Nerdy Hacks (page 12)

User asks ChatGPT to build a personal website using nothing but their X profile as the reference

Expecting something basic, a user gave ChatGPT only their X profile as a reference and asked for a website; it produced a first version they called honestly impressive, with a few things still to change.

Spotted on @nazarr_0x

Food blogger handles site fixes with Claude after losing their developer

A food blogger with 50,000 monthly sessions uses Claude to work through CSS and technical WordPress issues after their developer left.

Spotted on u/travelswithtea

Reader uses NotebookLM to turn a long article into a roughly 25-minute podcast and shares it back

After enjoying a long read someone shared, a reader used NotebookLM to convert it into an audio podcast of about 25 minutes and posted the link in reply.

Spotted on @steveforbes

Podcaster makes clip background music with Suno, then hits YouTube claims

A creator made an ambient background track in Suno for their podcast-style clips, and later had to fight Content ID claims on YouTube.

Spotted on u/Revolutionary_Buy446

Driver uses ChatGPT voice chat plus photos to work out a car problem and brings the shop a detailed diagnosis note

Instead of walking into a body shop blind, a driver talked through the problem with ChatGPT's voice mode while sharing pictures, then arrived with a diagnosis note detailed enough to impress the shop.

a lot on repairs · their claim

Spotted on @stafa_san

Amazon seller has Claude restyle 100 listing images through ChatGPT in the browser

After buying a 13-product brand with mismatched listing images, a seller had Claude drive ChatGPT through Claude in Chrome to redo about 100 images in one chosen style, then review them on a side-by-side web page Claude built.

Spotted on Alex Willen

Teacher vibe-codes classroom tools only in Gemini and publishes them on Google Sites or Canva Code to keep student data covered

A teacher who builds small classroom apps without coding keeps every build inside the school's education accounts: Gemini for the code, Google Sites or Canva Code to publish. Another teacher makes quick web games for students who finish early.

Spotted on u/kellistech

Painter stages original artwork and patterns in AI room mockups inside Photoshop

An artist merges their numbered patterns onto one canvas, then uses Photoshop Generative Fill with the Nano Banana Pro partner model and a detailed room description to make lifestyle mockups for their portfolio.

Spotted on CreatorAlma

Business owner turns a ChatGPT project into a mock prospect for discovery call practice, with a scorecard

To train someone taking discovery calls, an operations consultant set up a ChatGPT project with a roleplay prompt and the call SOP; in voice mode it plays a prospective client, then scores the call and writes a detailed report.

Spotted on @jaybevel

Ecommerce owner swaps a profit app for a Claude dashboard

A small ecommerce brand canceled its profit app and rebuilt it as a live Claude dashboard fed by Shopify, ad spend and Xero data.

Spotted on u/Secure_Sorbet_8671

Parent has Gemini plan three zero-waste dinners, then lets Gemini in Chrome fill the Walmart pickup cart

A parent voices a meal plan request to Gemini, swaps out a dish they don't like, then pastes the recipes into Gemini in Chrome on walmart.com and lets it add every ingredient to the cart for pickup.

Spotted on Ai Mom Tips

Wedding photographers cull and edit a gallery with Aftershoot while traveling

A husband-and-wife photo team used Aftershoot's cull and their own AI editing profile to finish over half a gallery on a two-hour bus ride.

Spotted on Chasing Sunsets Photo + Film

Etsy print-on-demand seller pastes tense customer messages into ChatGPT for calm, policy-based replies

When a buyer is angry, wants to cancel against policy or threatens a one-star review, an Etsy seller pastes the whole conversation into ChatGPT and asks for an empathetic but firm reply that follows shop policy.

Spotted on Therapy Designs

Turn 50 customer reviews into 14 ad angles with Claude

A marketer had Claude sort 50 four- and five-star reviews into themes and ad hooks in customers' own words, ready to reuse as social posts.

Took about 25 minutes · their account

Spotted on @Mo_ali

Business connects Monday.com and Xero with Make so approved orders become purchase orders, bills and client invoices

A team built three Make.com scenarios: approved purchase orders in Monday.com become Xero POs and bills, client invoices are created in Xero and emailed, and uploaded supplier PDFs get attached to the matching bill.

Spotted on u/TableSad825

Small agency founder moves their own site from Lovable to Framer so AI search engines can read and cite it

After an audit showed ChatGPT never cited their business and Perplexity showed stale content, a one-person agency founder rebuilt their single-page Lovable site in Framer with a page per service, an about page and per-page schema.

Spotted on Alicia, founder of Zest

Solo consultant runs client work on ChatGPT and Claude

A HighLevel agency consultant uses ChatGPT to review contracts and merge client CSVs, and had Claude build a one-click social post maker.

Thousands of hours of research · their claim

Spotted on Life After Iron

Two-person Shopify store has Claude blog the keywords sitting on page two

A two-person Shopify store built a monthly Claude workflow that pulls Search Console queries ranking 9 to 20 and drafts a blog post for each one from the store's own content.

Spotted on u/John___Matrix

Creator makes sponsored reels with a HeyGen avatar of themselves

A creator cloned themselves in HeyGen Avatar V, pasted in scripts and restyled outfits by chat, and says one avatar video drew 160,000 Instagram views for a paying sponsor.

Spotted on Simply Digital

Marketing lead has Claude turn Granola transcripts into five-point notes in Obsidian

A marketing lead records meetings with Granola's free plan, has Claude compare the transcript to their prep notes, and saves a TLDR, takeaways and action items as markdown in Obsidian.

Spotted on Mark Herring

PPC marketer keeps AI on grunt work, not ad strategy

A pay-per-click marketer uses ChatGPT and Claude to draft ad variations and summarize calls, and checks anything platform-specific themselves.

Spotted on u/Consistent_Scene_178

Store gets a ready-made Instagram story graphic every time it restocks

A two-person Shopify store had Claude build a Telegram bot that sends a branded Instagram story graphic and product link whenever stock goes up.

Spotted on u/John___Matrix

Course builder makes an AI presenter intro video in Synthesia and drops it into an Articulate Storyline course

Instead of filming themselves or hiring a presenter, an eLearning developer builds a course welcome video in Synthesia from a realistic avatar template, brands it, and inserts the MP4 into their Storyline course.

Spotted on eLearnify360

Etsy seller makes digital print designs in Midjourney

An Etsy seller makes art designs in Midjourney and sells them as digital downloads, and compared model versions on their best prompts.

Spotted on Alec Phelps