He got his dad out of a $120 parking ticket with AI
He used AI to fight a parking ticket his 82 year old dad had been given. The $120 ticket went away.
$120
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An agent checks his lecturer partner's references against the real sources
Built an LLM-backed reference checker for his partner, a lecturer: an agent reads each cited source and checks the reference is correct and not hallucinated.
The AI fixed our Pinewood Derby timers 30 minutes before the races
The AI patched the system files that link a USB to serial cable to the Pinewood Derby track for his Cub Scout group. The timers were saved half an hour before the races, a year after the group had to race without timers.
A weekly report tells him what changed on all his machines, set up in 30 minutes
Weekly Chezmoi drift report across all his machines, including what he changed, set up in 30 minutes.
An invoice reader matches law firm bills to case codes and queues the unsure ones for a human
He built an invoice processor for a small law firm: PDFs arrive by email, get read with OCR, matched line by line to case codes, and pushed into the billing system. Anything it is unsure about goes to a manual review queue with a screenshot, and months of edge cases like 8s read as 3s went into its rules.
I can add and pull up my notes by voice while I am out
He built a small notes setup for himself in about an hour. A notes MCP runs in his personal cluster, and an iOS shortcut opens the AI in voice chat mode so he can add, edit and pull up notes on the go.
The AI fixed the design problems on my brother's NGO website
He helped his brother with the website of Ichtus Vlaanderen, an NGO he used to work for. Using the AI through the WordPress.com MCP connector, he fixed design problems like a messy photo section and buttons that were too big.
Made $350 selling a digital template pack that the AI drafted, illustrated and listed
Merphy made $350 from a digital template pack: The AI drafted the copy, generated the images and wrote the listing.
$350
Planned a backyard drive-in movie theater for the kids: found toy cars
Creator's agent 'Poppy' helped stage a backyard drive-in movie night for her kids: it found toy cars on Facebook Marketplace, messaged sellers, sourced decorations, built a shopping list, ordered groceries (popcorn, chicken nuggets, carrots), and produced a printable family fall bucket list.
Dental practice booked $241,000 of treatment patients had left unscheduled
A 14 person dental practice on Daniel Island had $612,000 of diagnosed treatment that patients had never booked, and the staff's own AIs (six the AI, four the AI, two the AI) now read each day's patient notes every evening, offer open slots to the longest waiting patients and book on a yes. Of the $612,000, $188,000 of work is done and $241,000 more is booked, and same month bookings rose from 38 percent to 71 percent.
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