
DeepSeek
Open-weights frontier LLM

The open-weights shock — frontier-class reasoning you can run on your own hardware, at a price that rewrites the spreadsheet.

vs ChatGPT / GPT · ClaudeCompare →
Grok
Frontier LLM · real-time data

xAI's frontier model — massive compute behind it and a live feed of the world's conversation through X.

vs ChatGPT / GPT · GeminiCompare →
Llama
Open-weights LLM family

Meta's open-weights family — the default foundation of the self-hosted AI world, from data centres down to phones.

vs DeepSeek · ChatGPT / GPTCompare →
Mistral
Efficient LLMs · European lab

The European frontier lab — ruthlessly efficient models, many under open licences, with EU data residency as a first-class feature.

vs Llama · ChatGPT / GPTCompare →
GitHub Copilot
AI pair programmer

The tool that put AI in every IDE — inline completions, chat and agents woven directly into the GitHub workflow.

vs Claude Code · CodexCompare →
Plain English

Tech, without the jargon.

API, CRUD, frontend, backend — the words that get nodded at and never explained. We wrote a plain-English glossary so clients, students and the simply curious can follow any tech conversation. No gatekeeping; understanding is the whole point.

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Stack recommender

Not sure which stack?

Five questions, an honest sketch of where we'd start — and the trade-offs in writing when you talk to us.

Question 1 of 5

What are you building?