Tools That Put
AI to Work
I build discovery engines, AI assistants, digital art, and websites — one project at a time. No hype. Just tools that work.
Web Design
Fast, professional websites for small businesses. Built clean, launched fast, looks like you paid a lot more.
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Goldmine
AI tool discovery engine. Surfaces what's real before the hype.
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ThothAI
Local AI document assistant. Your data stays on your device.
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Digital Art
Custom digital creations. Fantasy, cyberpunk, modern — all original.
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Fast, professional, built for small businesses. Custom design, mobile-first, launched in weeks — not months. Looks like you paid a lot more than you did.
Goldmine
Surfaces emerging AI tools and developer repos before they go mainstream. Scored by real momentum data — GitHub stars, Hacker News upvotes, Product Hunt launches, Reddit mentions, arXiv papers, and Dev.to posts. Zero human curation, zero sponsored placements. Just signal.
Pickaxe
The search engine. Browse, filter, and discover AI tools ranked by real traction — not marketing spend.
The Shovel
Weekly newsletter delivering the best AI tool finds straight to your inbox. The signal without the noise.
No Sponsorships
Every tool earns its ranking through data. No pay-to-play, no affiliate deals, no editorial bias.
Newsletter
The Best AI Tools, Delivered Weekly
The Shovel digs through the noise so you don't have to. Every week, the top AI tools and repos — scored by real data, explained in plain language, delivered to your inbox for free.
ThothAI
Upload PDFs, build knowledge bases, and ask questions — all processed locally on your device. No cloud, no internet required, no data leaves your machine. Perfect for sensitive documents, research, legal files, and anything you don't want on someone else's server.
Where It All Started
Custom digital art spanning fantasy, cyberpunk, steampunk, and modern styles. Every piece crafted with the same care that goes into the tools.
One Person. Real Tools. No Hype.
Axly's Customs is a one-person workshop focused on building practical tools that put AI to work in everyday workflows. I'm not chasing hype — I build things that solve real problems, from discovering the best new AI tools before they go viral, to running a document assistant that never sends your data to the cloud.
Before there were AI tools, there was art. Axly's Customs started as a digital art studio, and that creative spirit still runs through everything I make. Whether it's a new product or an original illustration, I'm always building something for the curious.
Everything here is built by one person — no VC funding, no growth teams, no enterprise sales. Just tools that work, made for developers, researchers, creators, and anyone who'd rather discover things themselves than wait for an algorithm to decide what's trending.