Claude Design — I need to throw money at Anthropic and use Claude Design.
ChatGPT/Codex — I want decent visuals, decent structure, and plausible competence.
ChatGPT add-in for PowerPoint — I want AI, but I also want Ctrl+Z inside PowerPoint.
Microsoft Copilot (online) — Corporate stack, clean slides, minimal drama.
Google NotebookLM — No hallucinations, just occasional design crimes.
Gamma/Canva — Neon chaos, but make it startup-friendly.
VS Code + HTML — I chose total creative freedom, zero guardrails, and normal people now think I’m unwell.