Resources

Resources

Immediate Help

If you or someone else is in crisis now, use Emergency Resources.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 24-Hour Call Center 1-800-THE-LOST
1-800-843-5678

This page is a curated set of tools and resources for:

  • building and operating local-first AI systems
  • improving secrets hygiene, developer tooling, and privacy-focused automation
  • navigating parental alienation and family law challenges
  • finding mental health and legal support

If you are in immediate danger or crisis, use the emergency resources above.

For site projects connected to these themes, see Secrets Kit for local runtime secrets, LLM Ops Kit for self-hosted AI operations, and Case Analytics for sensitive legal and family-law analysis.

If you have a resource you would like added, contact us.


AI and Technology Tools

AI Assisted Development Tools

Of these tools, I personally use Cursor adn Windsurf. If I had to pick a best between them I would say I use Cursor mostly these days. These products are moving rapidly but I feel Cursor is more stable and has more features, its autocomplete almost knows my thoughts, it’s amazing.

  • Cursor - AI-powered coding assistant built into a fork of VSCode. I use this product.
  • GitHub Copilot - AI-powered coding assistant.
  • Windsurf - Codeium - AI-powered coding assistant built into a fork of VSCode. I use this product

General AI Resources

Local AI and Security Tools

  • Secrets Kit - Local runtime secrets handling for API keys, tokens, and passwords.
  • LLM Ops Kit - Operations tooling for self-hosted AI stacks.
  • MLX Harmony - Local model workflows for MLX-compatible models.
  • UnicodeFix - Cleanup for AI-generated text before it lands in code, posts, docs, or automation.

Text to Speech

  • Eleven Labs - The best Text to Speech generation and more. I use this product for voice-over and narration. It’s the best text to speech as well as translation, voice cloning, and more. Try them for free, they also have a free tier.

Speech to Text

  • AssemblyAI - Speech to text. The best Speech to Text generation and more. I use this product for audio transcription for analyzing interpersonal dynamics to detect signs of parental alienation.
  • Eleven Labs - My preferred Speech to text for meetings, calls, and other audio transcription. Mac Whisper also does soem of this, but I prefer Eleven Labs for the quality and accuracy, plus it has amazing noise cancellation for elimination of background noise.
  • Mac Whisper - Speech to text for macOS, all local, no Internet connection required. Uses additional local models or external services for enhancing quality, allows custom prompts for specific use cases. There’s a free version and the paid Pro version with lifetime upgrades included for $75. License works with all Apple devices - iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. No subscription required. As much as I like Willow Voice, I use this product for dictation, coding, and more. Works with any app you can type in.
  • Willow Voice - Lightning-fast speech-to-text with advanced spelling, grammar, and a self-learning dictionary. Integrates with any app, pairs great with Cursor and Windsurf. Free month of Pro with my link; free trial available-give it a spin!

Training and Tuning

  • Kaggle - A great resource for large data sets. They also have contests and challenges to help you learn and build your skills. Use thenm with Weights and Biases too!
  • Weights and Biases - AI research and development tools for building and training models. A great resource for learning and training machine learning models. They are free to use for individuals and also have free training and certification. I highly recommend this resource.


Parental Alienation Resources

International Resources

  • Parental Alienation Study Group - Parental Alienation Study Group, Inc (PASG), is a nonprofit international organization of mental health professionals, legal professionals, targeted parents and grandparents, and child and family advocates who are interested in the study of parental alienation. You may become a member here here: Become a PASG Member.

The United States

  • Family Abduction: Prevention & Response - Information about preventing and responding when a child is taken, wrongfully retained, or concealed by a parent or other family member.
  • National Center for Missing & Exploited Children - NCMEC is the nation’s largest and most influential child protection organization.
  • r/ParentalAlienation - A community for family members who have experienced parental alienation to seek support and guidance. Whether you’re an ex-partner, a child, or an extended family member, this is the place for you.

Europe and United Kingdom

Other Support Groups and People


Mental Health Resources

International Help

United States Crisis and Support

Finding Ongoing Care

Evidence-Based Information


Legal services and eligibility vary by location. These directories provide information and referrals but are not substitutes for advice from a qualified lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction.

International and Cross-Border

  • European e-Justice Portal - Find lawyers and other legal professionals across participating EU and EEA countries.
  • HCCH Child Abduction Section - Official information about the Hague Child Abduction Convention, country profiles, procedures, and national Central Authorities.

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