The Fractal Fragmentation of AI Tools

The Messy Development of AI Apps

Show Notes

This week on AppStories, Federico and John look at the confusing array of tools and naming conventions used by Anthropic and OpenAI.

On AppStories+, John explains how he automated two unautomatable Mac apps.

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Links and Show Notes

The Fragmented World of AI Tools

• Anthropic’s Claude
  • Claude for Mac
  • Claude Cowork
  • Claude Code
  • Claude Code on the web
  • Claude Code Remote Control
  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• OpenAI’s Codex
  • ChatGPT for Mac
  • Codex for Mac
  • Codex CLI
  • GPT-5.4
  • GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark
  • Cerebras
  • Codex Skills GitHub Repository
• Also mentioned:
  • Playwright
  • Todoist
  • Notion
  • Gmail
  • Pushover
  • Linear
  • GitHub
  • Brrr

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• iZotope RX 11
• Hush

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