Six patches for a build tool from an AI software factory, plus a cache security bug found
Six Bazel patches from an AI software factory, plus a remote-cache security bug found.
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The AI designed a flexible circuit board that passes the factories' checks
The AI with KiCad MCP produced a flex PCB that validates in JLC and PCBWay DRC tools, not yet ordered or programmed.
This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
Fine Print: review my contracts and draft the dispute
A directory-listed the AI named Fine Print reviews its owner’s contracts, leases, bills and terms of service, flags hidden fees and gotchas, and drafts dispute or alternate-terms language for him. It is a standing reviewer for every document he is asked to sign.
The AI flagged my contractor's expired license while drafting my email
He used AI to draft a first email inquiry to a contractor. The AI pointed out that the contractor's DC license expired in 2025, a check he says he would not have thought to make.
The AI cracked his RV's Bluetooth controls from the app, and he runs the RV his way now
The AI reverse engineered the BMPro Smart RV Bluetooth protocol from the APK; he now controls lights, AC, generator and slideouts through his own apps instead of the official app, and also patched the original APK.
Ten AI sessions at once build the web crawlers for his classics project
AI sessions run in parallel building website crawlers for his classicalbot.com project on his VPS, about 10 parallel at most.
Join my team Slack and keep up — but a summary took fifty minutes
Toby joined the agency's Slack group, announced itself and eventually sent messages through an explicit route after its first direct-message attempt failed. When a colleague asked for a PDF summary at about 4:24 p.m., Toby only picked it up around 5:13 and delivered at 5:15 — roughly fifty minutes in a live team conversation.
This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
Filed missing American Airlines mileage-shopping claims using receipt data from Gmail
An AppleVis user had the AI file missing American Airlines mileage-shopping claims for two Best Buy purchases made during a tax holiday, pulling receipt data from Gmail. The user got the confirmation email that the claims were filed.
The AI built me a widget that counts down to my last class
To mark the start of the semester, he asked the AI to build a macOS widget. It counts down how many weeks are left until the last class, and how many of those weeks are real teaching weeks.
Booked a Thai restaurant via OpenTable as part of a delegated productive-day
Parker Pannell showed the AI booking a Thai restaurant via OpenTable alongside the $150 suit purchase, $295 in found subscriptions, and drafted email replies. He framed the day as checking off a completed goal with a companion at the restaurant, emphasizing the AI’s calendar and Instagram integration and its ability to act with or without approval.
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