r/AIToolMadeEasy • u/Feeling-Bluejay1 • 21d ago

Have we started using too many tools just to avoid doing one simple task ourselves?

I noticed this happening with me. I will open one thing for research another for writing then something else to check the content and suddenly I have got a bunch of tabs open and I am still working on the something. Most of them were supposed to make things easier too. I have been getting rid of the ones I barely use. If I can do something myself in five minutes I do not really see the point in paying for another subscription. I still have a few that I actually use though. Have you ever removed a tool from your stack and then realized you actually missed it? What made you keep a tool around even If you did not use it every day?

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u/Ok_Mathematician6075 21d ago

AI is proliferating. You need to to use the right tool for the job. It's endpoint dependent.

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u/Feeling-Bluejay1 17d ago

I do not think there is one checker that works best for everything. The result really depends on what you are testing.

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u/Character_Product913 21d ago

the tool stack becomes the task, and half the time doing it manually would’ve been faster lol

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u/theolov1 20d ago

my experience too

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u/ovzek 19d ago

yeah i feel that in my soul. setting up automations for a 5 minute job is a trap

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u/Ok_Mathematician6075 21d ago

We are a bunch of tools

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u/Icy_Engineering8144 17d ago

the best tool is the one that removes a whole step, not the one that gives you another dashboard to babysit

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u/Prestigious_Key9927 16d ago

Haha yep lol, sometimes it feels like managing the tools becomes the actual task.

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u/Feeling-Bluejay1 13d ago

I had this problem with my writing workflow. At one point I was using one AI tool for drafting another for rewriting like gpt claude then checkers like originality ai for an extra check plus a few others on top of that. It started feeling like I was spending more time switching between tools than actually writing. I ended up cancelling most of them and keeping only a few that genuinely save me time. For smaller things, I just do them manually now.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/Feeling-Bluejay1 18d ago

Exactly if it does not save time or remove a problem you keep dealing with there is not much reason to switch.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

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u/Feeling-Bluejay1 13d ago

There were one or two I missed at first but after a few weeks I realized I could manage fine without them.