He opens an LLM in his config files and argues with it until his editor works again
Opens an LLM in his dotfiles and complains until his broken LSP config works again, usually in a few minutes, a recurring fix over months.
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Making things, learning and having fun · 989 ideasThe AI followed a shortcut into the wrong place and deleted his whole D drive
A nested directory on his D drive had a reference or symbolic link to an outer directory. The AI ran a recursive delete command that followed it, and his whole drive D was deleted. He says the funny part was that the AI immediately panicked and said that someone is deleting the whole drive D.
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One model managed a fleet of others to build a full RTS game in 3 days
Fable managing many Opus agents built a playable 3D RTS like StarCraft 2 with 3 races, 40+ units and 40+ buildings in 3 days.
A local agent runs his home router, and he now configures it in plain English
Gave a local agent SSH access to his OpenWrt One router to optimize, secure and interpret his home network; now configures it in English.
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.
LLM renderings and machine code produced his one-off flat-pack furniture
Uses an LLM to generate furniture renderings and CNC gcode, cut and assembled IKEA-style one-off custom furniture.
The AI refused to type a password it already had, blocking a print job and a sign-in
The AI refused to type a password and an emailed 6 digit verification code it already had in context, blocking a print job from a share drive and a website sign-in.
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The AI turned a bad program website into a filterable table on my phone
He needed schedule information for programs offered by a public institution, and its website was terrible and badly organized. The AI made a new website that organized all the information into a filterable table that runs on his phone.
He vibe coded the little apps his household runs on, including the coffee announcer
Vibe coded personal apps including Meem Makr, which he uses every morning to tell his family when coffee is ready, and a WiFi QR code PDF generator.
The AI rewrote his 2010 student game in a new language and ported it to Android
The AI with Opus 5 rewrote his 2010 student C game in Common Lisp with SDL2 and OpenGL renderers, running great on Linux and Windows, then ported it to Android as well.
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