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Charlie Chang

Entrepreneur making videos about personal finance, earning money online, and entrepreneurship.

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Editing and post

Editing software1

  • Remotion

    cited in 3 videosfirst cited April 2026

    “Then you also want to add another plugin called remotion. So, we'll type it right here in the same place and we'll install it right here.”
    View source at 6:58from August 2026+ 2 more sources

Coding software13

  • Claude Code

    cited in 10 videosfirst cited April 2026speaks highly of it

    “Now that you know how the AI agent thinks using large language model and how it remembers things using the MD files, let's move on to the actual interface of one of my favorite harnesses, Claude Code.”
    View source at 2:52from September 2026+ 9 more sources
  • GitHub

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited April 2026

    “Now, here is a list of all the connectors and skills that I have. So, as you can see, they are right here. And if you want to follow along, the ones I recommend for this specific video is the GitHub one, the computer use one, the browser use one, and the Hyperframes by HeyGen one.”
    View source at 4:10from May 2026+ 5 more sources
  • Codex

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited May 2026

    “So, for example, one of the things I have running in my Codex harness is this daily attention briefing where the agent checks all of my notifications and calendar and creates a attention log for everything I need to pay attention to for this specific date.”
    View source at 4:12from September 2026+ 1 more source
  • GSAP

    cited in 2 videosfirst cited July 2026positive about it

    “You need to make sure that Claude Code uses something called GSAP and you need to make sure that Claude Code uses something called 3.js.”
    View source at 4:16from July 2026+ 1 more source

AI software33

  • ChatGPT

    cited in 8 videosspeaks highly of it

    “For example, I essentially have ChatGPT and Claude as my AI chief of staff, as my mentor, as someone that I bounce ideas off of, help plan things, and just give me a lot of really, really good insight.”
    View source at 13:15from April 2026+ 7 more sources
  • Gemini

    cited in 8 videosspeaks highly of it

    “So, my name is Charlie. I'm an AI nerd and I built my own AI assistant with Gemini 3 and N.”
    View sourcefrom January 2026+ 7 more sources
  • Claude AI

    cited in 7 videosfirst cited April 2026speaks highly of it

    “For example, I essentially have ChatGPT and Claude as my AI chief of staff, as my mentor, as someone that I bounce ideas off of, help plan things, and just give me a lot of really, really good insight.”
    View source at 13:15from April 2026+ 6 more sources
  • OpenClaw

    cited in 7 videosmixed views on it

    “Personally, I would not trust a non-deterministic AI with access to my personal files, browser history, or everyday apps. And that's why I run OpenClaw on a dedicated VPS instead of my local machine.”
    View source at 1:58from February 2026+ 6 more sources

Productivity software14

  • Gmail

    cited in 8 videos

    “So now it's running the schedule task and is gathering all the information that it needs from my Slack, my Gmail, my calendar, and my Google Drive.”
    View source at 10:28from August 2026+ 7 more sources
  • Slack

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited April 2026

    “So, I run a YouTube channel with a team and essentially, all day we have editors asking about deadlines, sponsors reaching out, thumbnail feedback going back and forth. We have content ideas scattered across like 100 different threads and Slack is where all that stuff lives.”
    View source at 28:24from April 2026+ 5 more sources
  • Google Calendar

    cited in 5 videos

    “Google Calendar is also connected, meaning it can look at my calendar. It can tell me what events I have on a certain date, and I can also tell it to send out event invites to other people.”
    View source at 5:36from April 2026+ 4 more sources
  • Telegram

    cited in 4 videos

    “So, we'll be using Telegram for messaging, OpenRouter for the AI models that run the agent, and file.ai for the video models.”
    View source at 3:37from May 2026+ 3 more sources

Creator tools6

  • GoHighLevel

    cited in 7 videosfirst cited April 2026speaks highly of it

    “Now, if you've watched any of my videos, you know that I absolutely love Goh High Level. I use it to run every single one of my businesses and it does stuff that used to take me like 10 different software subscriptions and a whole team to pull off.”
    View source at 0:06from July 2026+ 6 more sources
  • WonderBlocks

    cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

    “Wonder Blocks, in my opinion, actually has better templates, and they look a little bit more professional, so I'll click on Wonder Blocks.”
    View source at 7:08from June 2026+ 1 more source
  • beehiiv

    first cited September 2026

    “I also have a bot that helps with my newsletters, so it helps to actually log into Beehiiv, which is the platform I use, help draft things up, it can even write things.”
    View source at 8:30from September 2026
  • Elementor

    speaks highly of it

    “I also recommend getting Elementor. So this is like a website builder that a lot of people use. In my opinion, it's a bit better than the default builders.”
    View source at 9:15from March 2026

Platforms

Hosting platforms7

  • Hostinger

    cited in 12 videosspeaks highly of it

    “I'll have a link down below to Hostinger, that is the VPS that I use. I just recommend using something like the KVM 2 or KVM 4 plan.”
    View source at 10:34from April 2026+ 11 more sources
  • Bluehost

    cited in 6 videosspeaks highly of it

    “So, as you guys can see, we use Blue Host to basically create an online store in not a lot of time at all.”
    View source at 16:21from March 2026+ 5 more sources
  • WordPress

    cited in 3 videos

    “I’ve built a ton of websites over the years for different businesses, side hustles, and projects, and WordPress is still one of the best platforms out there.”
    View sourcefrom June 2026+ 2 more sources
  • Wix

    cited in 2 videosspeaks highly of it

    “My name is Charlie and in this video, I'm going to teach you how to build a professional website using Wix. Wix is one of my absolute favorite website builders. They have amazing designs, really great AI.”
    View source at 0:00from March 2026+ 1 more source

Ecommerce platforms3

  • Omnisend

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited April 2026speaks highly of it

    “In this video, I connect Omnisend to Claude and use it to analyze my campaigns, find customers I should be emailing, figure out where I’m leaving money on the table, and build actual campaigns and automations inside the account.”
    View sourcefrom September 2026+ 5 more sources
  • Shopify

    cited in 2 videosmixed views on it

    “Now, I've personally used Shopify across multiple businesses for over 10 years, and I've seen what it can do when it's set up the right way.”
    View source at 0:27from April 2026+ 1 more source
  • WooCommerce

    speaks highly of it

    “In today's video, I'll be showing you how to build an online store using Woo Commerce in WordPress.”
    View source at 0:03from March 2026

Membership platforms1

Desk

Computers1

  • Mac

    first cited June 2026

    “So, I'm on a Mac, so all I have to do is press right here, download for Mac OS.”
    View source at 0:54from June 2026

Storage1

  • Google Drive

    cited in 6 videosfirst cited April 2026

    “So, I have a connected Google Drive post hog. This is for monitoring the status of a lot of things within my app. GitHub is for my coding integrations and Claude and Chrome basically lets Claude use Chrome on your computer.”
    View source at 10:13from July 2026+ 5 more sources

Everything else

Other4

  • PayPal

    mixed views on it

    “But, I will use PayPal for paying some US-based 1099 contractors.”
    View source at 11:30from February 2026
  • iOS 27 public beta

    first cited October 2026positive about it

    “I have a couple links down below to WeBull and Public. These are some really good investing apps that I personally use and I've been using them for many, many years.”
    View source at 13:22from October 2026
  • Mercury (business banking)

    first cited May 2026speaks highly of it

    “I use a bunch of different business bank accounts. Currently, my favorite is Mercury.”
    View source at 8:48from May 2026
  • Google AdSense

    positive about it

    “Okay. So, now I'm going to show you guys how to set up your AdSense account.”
    View source at 11:02from March 2026

Website setup

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Editing and post

Coding software1

  • Resend

    first cited October 2026

    “And a couple other tools that I use, Resend for email notifications, and also sending out marketing emails.”
    View source at 13:00from October 2026

AI software1

  • OpenAI API

    first cited October 2026

    “I have some AI integrations throughout the product. I use OpenAI for that. Their API.”
    View source at 13:12from October 2026

Productivity software1

  • Tinybird

    first cited October 2026

    “And then I use Tinybird, which is a wrapper over ClickHouse. That's for analytics.”
    View source at 13:08from October 2026

Platforms

Hosting platforms2

  • DigitalOcean VPS

    first cited October 2026

    “Tech stack-wise, I host on a VPS on Digital Ocean, and I use AWS just for hosting assets.”
    View source at 12:50from October 2026
  • AWS

    first cited October 2026

    “Tech stack-wise, I host on a VPS on Digital Ocean, and I use AWS just for hosting assets. So, whenever people upload images, that's where that goes.”
    View source at 12:50from October 2026

Ecommerce platforms1

  • Stripe

    first cited October 2026

    “Yeah, here's my Stripe dashboard. Currently sitting at about 31,500 MRR.”
    View source at 3:39from October 2026

Everything else

Other1

  • Google Ads

    first cited October 2026positive about it

    “And then my biggest spend is Google Ads. I spend about $100 a day on Google Ads.”
    View source at 13:18from October 2026

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