Dave Swift

Dave's Toolbox

Dave's Toolbox -- July 28, 2026

Five tools for finishing work: desktop deliverables, human+agent rooms, an agent browser, polished demos, and an open coding harness.

AppSumo

RobinReach on AppSumo: AI Social Desk + MCP Walkthrough

RobinReach is an AI social media manager on AppSumo. I walked the full setup — accounts, compose, AI tools, scheduling — and the MCP layer that lets my agent run the desk.

Dave's Toolbox

Dave's Toolbox -- July 21, 2026

Five open tools: agent video edits, SEO with real numbers, a self-hosted agent front door, an open coding agent, and ship-on-your-own-servers.

ltd

HelpLoom AppSumo: Live Chat + AI Support Widget

I installed HelpLoom on DaveSwift.com — a $99 AppSumo live chat and AI support widget with knowledge base, help center, unlimited agents, and MCP. Here is the full setup and score.

AI

I Used a Hermes Agent to Plan Our Family Road Trip

A practical everyday Hermes walkthrough: planning a real family road trip with an always-on agent, private Tailscale access, and a trip site the whole family can use.

ltd

Hyprcore Mac Dictation App Walkthrough

Hyprcore is a Mac app for local-first dictation with optional cloud polish, a vault for notes and transcripts, built-in meeting recording, team sharing, and MCP access. Here’s what stood out in my walkthrough during AppSumo’s The Deal Is Right promo.

Dave's Toolbox

Dave's Toolbox -- July 14, 2026

Tools that pull AI out of the chat window: a Hermes browser side panel, an open map of primary school, code-built lessons, paying for machine traffic, and no-code voice agents.

Dave's Toolbox

Dave's Toolbox -- July 7, 2026

A road-trip office powered by FSD, Starlink, Vision Pro, and agents — plus Grok 4.5, FluentPlayer, Knockoff, and Unbroker.

wordpress

BitFlows Offers WordPress Automation Without SaaS Fees

BitFlows brings Zapier-style automation into WordPress. I built a real lead workflow, sent form data to Slack, added AI filtering, and tested the newer human approval and MCP features.

Dave's Toolbox

Dave's Toolbox -- June 30, 2026

Coding agents leave the desk: mobile reviews, creative pipelines, local privacy, smarter Mac sleep, and on-device voice.

wordpress

Cloudways vs WP Engine for WordPress Hosting

Cloudways and WP Engine both sell managed WordPress hosting, but they make very different tradeoffs. Here is how I think about pricing, resource limits, backups, security, performance, Safe Updates, support, and which one I would choose for real client sites.

productivity

Build a Freelancer Management Portal with Softr AI

I built a freelancer management portal in Softr for the kind of work that usually gets scattered across email, spreadsheets, Slack, and random folders. The app gives admins one place to manage assignments, invoices, documents, and freelancer access.