Jobs, not catalogues
I need to…
Other directories dump 400 logos on you. These pages pick one tool for the job, say why, and name what to use instead.
Cut a person or product out of a photo
One-click cutout if the subject is clean. Open an editor if the edges need work.
Start with remove.bg
See the picks→Photo & Image EditingRetouch or composite without installing anything
Browser editors that cover 90% of Photoshop jobs. No Creative Cloud.
Start with Photopea
See the picks→Photo & Image EditingMake a PNG or JPEG small enough to email or ship on the web
Compress in the browser. No upload farm unless you want batch defaults.
Start with Squoosh
See the picks→ProductivityMerge, split, or compress a PDF without a desktop suite
Browser PDF jobs. Merge a pack, shrink a scan, get it sent.
Start with iLovePDF
See the picks→ProductivityGet a large file to someone without a shared drive dance
A link, an expiry, done. No account required for a one-off.
Start with WeTransfer
See the picks→Food & RecipesTurn leftovers and a calorie target into dinner
Skip the life-story recipe blogs. Use what you already bought.
Start with MyFridgeFood
See the picks→Weird & WonderfulKnow if it is you, or everyone
One check before you reboot the router or file a ticket.
Start with Down For Everyone Or Just Me
See the picks→Weird & WonderfulSee if an email sat in a leaked database
Look up the address. Change the password if it hits.
Start with Have I Been Pwned
See the picks→Weird & WonderfulWhich streamer actually has this film tonight
Stop hopping apps. One search, one answer.
Start with JustWatch
See the picks→AI ToolsChat or code with a model that never leaves this computer
Local models when privacy or offline matters more than the latest hosted brain.
Start with Ollama
See the picks→AI ToolsAn assistant that lives in the editor, not another chat tab
Coding agents and chat. Pick by whether you want inline diffs or a careful review.
Start with Cursor
See the picks→ProductivityA second brain that will still open in five years
Files on disk versus a hosted workspace. Pick your lock-in on purpose.
Start with Obsidian
See the picks→FinanceGive every pound a job, or at least see where it went
Envelope budgeting versus a bank app that already has the transactions.
Start with YNAB
See the picks→Fitness & HabitsSee which exercise hits the muscle I am pointing at
Form first. A visual map beats a random YouTube short.
Start with MuscleWiki
See the picks→TravelSee wind, rain, or flights as they actually move
Maps that update, not a three-word forecast.
Start with Windy
See the picks→E-commerceKnow if this Amazon price is a dip or a joke
History before you click Buy Now.
Start with camelcamelcamel
See the picks→ProductivityA flowchart or whiteboard without another SaaS login
Boxes and arrows. Save a file. Leave.
Start with diagrams.net
See the picks→Education & LearningA real calculation, not ten blue search links
Math, units, graphs. Use a computer, not a chatbot guess.
Start with Wolfram Alpha
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