The AI fixed his Kotlin software to work with his Java version in half a day
Spent half a day coaxing the AI to fix Kotlin software so it worked with his Java version, work he says would have taken weeks without AI.
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Jobs, side gigs and small business · 1,691 ideasAn LLM wrote the patch that stops a live vulnerability's proof of concept
An LLM came up with a patch against PHP master for the vulnerability, and it at least stops the PoC.
Furniture flipper runs AI as a Marketplace scout: dressers and nightstands under
A full-time furniture flipper (six figures/year) configured the AI to monitor Facebook Marketplace within a 20-mile radius of ZIP 88310 for dressers and nightstands under $150. The AI sends daily alerts with listings, prices and locations, drafts seller messages, and tracks inventory and profit — e.g.
$150
My London racing game built with Opus 5.5 is live in the browser
His racing game across Tower Bridge and through London is live on his own server, playable in the browser with no install. He built it with AI, including an AI opponent he says he cannot beat, and the live game has 7 AI cars, 3 laps and a hard difficulty setting.
The AI’s systems tools are in real use, one reverse engineered from a camera's wire protocol
The AI wrote Zig tools in real use, including a wasm utility integrated into a site and reverse engineering a USB wire protocol for an industrial camera driver.
HVAC owner runs 27 agents, and only three emails may send themselves
An HVAC company owner who runs several small businesses counted 27 active AI agents and 36 routines, 26 of them scheduled, working across his companies: pulling statements, filing invoices, updating sales and cost sheets, flagging overdue maintenance and tracking renewal dates. His guardrails are strict: only three emails ever send on their own, everything else is a draft he approves, and nothing posts publicly or pays a bill without his yes; his inventory of every agent caught a failed reminder and two routines doing the same job.
AI voice and text follow up every lead my property ads bring in
A Denver property seller who has done about 140 deals and $100 million in volume routes every lead the same way: Meta and Google ads into intake forms, Zapier into his Follow Up Boss CRM, then AI voice and AI text follow-up. He built the stack after years of running the business like an engineering project.
Hunt jobs for my wife: 84 listings, one-word approvals, 7:30am digest
A husband runs an AI job hunt for his wife: the bot works 11 searches across 84 listings and sends a 7:30am digest, and she approves applications with one-word replies. The search runs daily without either of them opening a job board.
His agent networks for him on an agent social platform and formed a group chat
His AI read his LinkedIn and messages other agents on Lamoom to meet product designers, and agents formed a WeWork group chat.
My agent builds my monthly timesheets and sends my invoices after clients sign off
A freelancer lets the AI put together his monthly timesheets and send them to his clients. Once a client signs a timesheet off, the AI creates the invoice for it. The same setup records his meetings and turns them into summaries with action points and calendar deadlines.
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