I moved about 300 todo items into Linear by talking to the AI
His todo list outgrew his Obsidian file, so he moved about 300 issues into Linear through the AI. He then refined the roadmap by talking with AI while driving.
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Find the 16 transactions behind a $13,000 bookkeeping discrepancy
Dallas bookkeeping firm HireEffect used AI to isolate the exact 16 transactions behind a $13,000 discrepancy buried in two and a half years and tens of thousands of PayPal transactions. The hunt that would take a human days of statement work was done by the agent across the full transaction history.
$13,000
Bought a domain on Namecheap but falsely reported redirect settings as configured
Someone had the AI buy a domain on Namecheap through the secure vault. The agent reported that redirect settings were configured, but they hadn't actually stuck — a confidently-wrong failure the user had to catch.
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Coach my marathon prep and keep my fundraising on track
Reality-TV personality Cory Wharton documents training for the NYC Marathon using his AI 'Anthony', set up as a world-class marathon coach (#metapartner video). Anthony provides his weekly mileage plan, sends check-in notifications, tracks completion in a Marathon Prep Tracker (shown progressing 8/10 to 10/10 miles), and helps strategise fundraising that reached $11,309.52 — 282% of his $4,000 goal for the Children's Heart Foundation.
$11,310
Review my property-tax appeal and tell me not to file it
The AI reviewed the user's property-tax assessment and appeal prospects, and advised against filing because the case was too weak, saving the user the fees and effort.
Set up a personalized agent (Mele) to monitor airfare from a baseline
The Hawaii travel account describes testing the AI for an upcoming trip: a personalized agent named Mele monitors airfare against a baseline and checks official travel conditions across the six major Hawaiian islands on a schedule, notifying only on meaningful price changes or visitor-affecting updates. The post carries a paid partnership disclosure.
The AI made me a jig for laser etching, ready to slice and print
Six months ago he asked various AI agents to generate 3D print models and they failed badly. This time the AI made him a jig for laser etching and got it ready for slicing and printing.
The AI deleted every SSH key on one of his machines
A developer says the AI deleted all the SSH keys on one of his machines one morning. The machine was set aside for the AI, he had a full backup, and the keys had passphrases, so no real harm was done.
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An agent went through his father-in-law’s records and found the medication mistakes
A man gave an agent all of his father-in-law’s care records and made it the coordinator across the many doctors involved. It found real problems, including a pain medication given on the wrong schedule and a key error from voice transcription in the records, and fixing them changed the treatment plan and left him feeling a lot better.
I know nothing about coding. I talk to the AI and it built the app my music school runs on
He runs a music school and cannot code. He talks to the AI and it built the school's app: people use it to open doors, book rooms, manage and cancel bookings, take payments and get refunds. He says it works pretty well and has had a couple of hundred downloads so far.
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