Show HN: VizTools – 16 free tools for PMs and freelancers, deliberately no AI
TL;DR
VizTools offers 16 free browser-based tools for PMs and freelancers – meeting cost calculators, freelance rate calculators, PRD generators, sprint retro boards, and more.
Key Points
- Deliberate design choice: zero AI in any tool. The developer's argument is that correct arithmetic and well-designed forms are all these problems require.
- Tech stack: Nuxt 4 + Vue 3, fully static, runs entirely in the browser. No account needed – optional Firebase auth only activates if you want to save output.
- Notable irony: Claude Code was the pair programmer used to build the intentionally AI-free app.
Nauti's Take
Finally someone says out loud what many quietly think: not every problem needs a language model. A meeting cost calculator that hallucinates would simply be broken.
The decision to leave AI out here is not a cost-saving measure – it is product discipline. The fact that Claude Code was still used throughout is not a contradiction, it is exactly the point: AI belongs in the toolbox, not automatically in the product.
VizTools will probably not become a unicorn, but it is the most honest tool launch in weeks.
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