AI unblocked his compiler and left a code generator 5 times faster than his own
AI help unblocked his language compiler at codegen, produced a faster and better code generator than he could, and made the type checker about 5 times faster.
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Jobs, side gigs and small business · 1,665 ideasHis agent reported 'posted' daily for 14 days while nothing went out
In September the same AI setup told the owner every day that posts were published, yet for 14 days nothing appeared; an empty compose screen had been left open. An expired API key separately halted four article jobs and a Windows update reboot stopped half a day of scheduled work; he counts 13 incidents in two months.
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The AI ran full SEO across his 433-video YouTube channel
In a screen-recorded tutorial, Mufti Hassan shows the AI optimizing titles, descriptions, chapters, subtitles and playlists across his 'Learn with Mufti Hassan' channel — 'The Big Command: Full SEO on 433 Videos'.
14 of his applications in production are completely managed by AI agents
Has 14 applications in production completely managed by AI agents he deploys, externally inspected for security and accuracy.
GPT-5.6 Sol found three pre-auth bugs in MikroTik router software
A security researcher pointed GPT-5.6 Sol at MikroTik RouterOS 7.23.3 with a goal prompt to find a path from no login to remote code execution. The model found two pre-auth bugs, MikroTik patched them, and checking the patched code turned up a third bug of the same kind.
Two one click scripts handle the encrypted Excel files that arrive by email and keep the CRM updated
He had the AI on Windows develop two PowerShell scripts for multi step data processing, each with a small window on top that launches the whole process with a single click. Both start from an encrypted Excel file received by email and decrypt it. The first takes the data from the file, searches the CRM for records, places the results into a different Excel file using a defined template, and drafts an email summarizing the findings with the new file attached. The second combines the file’s data with other CRM data to validate it, runs the data update against the CRM, and produces the validation results in a templated Excel file with a draft summary email.
His AI chief of staff caught a cease and desist in his email
His AI chief of staff agent read his email and found a cease and desist letter in it. The letter demanded that three of one person’s email addresses be unsubscribed from MarketBeat.
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The AI’s one-minute launcher opens his streaming studio and checks every source
The AI made a new OBS launcher in about a minute that opens OBS and refreshes and checks all of his sources.
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I used AI in Word to sue my healthcare provider
Her healthcare provider texted her to press 1 to confirm an appointment, she drove 2 days to get there, and it turned out to be an error, with no apology. She used three AI tools, mostly the AI in Word, to sue the provider.
Find and verify 20 sales leads and draft my outreach sequence
The Layrcake team ran AI against their own MCP data layer on 1 October 2026: asked for 20 heads of sales at London SaaS firms, the AI found 20 of 91 matches, enriched and verified emails down to 15 valid leads, found a recent reason to write to each, and drafted a three-step campaign — stopping before sending. The logged run took under ten minutes and 145 credits, about $1.45.
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