I finished my Paradroid port from the C64 to the BBC Micro
He finished porting the game Paradroid from the C64 to the BBC Micro, with help from the AI. Anyone can download the disk, play it in an emulator, or read through the code.
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Making things, learning and having fun · 960 ideasThe AI ran my server upgrade: 3 nodes, 30 containers, no drama
He upgraded Proxmox on 3 nodes, with about 30 containers moving from Debian 12 to Debian 13, and put Opus at the wheel. The upgrade finished with zero drama.
Archive 780 game NPC entries in two weeks with AI
A creator who makes hundreds of NPC entries for an application, work that takes hours, handed the archiving to the AI; it archived 780 entries in two weeks.
Sol generated the board files for a mini Bluetooth keyboard, with mixed results so far
Sol wrote Python generators outputting KiCad for a mini Bluetooth keyboard; 15 PCBs manufactured by JLC for about 70 dollars plus 80 shipping, mixed results, boards not yet shipped.
$150
This only partly worked. Worth knowing before you try it.
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.
The AI unsubscribed me from spam across my linked inboxes
He linked his brand and personal Gmail and Outlook accounts to the AI. The first job he gave it was unsubscribing him from spam, and he says it felt great.
The AI built a game-master bot in an evening that answers from the rulebook PDF
The AI built a Discord bot in an evening that ingests an RPG PDF and stores it in a sqlite vector database for search.
The AI got my 15 year old game running again
He used AI to get his 15 year old game, built on an old version of XNA, running again. The AI got Flite running for the first time in about fourteen years, and he is looking forward to playing it again.
I asked the AI to debug my website widget. I fixed it myself.
He found a problem on his website with the embedded Cal.com widget he uses for people contacting him. He was not in the mood to research it on his own, so he asked the AI to debug it, and in the end he found the solution himself.
This one went wrong. See what happened before you try it.
Watch my Spotify artists for concert postings and offer to grab the tickets
The journalist's the AI (Mark) kept tabs on concert postings from artists in her Spotify library and offered to snag tickets when shows appeared. Working from a song she had saved, it surfaced January concert tickets for Jess Williamson.
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