Favorite tools
What I actually use to build, run, and scale production AI systems — not curated lists, just what's in my daily stack.
State-of-the-art AI video generation — text-to-video, image-to-video, up to 2 minutes. One of the best outputs I've seen for cinematic shorts and product demos.
Try Kling AI → ★ SubscribrAI script writer for YouTube — research, scripting, hooks. Built for creators serious about growth. Cuts hours of script prep to minutes.
Try Subscribr → ★ VultrCloud VPS I run everything on — fast NVMe SSD, 30+ locations worldwide, pay-as-you-go pricing. All Melyx apps live here. Starts at $2.50/mo.
Get started on Vultr → ChatGPT (OpenAI)Reach-for-it tool when I need image gen, voice mode, or a second opinion. GPT-4 family + o-series reasoners. Plus tier worth it if you ship daily.
Try ChatGPT → ClaudeAnthropic's frontier model — my main coding + writing copilot. Long context, strong reasoning, Claude Code CLI for terminal-native workflows. The model behind most of Melyx.
Try Claude → Cloudflare Workers AIFLUX schnell image generation for free — 10,000 requests/day per account. Each Cloudflare account = its own quota, so multi-account = unlimited free.
Get a Workers AI token → Fal.aiFLUX schnell image gen at production speed (~3s end-to-end). Pay-as-you-go ~$0.003/image. Best when I need quality + reliability without quota limits.
Get a Fal.ai key → Grok (xAI)xAI's model — real-time X data, fast, sharp on current events. Useful when other models hit a knowledge-cutoff wall. Free tier on x.com is generous.
Try Grok → PollinationsFree FLUX image generation — no card required, generous quota per account. I run six keys in parallel for the image library; throughput scales linearly with accounts.
Get a Pollinations key → Together.aiHosted FLUX schnell-Free + Llama / Mixtral / Qwen behind one key. $5 free trial on signup is enough to seed a project before any commitment.
Try Together.ai →