Agents swapped a fan shroud section inside a 3D model file, perfectly
The AI and Antigravity took an existing STL and swapped a fan-shroud section for another design by directly manipulating the STL geometry in Python; it went perfectly.
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We built a local family assistant that runs our calendar and reminders
His family of three uses a local assistant called Sadie, built on a home server so their calendar, photos and messages stay off cloud services. Sadie runs their shared calendar, sends location based reminders, answers texts and emails, searches family photos, and sorts household mail, flagging bills and school deadlines.
Astra made his 32-bit game run on a modern Mac within minutes by replacing its runtime
Astra made his 32-bit game Aviary Attorney run on modern macOS within minutes by replacing its runtime.
Switch my car insurance: Liberty Mutual $5,183/yr to Progressive ~$1,488/yr
Joseph Devoy uploaded his Liberty Mutual policy ($5,183/yr) and the AI switched him to Progressive at about $1,488/yr, buying the new policy and cancelling the old one in roughly five minutes. The switch saves him about $3,500 a year.
$3,500a year
Run my Dot around the clock with sub-agents on my projects
A Pro user running his Dot continuously with around six sub-agents reports being stopped repeatedly in the first weeks by an undocumented anti-abuse limit showing 'Your Dot is resting', with no visible usage meter and stops lasting up to about four hours. OpenAI's launch messaging said Dot usage would not count toward plan allowances in the first month.
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A vibecoded MMO reached 1,000 players over 10 weeks
A vibecoded MMO reached 1,000 players over 10 weeks.
Pulled 2,556 saved Facebook/Instagram reels and posts into a categorized, searchable Notion
Josh Collier ('Fractional AI Officer', 7.6K followers) showed the AI connected to Notion pulling his entire archive of 2,556 saved FB/IG items into a 'Saved Library' database with category, platform, type, author, link, hashtags, date, and full caption text. Breakdown read aloud: Exercise 562, Business 231, Mindset 221, Finance 144, Golf 137, Faith 97, AI 91, plus Lifestyle/Tech/Health and ~1,000 older captionless saves in 'Other.' He called it his AI now 'knowing' everything he saved.
The AI turned my whole Zotero library into an Obsidian vault in 34 hours
He gave the AI one big job: go through his entire Zotero library and build an Obsidian vault on disk that documents every article, sums each one up, pulls out the key ideas and links articles that share ideas. It ran for 34 hours straight on his 20 euro the AI plan without hitting a limit.
Scanned 5 years of flight history for delayed/cancelled flights to claim compensation
A testimonial graphic quotes someone: 'my first money with someone — connected my email, asked to find all flights I had in last 5 years, find the ones that were delayed or cancelled.' The agent mined years of inbox history for compensation claims.
An AI agent ran an Etsy shop for a week. 7 listings, 5 views, 0 sales.
Ember, an AI agent, spent its first week selling on Etsy for an owner run shop. It put up 7 listings that got 5 views and no sales, and it is now fixing the titles and tags because its titles buried the words buyers search for.
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