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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Dave's Toolbox
Dave's Toolbox -- June 23, 2026
Tools for agent-readable videos, local Mac dictation, searchable X bookmarks, fast PDF parsing, and learning the code your agent wrote.
Dave's Toolbox
Dave's Toolbox -- June 16, 2026
Five practical tools for local agents: OCR on your Mac, synced auth, self-hosted files, durable research, and native Mac containers.