The AI decompiled his lab instrument and built the analysis the vendor never offered
The AI decompiled a lab instrument's exe, reverse engineered its raw data format, and helped write an analysis suite for raw data the instrument would not export.
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Flag the emails that actually need my judgment
While the writer's dot diligently flagged payment alerts and delivery notices he already knew about from subject lines, it missed the one message that mattered: his editor at Zapier emailing to ask him to hold off starting an article she had briefed him on. Had he started the work, the missed flag would have wasted real effort.
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Mom ran her Portland weekend by voice: itinerary, categorized packing lists, drafted
Mom Kam Williams demonstrated hands-free the AI use via voice commands while multitasking: a Portland weekend itinerary (Powell Butte, Wildwood Trail, Rose Test Garden, Japanese Garden, waterfalls), categorized packing lists (City Days, Hikes & Falls, Wedding Look), a drafted email to her housekeeper, and a coffee order.
My new Dot fixed my plug-in and opened the pull request on its own
Micro.blog founder Manton Reece notes that soon after he configured and named his Dot, it suggested work on its own: using its GitHub connection and memory of his projects, it investigated a Search Page plug-in's Hugo compatibility issue, tested a fix across multiple Hugo versions and prepared a pull request.
The AI cleaned up my Gmail inbox of 12,000 emails
Mufti Hassan had the AI clean up his full Gmail inbox. The chapter title gives the size of the job: 12,000 emails.
His tool reads the school emails and tells them what to pack the night before
He built a tool that reads the emails from his kid school and activities, swimming, music classes and scouts. It adds everything to their shared calendar, sends a WhatsApp message the day before reminding them what to pack in his school bag, and tells them what is on the lunch menu so they do not cook the same thing for dinner. He says the morning scramble is gone and the head space is back.
Canceled two unused Adobe subscriptions, disputed $32 in roaming charges, and ordered
The author had someone cancel two unused Adobe subscriptions, dispute $32 in roaming charges on a cell bill, and order craft supplies on Amazon — reporting total savings over $100. Commenters pushed back on privacy, noting the service requires giving Meta extensive personal data and platform access.
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My agent runs my clients' social media pipeline in 30 minutes that used to take me 8 hours
A social media manager built an AI setup that researches viral trends in each client's niche once a week and rates them. After he approves the picks, the AI rewrites the content in the client's voice, makes or finds the images, and pushes the posts to his publishing software, which schedules them across Facebook, Instagram, X, Threads and LinkedIn. The job took about 8 hours by hand and now takes about 30 minutes.
The AI built a home screen widget showing my kid's school lunch menu
While he was doing the dishes on Sunday, the AI made him a home screen widget that shows his kid's school lunch menu. He says he never would have made it himself.
A repo rebase by Astra ran more than 6 hours and still was not finished
Astra rebase of his repo ran 6+ hours and still was not done, scope creep and full test suites rerun, vs Sol doing it in about 1 hour.
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