Nerdy Hacks (page 9)

Person asks ChatGPT when a package will arrive and it builds an estimate from tracking history and flight data

Wondering when an international package would actually show up, a person asked ChatGPT, which pulled past tracking data for similar shipments plus live flight schedules and gave a grounded arrival estimate with a range.

Spotted on @bpizzacalla

Small business AI coach builds a Calendly-style booking page with Claude Code

A small business AI coach used Claude Code and a free open source repo to build their own booking page with meeting types, Google Calendar sync, Zoom links and branded confirmation emails.

Spotted on Alice Bazdikian

Creator sketches a business logo with pen and notebook, adds color and florals in Meta AI, then adds the name in ChatGPT

To get a logo for an entertainment brand without design software, a creator drew the draft by hand, had Meta AI add color and floral designs, then had ChatGPT add the words 'Motville Entertainment'.

Spotted on @CruFlowsIll

Reader keeps a Gemini Gem that condenses wordy, AI-padded articles back to their main points

Tired of articles stretched out with filler, a Hacker News reader built a Gemini Gem that compresses them back down, shared its output on a long engineering post and offered the Gem to others.

Spotted on davidron

Business coach builds a content tracker in Google Sheets with ChatGPT, then trims its ideas

A coach who admits spreadsheets aren't their strength asks ChatGPT which columns and dropdowns a content tracker needs, cuts what's too granular, and builds a reusable video and blog tracker in Google Sheets.

Spotted on Work With Rita

Customer uses Claude to build a bank dispute case after a paid service stalled on a refund, and gets all the money back

After weeks of a service's support stalling on a partial refund for a product that worked for one day, a customer used Claude to build a dispute case with their bank, Revolut, and got 100% of the money back.

Full refund of the service payment · their claim

Spotted on @alvicryptz

Newsletter writer sends each new post to Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest with Make

A Substack writer built three Make.com scenarios in one afternoon that turn each new post into Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest posts with AI images and captions.

Spotted on Claudia Faith

Reader uses NotebookLM audio overviews to preview books and decide whether they are worth reading, and spots a parsing failure

A reader puts books into NotebookLM's podcast feature to get primed and decide if a book is worth reading; one PDF failed to parse beyond the cover pages, yet the AI hosts filled 26 minutes anyway, a useful warning sign to watch for.

Spotted on @connerdelights

Lead-gen worker has ChatGPT build an ideal client profile, then checks each found business against it before reaching out

Instead of messaging people at random, a lead-generation worker had ChatGPT turn a client's offer into an ideal client profile, searched for matching businesses, then asked ChatGPT whether each one fit and what to open with.

Spotted on @CynthiaOzumba

Newsletter writer lets Claude handle the busywork, not the writing

A weekly newsletter writer dictates his articles, has Claude structure them and do the proofing, links, feature image and email draft, then edits by hand.

Spotted on Blog Marketing Academy - David Risley

Writers find AI works better for outlines and critique than drafts

A copywriter found that fixing AI drafts took longer than the time they saved, so writers in the thread use AI for outlines, structure and critique instead.

Spotted on u/SpiritedDaikon7515

Investor uses Gemini inside Google Slides to fix formatting and writing style on decks

A software investor says Gemini's new feature in Google Slides is one of their favorites because it saves a tremendous amount of time on formatting and writing style, though they still edit the final copy.

Spotted on @VijarKohli

Weekly YouTuber makes thumbnails in ChatGPT from a detailed style brief, then fixes them in Canva

A creator who has posted a YouTube video every week for six years hands thumbnails to ChatGPT using a very detailed written description of their style and palette, tweaks them in a Canva template, and has Claude turn each transcript into titles, descriptions, timestamps and tags.

Spotted on Jenna Redfield (Red Thread Toolbox)

Consultant writes a referral newsletter in a Claude Project in about an hour a week

A marketing consultant who has sent over 180 newsletters keeps a Claude Project with voice, client profile, business and point-of-view files, generates a year of topics in one prompt, and turns spoken notes into drafts.

4 to 5 hours down to about an hour a week · their claim

Spotted on Laura Zavelson

Creator lets CapCut's auto captions write the subtitles, then adjusts timing, fonts and style

A creator who edits on a phone uses CapCut's auto captions to generate subtitles, then goes through them to fix the timing and match fonts and style to the video.

Spotted on @kiyosetcode

Agency copywriter runs each brief through Gemini and Claude, then retypes the parts they like

An e-commerce agency copywriter who writes 8 or more pieces a day gives the same brief to Gemini and Claude, uses the overlap to spot stock AI phrasing, and retypes the useful parts instead of editing AI text directly.

Spotted on u/BabyRoro007

Shopper who forgot about paid-for protection plans has ChatGPT build a Google Sheets tracker for warranties

After realizing they'd bought device protection plans and never used them, with warranty info scattered across emails and notes, a person had ChatGPT create a Google Sheets tracker to keep it all in one place.

Spotted on @EmBeeThree

Agency owner has Claude rank their emails twice a day and spot meetings missing from the calendar

A digital marketing agency owner gave Claude access to Gmail and Google Calendar and has it build a live dashboard at 8am and 2pm that ranks emails by urgency and finds meetings they agreed to by email but never put in the diary.

Spotted on Jim Chetwode (Okapi & Co)

Voiceover artist cleans scripts in Claude before generating in ElevenLabs

A voiceover artist runs scripts through Claude to place pauses and punctuation before generating with an ElevenLabs voice clone, and used the output to restart an abandoned YouTube channel.

Spotted on u/RetroHalloweenRadio

Business owner connects Gemini to their Google Business Profile to update listings and draft review replies

After connecting Gemini to their Google Business Profile, a business owner describes asking it in plain language to change hours, menus, photos and booking links, draft review replies, and report how the business did this month.

Spotted on u/Turbulent-Summer8889

Podcaster gets titles, show notes and social posts from ChatGPT

A podcaster gives ChatGPT a short summary of each episode and gets back the title, description, show notes, social posts and tags.

Spotted on u/LockedUpSports

Freelance podcast producer runs one Claude skill per show to do most of each episode's edit and show notes

A freelance podcast producer connected Claude Cowork to Descript and built a separate skill for each show. One skill runs the first edit pass, writes show notes and briefs the visuals, and they check everything by listening to the full episode.

Spotted on Julia Thompson

Deck designer keeps Gamma for internal drafts and PowerPoint for client files

After a full quarter of real client work in Gamma, a professional deck builder settled on Gamma for quick internal drafts and PowerPoint for anything a client sees or edits.

Spotted on u/Reasonable-Guess-878

University student uploads each lecture recording, in date order, straight into NotebookLM to have every word the professor said at hand

With course materials that often weren't enough, a student uploaded each lecture video for a subject into NotebookLM, dated and in order, so the transcript and explanations of everything the professor said were easy to search.

Spotted on u/Crisper77