Based on a survey of 6,500 tech professionals, these are the top 5 tools people value most: 1. @Linear — Participants love Linear’s user experience, its match to their workflows, and its relative simplicity and focus compared with Jira. 2. @cursor_ai — Cursor is rising at an astonishing pace. Over 20% of engineers in our survey are already relying on Cursor (and 17% of respondents overall), and it was chosen above most other legacy coding tools like JetBrains, IntelliJ, and even Xcode. 3. @SlackHQ — At a time when people are telling us that communication is becoming increasingly important, Slack is where work happens. 4. @NotionHQ — There’s a new guard of modern tools. Notion stands out as representing a new breed of tools prioritizing collaboration, intuitive design, and the flexibility to accomplish a range of jobs, from docs to project management to CRM. 5. @perplexity_ai — Perplexity making the top 5, in addition to ChatGPT’s and Claude’s popularity, tells us something important: AI tools aren’t just shiny toys anymore—they're transforming people’s workflows, replacing well-established tools (e.g. Google), and becoming essential to the workday.
