By skyforbes 
The AI scene has evolved — and if you’re still relying only on ChatGPT, you’re missing half the magic.
The Day ChatGPT Finally Let Me Down
A few months ago, I was automating a messy part of my workflow — generating documentation for a Python project.
ChatGPT was my go-to, of course. I threw it a few prompts, waited for magic… and it gave me a half-working script with 60% accuracy and 100% confidence.
That was my wake-up call.
It wasn’t that ChatGPT was bad, it’s still one of the most powerful tools ever built — but it had blind spots. It couldn’t handle automation the way a real Python developer needed. So I started digging deeper, testing every new AI tool I could find.
And honestly? Some of them blew ChatGPT out of the water — faster, more focused, and designed to actually do stuff, not just talk about it.
Here are five AI tools that made me rethink how I automate my coding life.