What I Use Instead of Notion, ChatGPT, and My Terminal

I used to switch between Notion, ChatGPT, and my terminal at least 100 times a day.

Notion for documentation and planning.
ChatGPT for debugging and code review.
Terminal for scripts, grep, and everything else.

On paper, it worked.
In practice, it was chaos.

Tabs. Tokens. Copy. Paste. Forget. Re-explain. Switch again.

None of these tools were broken.
But together—they broke my flow.

So I built a new stack.

Not by adding more apps.
But by consolidating the essentials into one unified environment:
Crompt AI.

Here’s how I replaced three tools with one system that actually thinks with me.

1. Replacing Notion: A Thinking Space That Doesn't Just Store Thoughts

Notion is powerful.
But for solo developers juggling fast iteration, it's often too… slow.

You open a doc.
You format a block.
You forget why you started writing.

Now, I use AI Companion as a living knowledge base.

I write:

“Let’s break down this microservice redesign plan.”
“Track feature flags across environments, remind me of previous tests.”
“Summarize our last three sprint decisions.”

Instead of dead documents, I get a memory that mirrors how I think—
One that remembers, retrieves, and reflects.

Planning, architecture notes, retrospectives—
They’re all there, waiting to be resurfaced on demand.

2. Replacing ChatGPT: Context-Persistent Debugging and Dev Reasoning

ChatGPT is great for one-off queries.
But in a developer’s real workflow, context is everything.

When I use Improve Text, Document Summarizer, or the AI Companion inside Crompt, I’m not just prompting.

I’m conversing with memory.

“Here’s a code snippet from a previous project. Can we simplify this pattern?”
“What’s the cleanest refactor strategy for this middleware?”
“Didn’t I solve a similar caching issue last month?”

Instead of repeating myself with every prompt, I build context.

And instead of generic AI answers, I get responses that actually reference my previous work.

This isn’t search.
It’s developer reflection.

3. Replacing My Terminal: Smarter Scripting Without the Tab Hell

I’m not getting rid of the terminal.
But I am getting rid of how much I rely on it to remember, retype, and rerun everything.

Now, I run pseudo-scripts and get structured outputs using:

• Task Prioritizer for sorting command queues

• Document Summarizer to digest logs and trace reports

• AI Companion to write, explain, or refactor CLI tools on the fly

It’s like piping output from my brain straight into an intelligent shell.

The friction of "which command?" or "what was that flag again?" disappears.

I still use the terminal—but with less burden.

Bonus: What I Gained by Switching

Besides fewer tabs, I gained something deeper:
Ownership of my workflow.

I no longer feel like I’m duct-taping tools to survive sprint velocity.

Now, I have:

• One unified memory across tasks, notes, code, and decisions

• A conversational interface that adapts to my pace

• A workspace that understands why I’m doing what I’m doing—not just what I typed

And most importantly:

I stopped feeling like the middleware between my own tools.

The Dev-Writer’s Edge: Narrative Memory

If you document your work, write tech blogs, or simply want a second brain for your developer journey—this setup doubles as a publishing engine.

I log thought processes, debug trails, and design decisions as they happen.
Then I use Rewrite Text to shape them into dev articles without losing my original thinking thread.

Your code becomes content.
Your notes become narratives.

All without copying into Notion, retyping for ChatGPT, or editing in twelve steps.

The Takeaway: Fewer Tools, More Trust

Notion, ChatGPT, and your terminal are all excellent tools.

But when they sit in silos, you become the glue.

What I needed wasn’t more functionality.
It was more fluidity.

And I found it in a system designed to keep my context alive, my voice intact, and my mind in motion.

If you’re building, shipping, and writing as a developer—
That’s the stack worth investing in.

-Leena:)