The Complete Tool Stack

Every tool from my five stacks, with links and exactly how to use each one. Steal them so you can be disgustingly skilled, wealthy, and free too.

1. The Learning Stack: To Become Disgustingly Skilled

*Three tools, one job: turn information into usable skills.*

Use these for: learning AI, building skills, generating 30-day plans, and creating practice projects.

ChatGPT (chatgpt.com): I use it to generate study plans and quizzes on demand. Tell it your goal, your deadline, and how many hours a week you have, then make it quiz you.

Claude (claude.ai): I prompt it to give me deeper explanations and project feedback. Paste in your work and ask it to review like a senior engineer would.

NotebookLM (notebooklm.google.com): Where I turn notes, PDFs, and videos into study material. Upload your sources and let it generate summaries, study guides, and audio overviews.

Your first move: Pick one skill. Ask ChatGPT:

Build me a 30-day learning plan for [skill] at 5 hours per week, with one small project each week.

Then actually do week one.

2. The Technical Stack: To Ship Disgustingly Good Ideas

*You don't need to code to build. You just need the right tools.*

Use these for: building apps, landing pages, portfolios, and digital products.

Codex (openai.com/codex): Helps you code faster and fix bugs easily. Describe what you want and let it write, explain, and debug for you.

Replit (replit.com): Build and test apps quickly in your browser. No setup, no installs, just open a tab and start shipping.

Lovable (lovable.dev): Turn ideas into working products without coding. Type what you want built and watch it appear.

Figma (figma.com): Design clean UI before you build it. Pair it with Lovable to go from mockup to live product.

Your first move: Take one idea you keep talking about and build the ugliest possible version of it in Replit or Lovable this weekend. Done beats perfect.

3. The Creator Stack: To Make Disgusting Amounts of Income From Your Expertise

*Tools that help turn what you know into money.*

Use these for: side income, newsletters, templates, workshops, consulting.

Canva (canva.com): Make quick, clean designs for posts and products. Carousels, templates, workbooks, slide decks, all in one place.

CapCut (capcut.com): Edit short-form videos easily for reels and shorts. Auto captions alone will save you hours.

Claude (claude.ai): Write content, emails, and ideas in your voice. Feed it examples of your writing first so it sounds like you, not a robot.

Substack (substack.com): Where your newsletter lives and where your audience becomes a community you actually own.

Your first move: Write down the three questions people always ask you. Each one is a piece of content, a template, or an offer waiting to happen.

4. The Money Stack: To Become Disgustingly in Control

*Manage your money to fuel your dream life.*

Use these for: budgeting, financial planning, subscription cleanup.

Monarch Money (monarchmoney.com): Track expenses in one place. Connect your accounts once and finally see the full picture.

YNAB (ynab.com): Helps with budgeting, so you can see where you're saving and spending. Every dollar gets a job before it disappears.

Privacy.com (privacy.com): Control subscriptions; they can add up quick. Create virtual cards with spending limits so free trials never become surprise charges.

Your first move: Do a 20-minute subscription audit. Cancel anything you have not opened in 30 days, then put a Privacy.com card on everything that survives.

5. The Operations Stack: To Become Disgustingly Free

*Get your time and energy back.*

Use these for: weekly resets, automating, and managing projects.

Notion (notion.com): Your second brain. Add everything here, from your grocery list to your work to-dos.

Motion (usemotion.com): For AI-powered planning. Let AI think through the timeline for you and rebuild your schedule when life happens.

Zapier (zapier.com): For automations that run while you sleep. Connect your apps so the busywork handles itself.

Make (make.com): Zapier's power-user cousin. Build more complex automations visually once you outgrow the basics.

Granola (granola.ai): So your meetings stop eating your focus. It takes the notes while you stay present.

Your first move: Find one task you repeat every single week and automate it with Zapier this week. One automation, then build from there.

Start with one stack, not five

The right tools can help you learn faster, build quicker, create consistently, and protect your time. But you do not need all five stacks on day one. Pick the one that solves your biggest problem right now, set it up this week, and let it earn its place in your life before you add the next one.

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Stay disgustingly ambitious,

Naya

@theblackfemaleengineer