<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Stack Plulse — Hands-on reviews, benchmarks and teardowns of the tools developers actually ship with.</title><description>Stack Plulse is an independent engineering blog covering developer tools, SaaS platforms, AI coding assistants and infrastructure. Real benchmarks, honest teardowns, zero fluff.</description><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/</link><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 07:07:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>50 AI Prompt Templates I Collected Over a Year — Copy, Paste, Done</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/50-ai-prompt-templates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/50-ai-prompt-templates/</guid><description>Fifty prompt templates for writing, research, code, study and creative work, collected over a year of daily use. Copy, fill two blanks, done.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Fifty prompt templates for writing, research, code, study and creative work, collected over a year of daily use. Copy, fill two blanks, done.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/50-ai-prompt-templates/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 11 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>Prompts</category><category>ChatGPT</category><category>Claude</category><category>Productivity</category><category>Writing</category><category>Templates</category><category>guides</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>SEO Isn&apos;t Enough in 2026 — Time to Learn GEO: Getting AI Search to Cite Your Articles</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/what-is-geo-ai-search-citations/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/what-is-geo-ai-search-citations/</guid><description>GEO — generative engine optimization — is how AI assistants choose which sources to cite. Five observed patterns, how to rework old posts, and free tracking.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;GEO — generative engine optimization — is how AI assistants choose which sources to cite. Five observed patterns, how to rework old posts, and free tracking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/what-is-geo-ai-search-citations/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 7 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>GEO</category><category>SEO</category><category>AI search</category><category>Blogging</category><category>guides</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>My 30 Favorite Free AI Tools in 2026 — Not a Single Cent Spent, Every One Genuinely Good</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/best-free-ai-tools-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/best-free-ai-tools-2026/</guid><description>Thirty free AI tools across writing, image, video, productivity, research and coding — all genuinely usable without paying, with the catches spelled out.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Thirty free AI tools across writing, image, video, productivity, research and coding — all genuinely usable without paying, with the catches spelled out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/best-free-ai-tools-2026/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 8 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>AI tools</category><category>Free tools</category><category>Productivity</category><category>Reviews</category><category>reviews</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>After 100 AI-Written Articles, Here&apos;s the Workflow That Actually Works</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/ai-writing-workflow-100-articles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/ai-writing-workflow-100-articles/</guid><description>After 100 AI-assisted articles, this is the seven-step workflow that survived: outline in passes, inject your own material, then edit for voice.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;After 100 AI-assisted articles, this is the seven-step workflow that survived: outline in passes, inject your own material, then edit for voice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/ai-writing-workflow-100-articles/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 7 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>AI writing</category><category>Workflow</category><category>Editing</category><category>Content</category><category>Productivity</category><category>guides</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>I Paid for Both Claude and ChatGPT for Six Months. Here&apos;s the Honest Truth About Which One Is Worth It</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/claude-vs-chatgpt-honest-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/claude-vs-chatgpt-honest-review/</guid><description>Six months paying for both Claude and ChatGPT: writing quality, coding, long documents, tool ecosystems and value for money — plus who should pick which.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Six months paying for both Claude and ChatGPT: writing quality, coding, long documents, tool ecosystems and value for money — plus who should pick which.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/claude-vs-chatgpt-honest-review/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 7 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>Claude</category><category>ChatGPT</category><category>Comparisons</category><category>Reviews</category><category>reviews</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>Six Months Into Claude: 15 Tricks That Genuinely Work, and Most People Don&apos;t Know Them</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/claude-tricks-that-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/claude-tricks-that-work/</guid><description>Fifteen Claude tricks from six months of daily use: XML tags, Projects, Artifacts, the reroll habit, plus the 10 prompt templates I run every day.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Fifteen Claude tricks from six months of daily use: XML tags, Projects, Artifacts, the reroll habit, plus the 10 prompt templates I run every day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/claude-tricks-that-work/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 6 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>Claude</category><category>Productivity</category><category>Prompt engineering</category><category>guides</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>I Tried 30+ MCP Servers. These 10 Actually Earned Their Keep</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/mcp-servers-worth-keeping-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/mcp-servers-worth-keeping-2026/</guid><description>Looking for the best MCP servers? We installed more than thirty and kept ten. Here is what survived, what we deleted, and the security pass.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Looking for the best MCP servers? We installed more than thirty and kept ten. Here is what survived, what we deleted, and the security pass.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/mcp-servers-worth-keeping-2026/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 8 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>MCP</category><category>Claude</category><category>AI tools</category><category>Developer tools</category><category>Security</category><category>reviews</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>Prompting Isn&apos;t Magic — I Worked Out a Method Anyone Can Learn</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/how-to-write-prompts-that-work/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/how-to-write-prompts-that-work/</guid><description>How to write prompts that actually work: a learnable method — the 6 core elements, 5 techniques, 3 traps and 10 templates to steal.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;How to write prompts that actually work: a learnable method — the 6 core elements, 5 techniques, 3 traps and 10 templates to steal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/how-to-write-prompts-that-work/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 6 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>Prompt engineering</category><category>ChatGPT</category><category>Claude</category><category>Tutorials</category><category>guides</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>I Tested 7 AI Agent Platforms in 2026 — Honest Rankings, Don&apos;t Pick Wrong</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/7-ai-agent-platforms-tested-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/7-ai-agent-platforms-tested-2026/</guid><description>We paid for seven AI agent platforms and ran identical real workflows on each one. n8n won on cost and control; two of the seven we would not recommend.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;We paid for seven AI agent platforms and ran identical real workflows on each one. n8n won on cost and control; two of the seven we would not recommend.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/7-ai-agent-platforms-tested-2026/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 9 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>AI agents</category><category>Automation</category><category>n8n</category><category>Make</category><category>Zapier</category><category>CrewAI</category><category>Comparisons</category><category>reviews</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>15 Must-Have MCP Servers in 2026</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/15-must-have-mcp-servers-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/15-must-have-mcp-servers-2026/</guid><description>Fifteen MCP servers that survived months of daily use, grouped by what they actually do, with install difficulty, pricing and pitfalls for each.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Fifteen MCP servers that survived months of daily use, grouped by what they actually do, with install difficulty, pricing and pitfalls for each.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/15-must-have-mcp-servers-2026/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 9 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>MCP</category><category>Claude</category><category>AI tools</category><category>Automation</category><category>Desktop</category><category>Developer tools</category><category>reviews</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>I Built an AI Agent in 30 Minutes to Do My Busywork — No Code, and It Actually Works</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/build-ai-agent-in-30-minutes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/build-ai-agent-in-30-minutes/</guid><description>A no-code walkthrough of building a working AI agent in half an hour: the morning-briefing agent I built, three daily drivers, and the traps to skip.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;A no-code walkthrough of building a working AI agent in half an hour: the morning-briefing agent I built, three daily drivers, and the traps to skip.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/build-ai-agent-in-30-minutes/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 6 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>AI agents</category><category>Automation</category><category>No-code</category><category>Tutorials</category><category>guides</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item><item><title>After Days of Fiddling, I Finally Get MCP — Here It Is in Plain English</title><link>https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/mcp-explained-in-plain-english/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/mcp-explained-in-plain-english/</guid><description>MCP is the USB-C of the AI world. What the Model Context Protocol actually does, three real uses, and the exact config to run your first server.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;MCP is the USB-C of the AI world. What the Model Context Protocol actually does, three real uses, and the exact config to run your first server.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackplulse.pages.dev/blog/mcp-explained-in-plain-english/&quot;&gt;Read the full article on Stack Plulse&lt;/a&gt; · 6 min read&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><category>MCP</category><category>Claude</category><category>AI tools</category><category>Beginners</category><category>Tutorials</category><category>guides</category><author>cyanoxie</author></item></channel></rss>