Tools I Use Every Day post updated with AI tools

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-title: 🛠️ Tools I Use Every Day <script>document.write(/\d{4}/.exec(Date())[0])</script>
+title: 🛠️ Tools I Use Every Day 2025
 description: A curated list of the essential software I rely on for my daily routine. Find out which tools help me stay productive and efficient.
 date: 01-11-2024
 categories: [Development, Software]
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 - This is not needed if you're just using software for internal use
 - I normally use it for C# projects since I have to provide good installation process for my clients so it must have tool for me
 
+### 🤖 AI Tools
+
+#### [Microsoft Copilot](https://copilot.microsoft.com/) / [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/)
+- Copilot is my current go to tool to ask any query, I've stopped using google for any research or info related query
+- Combining both into same group because both use similar tech, and both comes with chat type interface
+- I've started with using ChatGPT last year but switched to Copilot because it's now bundled with Microsoft 365 Subscription, with no limitations number of queries or resources 
+- I am currently using it for 
+  - Speed up my learning [ research, software packages, new API ]
+  - Speed up my development by providing easy access to all docs and sample codes
+  - General day to day automation [Data clean up, File conversions, Automation using command line tools, writing windows scripts]
+
+#### [Codium](https://codeium.com/) 
+- It's Opensource Extension for your Code Editor like VS Code or Visual Studio Code or PyCharm
+- Unlike our traditional AI tool like ChatGPT this is integrated inside IDE / Code Editor and Have full access to our code files
+- Codium is focused on coding and development, while ChatGPT is focused on natural language understanding and generation
+- I am only using this for past few months so yet to fully integrate into my current workflow, but it looks promising
+- I am currently using it for
+  - While i am still using Copilot/ChatGPT 80% time for coding, Codium is great for building first working version
+
 ### ☑️ General Productivity
 
 #### [Ditto](https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/)