Nerdy Hacks (page 3)

Job seeker uploads a resume to ChatGPT and has it reformatted to suit applicant tracking systems

A job seeker uploaded their resume to ChatGPT, asked it to format the document to match what applicant tracking systems expect, then made a few edits to the updated version it sent back.

Spotted on Dylan (@Dylan_____J)

Restaurant staff photograph the specials board and n8n updates the website

For a low-tech local restaurant, an automation builder set up an n8n flow where anyone scans a QR code, photographs the specials board, and the parsed text goes by email for approval before it posts to the website.

Spotted on u/theautomationsguide

Photo studio lead vibe-codes a style guide builder linked to the asset library

An in-house photo studio lead used Claude to build a searchable style guide and reference tool that connects to the company's asset library and exports shot guides, file names and metadata.

Spotted on u/I_Thot_So

Renter has Grok Bot dig the lease out of their email, find the notice clause and draft the move-out notice

Realizing they had to give notice to leave their apartment at year end but didn't know the deadline, a renter had Grok Bot search their email for the lease, pull out the notice clause and write the email to property management.

Spotted on @SteveSkojec

Small startup founder has ChatGPT pick the top applicants from 150 and draft first messages to them

With 150 applicants from Upwork and LinkedIn, a small-team founder gave his ChatGPT agent careful access to Upwork and his Tally forms and asked it to pick the top three from each source and prepare first messages.

Spotted on Jon Cowley (@whatifi_io)

Shopper has n8n read the weekly store flyer and ping them on price drops

An n8n user built a 12-node workflow that checks their local grocery store's flyer PDF every week, pulls the price of their usual item, and alerts them when it drops below a set threshold.

a couple hundred dollars over time · their claim

Spotted on u/Weary-Shame3170

Builder has AI agents report their work as short podcast episodes

A developer running a team of Claude agents has each one turn its chat history into a podcast script, voiced with ElevenLabs, to keep up with progress.

Spotted on jbdamask

Student learning AI from scratch saves rules in Gemini's memory: one concept at a time, a quiz after each, and strict grading out of 10

Tired of Gemini praising half-baked answers, a student saved three rules in its memory: teach one concept at a time with everyday stories, test after every topic, and grade strictly out of 10 instead of flattering.

Spotted on u/robayed21

Parent has ChatGPT do a personal color analysis from photos, then uses the palette to decide which clothes stay

During a seasonal closet reset, a home and family creator sent ChatGPT photos of themselves in a white T-shirt and in different colored clothes, got a refined color type and a reference card of their best colors, and used it as a new keep-or-go question.

Spotted on Nadias Nest

Author narrates their own audiobooks with ElevenLabs

An author used ElevenLabs' v4 voices to narrate one finished audiobook and was partway through a second when the voice quality changed.

Spotted on u/DarranSmith_author

Office worker has Claude edit live Sheets, Docs and Slides through an open-source MCP server

Instead of exporting CSVs, a commenter connects Claude to Google Workspace with an open-source MCP server and watches it update Sheets, Docs and Slides in place.

Spotted on u/boxedwinedrinker

Daily CapCut Video Studio user shares what stopped the wasted credits

After a month of daily use, a CapCut Video Studio user found that lighting words, short prompts and keeping 'mostly good' clips got better AI video with fewer credits.

Spotted on u/Ancient_Fun5105

Packaging designer gets ChatGPT to build 3D box and jar models from dielines

A designer had ChatGPT turn box dielines into clean, layered GLB files for Blender mockups, plus a label-fit diagram that caught a sizing problem before print.

Spotted on u/Green_Video_9831

Drafting firm owner connects Grok Bot to email and website to sort quote requests and fix basic SEO

The owner of a millwork drafting business connected Grok Bot to his business email to turn quote requests into tasks, then to his website to add page titles, alt text and a sitemap that Google had been missing.

Spotted on James Johnston (@Mav_Millwork)

Real estate title rep has a Claude skill cut hour-long classes into 26 short clips

A title company rep who teaches AI classes to real estate agents gave Claude Desktop folder access and a long-video-to-short-clips skill, and it found and edited 26 clips with hooks and B-roll from two recorded classes.

Spotted on Jerad Larkin

Retreat host switches off Meta's AI agent in WhatsApp after it talks nonsense to a lead

A solo founder who runs co-living retreats and summits turned on Meta's AI agent in WhatsApp Business to follow up on ad leads, then switched it off for manual quick replies after it talked nonsense to one lead.

Spotted on u/DannyFlood

Traveler snaps product photos on a shopping trip and has ChatGPT compare prices, alternatives and availability

On a trip to Dubai, a shopper made most buying decisions by uploading a photo of the product to ChatGPT and asking it to compare prices, suggest better alternatives and check where it was available.

Saved money on trip shopping · their claim

Spotted on @iHady_

Gemini user turns landmark photos into split posters, photo on top and geometric art below, with Nano Banana

A detailed prompt turns any uploaded landmark photo into one 3:4 poster: the real photo on the top half and a geometric illustration of the same building on the bottom half, with the skyline lined up across the middle.

Spotted on u/Few-Profession421

Video producer swaps stock music libraries for custom Suno tracks after false YouTube copyright claims

A media professional of two decades kept getting false copyright claims on YouTube for stock music they had licensed, sometimes on client videos. They now make background tracks in Suno, tailored to each project's style and lyrics.

Spotted on u/condra

Owner writes one core note per post and gives AI a rules sheet for each platform

A small business owner cut social posting time by writing one bullet-point core note and pasting short per-platform rules into an AI tool to draft each version.

Spotted on u/shannonpieter

Songmaker cleans radio-like static out of Suno tracks by sending the WAV to ChatGPT with a denoise prompt

A Suno user shared a long prompt that has ChatGPT run spectral noise reduction on an uploaded WAV file and return a cleaned track plus a file of what was removed, aimed at the grainy static some Suno songs have.

Spotted on u/Cookienomster45

NotebookLM user asks what their sources don't answer, and where they disagree, before writing anything

Because NotebookLM is limited by its sources and tends to answer the nearest thing it can find, a user asks it to list the important questions the sources leave open and where they conflict, giving a research to-do list before the gap shows up in a report or exam.

Spotted on u/Ok_Negotiation_2587

Speaker has Claude review every slide as an image and catches leftover notes

After building a talk deck on a flight with Claude Code and Gamma, a speaker had Claude export it to PDF and look at each page as an image, which caught their own notes printed on the slides.

Spotted on James Pelton

Course creator uses an ElevenLabs clone of their own voice to fix and redo tutorial voiceovers

A creator who makes software tutorials for courses and YouTube uses a professional voice clone in ElevenLabs so script changes can be typed and regenerated instead of re-recorded.

Spotted on Bryan Guerra