The Best AI Coding Tools When Your Laptop Can’t Run a Real IDE
Most AI coding tool reviews assume a recent MacBook with 16GB+ of RAM. This one is for the 8GB Windows laptop, the Chromebook, and the machine you’re not replacing this year.

Most AI coding tool reviews assume a recent MacBook with 16GB+ of RAM. This one is for the 8GB Windows laptop, the Chromebook, and the machine you’re not replacing this year.

If an AI coding tool did a third of the work, do you still bill your full rate? This is the pricing and disclosure conversation most freelancer advice skips, written for people who actually send the invoices.

Your AI coding tool probably has read access to every file in your project folder by default, including the one with your database password in it. Here’s what that actually means and how to lock it down.