Run my VPS health check and updates over SSH from the couch
The AI connected to the user's VPS over SSH, ran a health check and applied updates, all directed from the couch.
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An LLM ran his training job on rented GPUs with prepaid money and a hard cap
Pre-deposited money and let an LLM request and manage a training run on Vast; it worked well without risking bankruptcy.
Source and order the parts for my DIY bag charm
A creator building a pink DIY bag charm that shows time and weather had the AI source, compare and — after her approval — order an OLED screen, ESP32 board and LiPo battery. The finished charm is shown working on her handbag.
Agents checked every landing page in a startup batch for real customer logos
Ran his agents over every landing page in YC's Summer 2026 batch to check customer logos, finding his hypothesis wrong overall and about 40 percent YC logos in horizontal AI tools.
Added an event to his calendar
This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
Cancel my unused services and correct my overcharges
Paul Pruitt writes that after seeing a subscription-negotiation reel he granted the AI access to his accounts, and it cancelled unused services and corrected overcharges for nearly $700 per month in savings. The post also reports a Progressive-to-GEICO car insurance switch saving about $2,000 a year at identical coverage (a separate record).
$700a month
A WhatsApp agent books clinic appointments and has handled over 100,000 patient conversations
His company runs a WhatsApp agent for clinics in the UAE that books and reschedules appointments and answers questions about doctor timings, slots and treatment prices. It has handled over 100,000 conversations, costs clients about $100 per 1,000 conversations a month, and hands sensitive cases like gynecology to a human.
An LLM made his TV switch inputs by itself when his computer plugs in
LLM helped develop in about 10 minutes a tray app that watches for a USB device and switches the TV input via the LG API; he no longer touches the remote.
Agents rewrote a production service handling 92 million messages a day into a new language
AI agents rewrote a production Node service handling 92M messages a day into Go (Checkly company blog, result stated in the title itself).
I said call Sarah. The AI tried to call a stranger named Gerald.
He told the AI to call Sarah. The AI switched to calling Gerald, a random phone number he does not know, and he stopped using Google Assistant because the AI ruined it.
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