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You don’t need 60 AI tools. You need the right ones.
I put together a simple map of AI tools across marketing, sales, content, research, outreach, and automation.
Save it for the next time you’re wondering, “Is there a tool for this?” 🙂
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As a freelancer, keeping everything that runs your business organized gets harder as the business grows. Money coming in and going out, client details, project files, new leads, job applications. It adds up fast, and it gets overwhelming.
So I built Rendr, a personal AI-powered macOS app that keeps my whole business in one place, so I spend less time managing and more time designing.
What it does:
• Command Center: a daily briefing of what needs my attention, and why
• Pipeline: tracks leads from first contact to signed work, with AI-drafted proposals and follow-ups
• Clients: every client's history, files and notes in one hub
• Money: payments, open invoices and payouts, synced from Contra
• Job search: Contra jobs plus open job boards, matched to my skills and rate
• Applications: tailored resumes, cover letters and pitches, written only from my real experience
• Site audits: reviews a prospect's website and turns the findings into a pitch email in one click
• Work library: tagged portfolio files, with the best samples suggested for each pitch
• Backups: automatic, every day, to Dropbox
It runs on my Mac, and it never sends an email, invoice or message on its own. I review everything first.
Still building, with more to come.
Looks amazing..is it a native app ?
Well done !
Rebuilding the moment an inbound inquiry turns into a confirmed booking for MEND Appliance Care, a local repair shop in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
The Problem Solved: Replaced 2.5 hours of daily owner phone-tag, vague fault descriptions, wrong van parts, and customer no-shows with an instant AI-powered diagnostic intake, fixed upfront pricing, deposit collection, and auto-generated dispatch scheduling.
Key Features Built in Lovable:
• Multi-Modal Intake: Customers describe the issue using text, photos, model numbers, or video.
• Instant AI Diagnosis & Transparent Pricing: Autodetects fault & exact part (e.g., Bosch Serie 6 drum shock absorbers) with clear labor/part cost breakdowns.
• Flexible Resolution Paths: Home Repair, Workshop Drop-Off, DIY Part Purchase, or local stockist routing (Toolstation/Screwfix).
• Owner Safety Net & Dispatch Dashboard: Real-time job calendar, "Ask Maya" human-in-the-loop review queue, and 1-click customer comms.
Built entirely with @Lovable for the #lovablechallenge.
Shop owner dashboard : Email: maya@mend-demo.co.uk
Password: MendDemo2026
The "Ask Maya" human-in-the-loop queue is one of those details that separates a clever demo from something you can actually ship to a real business. Most AI intake flows skip this — they either automate everything and break on edge cases, or hand off to a human and defeat the...