Nerdy Hacks (page 7)

Notion user skips the Notion AI plan and drives their workspace from ChatGPT through the Notion connector

Instead of paying for Notion's built-in AI, a ChatGPT Pro subscriber connects ChatGPT to Notion and has it read and write their pages. A commenter canceled their Notion Business plan for the same setup.

Spotted on u/ExtraRepeat8261

Shop owner turns PDF invoices into purchase-order sheets

A small business owner built a Claude Cowork skill that reads supplier invoices and fills the spreadsheet they upload to an inventory system.

Spotted on u/StitchinStatistician

Podcaster copies a Descript transcript into Claude to make a Q&A blog post and post ideas

A business podcaster copies each episode's transcript from Descript into a Claude Project that knows the business, then gets a Q&A blog post to publish with the episode embedded, plus LinkedIn hook ideas.

Spotted on Raise Your Visibility Online

Bench jeweler uses Gemini's Nano Banana to turn old, flat ring photos into on-hand and lifestyle marketing shots

A jewelry store owner who doesn't use AI to design rings uploads older product photos and CAD screenshots to Gemini and describes the scene in plain English, like the exact ring on a woman's hand, instead of editing in Photoshop or rendering in CAD software.

Spotted on Joel McFadden Explains

Print-on-demand seller lets ChatGPT build an Etsy listing

An Etsy seller had ChatGPT pick a pillow niche, make the artwork and mockups, and write the title, tags, description and price.

Spotted on Therapy Designs

Podcast host turns four per-episode chores into Claude Code skills

A podcast co-host replaced years of manual post-production with Claude Code skills that trim and level the audio, write show notes from the transcript, and open the blog pull request, while they still upload to Transistor by hand.

Spotted on Dan Vega

Founder analyzes thousands of competitor reviews to find gaps to target

A business owner pairs structured customer interviews with AI analysis of thousands of competitor product reviews, then builds tables of competitors' weak spots.

Spotted on u/alexnapierholland

Freelancer uses Nano Banana to put a client's real cap photos in a cleaner setting

A client launching a cap collection disliked their product photos, so a freelancer kept the actual cap images and used Nano Banana to build a cleaner scene around them for the website.

Spotted on @olu__tosin

Family helper uploads a small business's social videos to ChatGPT for tips on making them better

Someone who makes social media videos for their mom's small business uploads each one to ChatGPT and asks how to improve it, and says it has made a world of difference.

Spotted on u/rebeccasaidit

Blind accessibility consultant builds and sells a client app with Claude

A blind business owner used Claude to build a plain-language interface over a therapy journal system's API for another blind business owner, then sold it to that client.

Spotted on u/Mrblindguardian

Creator gives an AI avatar a new English voice with ElevenLabs and HeyGen

A Japanese creator generated English audio with an ElevenLabs voice, then used HeyGen's Voice Mirroring so the avatar speaks it with matching performance.

Spotted on u/PlasticEngineer3546

Hobbyist learning to solder for a drone build photographs their joints and asks Gemini for feedback

While practicing soldering for a DIY drone build, a hobbyist takes pictures of their work and has Gemini critique it, which taught them tips they hadn't known, including a tip change that improved their results.

Spotted on kalcode

Household builds a monthly budget by telling ChatGPT every bill they can remember over three days

Someone on a tight budget spent about three days telling ChatGPT every regular expense, from bills and medication to haircuts and gifts, using only names and amounts. They ended up with monthly sheets and a plan they can update by adding a new bill.

Spotted on u/OriginalTraining

Podcast cohosts have Claude Code cut each episode, then share one editing setup on a server

Two burned-out podcast cohosts who release video and audio had Claude Code cut their episodes with ffmpeg in the style of past episodes, then moved the setup to a server so both of them can give notes and run the same editor.

Spotted on u/canuck_amok

Book cover designer uses the Midjourney editor to restyle, recolor and recompose covers

A book cover designer shows authors what the Midjourney v8.2 editor can now change on premade covers: render style, color palette from a reference image, and layout from a rough sketch.

Spotted on James (GoOnWrite)

Family uses Gemini to pick gluten-free lunch stops on a 100-day trip

A traveler leaned on Gemini to plan a 100-day camper trip around Australia, including where to stop for gluten-free lunch on each driving day.

Spotted on Fuzzwah

Family photos with a deep crease and glare restored in ChatGPT from a phone snap and one prompt, then checked for changes

Without a scanner or editing skills, a creator photographed two damaged family prints with their phone, asked ChatGPT 'Can you restore this old photo?', then compared each result with the original and asked it to undo a change it made on its own.

Spotted on April Steger

Wedding photographer has Claude write a self-hosted client gallery plugin

Tired of paying for gallery hosting on top of web hosting, a wedding photographer directed Claude to write a WordPress plugin for big uploads, client proofing and watermarks.

Spotted on u/noiram_1944

Commercial photographer switches to Evoto's AI retouching for glasses reflections and creased backdrops after Lightroom misses them

A photographer with over two decades in the job shares where AI earns its place: Lightroom's AI remove and masking tools, Evoto for glasses glare and backdrop wrinkles, and a chatbot only for proofreading drafts they write first.

Spotted on The Photo Diaries with Grace Costa

Business owner closes the books with Xero, DeepSeek and Claude, then spends about 10 minutes reviewing

A business owner with about 5,000 transactions a month has DeepSeek check and reconcile journal entries from Xero, then Claude validates the trial balance, builds the statements and writes commentary. Their month-end close now takes about 10 minutes of review.

About 10 minutes of review to close · their claim

Spotted on u/Crypticarts

IT services owner has ChatGPT configure the HaloPSA system they'd paid for but never set up

An IT managed-services owner who had paid for HaloPSA for about two years without configuring it wrote down their workflow, answered a 65-question questionnaire from ChatGPT, and let its browser agent set up billing, tickets, agreements and invoices while logging every change in a spreadsheet.

Spotted on u/ITGuyInMass

Food and fashion blogger uses Claude Projects for keyword research, pin copy and bulk pin uploads

A blogger who runs a recipe blog, a fashion blog and a YouTube channel keeps a Claude Project for each, and uses them for Google and Pinterest keyword research, pin titles and descriptions, analytics reviews and a CSV that bulk-imports pins.

Spotted on Meghan's Media

Hobbyist songwriter turns guitar-and-voice demos into full productions with Suno's cover feature

A songwriter who has written songs since high school records a song into a voice memo, or uses old MP3 demos, and uploads it through Suno's cover feature to get a full-band version.

Spotted on paul7986

Video agency owner fixes shots with Runway and clones a client's voice

A video production owner uses Runway to remove objects and make extra shots, ElevenLabs for voiceovers, and Adobe tools for audio cleanup and sound effects on paid client work.

Spotted on Patrick Ramdial