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“What’s in your stack: The state of tech tools in 2025” via a survey of 6,500 of Lenny Rachitsky's nearly 1,000,000 subscribers is a must read.

“You could say this is the early-adopter crowd”...where “50% work in product, 11% are engineers, 10% are founders, and the rest work in other cross-functional roles, including marketing, design, and growth.”

So there’s that.

Top 5 key takeaways?

1: This ChatGPT greater than Gmail stat is wild.

“The most striking shift since 2022? AI tools have become as essential as having a laptop. A whopping 90% of respondents use ChatGPT regularly. This is the most significant shift in the product team tool stack in recent memory. More participants use ChatGPT than Gmail (76%) or Slack (71%) 🤯”

2: Figma doesn’t mess around.

“If you’re in design, you’re almost certainly using Figma. It’s that simple—90% of overall participants and 97%(!) of designers report using it as their primary tool.”

3: Building on #1, AI adoption is moving into the next phase...

"Perplexity making the top 5, in addition to ChatGPT’s (OpenAI) and Claude’s (Anthropic) 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.”

“Cursor: The future of software development is AI-native”

“Cursor is rising at an astonishing pace, and there are at least five other AI-native coding platforms in the mix. Over 20% of engineers are already relying on Cursor, and it was chosen above most other legacy coding tools like JetBrains, IntelliJ, and even Xcode.”

4: Design matters. A WHOLE LOT.

“Another theme that’s coming through is that when it comes to picking tools, user experience trumps features. Teams are increasingly willing to sacrifice deep functionality for tools that are actually pleasant to use. The days of 'but it has more features' are over.”

5: I love Superhuman and +1000 on the whole “game changer” thing. All true. Try it and you will absolutely BUY IT.

“Power users gravitate toward specialized tools like Superhuman and Front, which remain relatively niche, but their users report significant productivity gains that justify higher costs ('Superhuman is a game changer').”

Link to the post including Lenny's newsletter and survey results: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alecch...