Three tools worth checking out today
Try Tested: Let AI agents grade AI tools
Most "best AI tools" lists out there are paid placements. Try Tested takes a different approach: it uses four AI agents (Claude, GPT, Gemini, and Grok) to independently test each tool, then publishes all four scores publicly.
The platform currently covers 240+ AI tools, organized by category — writing, voice, video, SEO, and more. Each tool page shows individual scores from all four agents, pricing info, and actual testing conclusions. No pay-to-rank. The score reflects the tool itself.
For developers doing tool selection, seeing how four different models evaluate the same product is often more useful than reading marketing copy. The disagreements between agents are especially informative.
Gossamer: Rust syntax, Go runtime
Gossamer is a new systems-level programming language. It looks like Rust — similar syntax style and type system — but its runtime model is closer to Go: built-in goroutines, automatic memory management, and no GC pauses.
The pitch is "best of both worlds": compilation is fast enough to run as a script, and it can also compile down to a single binary for deployment. If you're a Go developer who wants stricter type checking, Gossamer is worth spending half a day exploring.
The project is still early-stage — docs and ecosystem are being built out. But the language design direction is clear.
OCR.chat: Upload a file and chat with it
OCR.chat does one thing well: upload an image, PDF, or Word document, and it runs OCR first. Then you can chat with the document directly — ask what it says, extract specific data, or summarize key points.
It's free, no registration required. For anyone who regularly deals with scanned documents or text in screenshots, this is much faster than typing things out manually. Chinese recognition accuracy is decent; English documents work even better.
Good use cases: extracting text from meeting screenshots, invoice data entry, quick summaries of academic paper PDFs.
All three sites have been added to our developer tools navigation. If you have a tool recommendation, feel free to submit it.