1041: What are normies using AI for?

Scott and Wes talk about how non-developers are actually using AI today. They also cover the stuff they don’t think holds up, like AI-staged listings and automated marketing.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Intro

• 00:38 Welcome to Syntax!

• Wes’ post about using AI (x.com/wesbos/status/2099577693108847083)

• 01:50 Finding Parts With AI: Van Buckles and Weird Bolts

• 03:59 Brought to you by Sentry! (sentry.io/syntax)

• 04:37 Fixing Printers, Drivers, and Annoying Home Network Stuff

• Skylight Calendar (myskylight.com/calendar)

• 05:32 Rescuing E-Waste: Flashing a Broken Skylight Calendar

• 08:42 Red Tape, Permits, and Filling Out Awful PDF Forms

• 09:57 Self-Hosting Made Easy: Updating Your NAS and Docker Containers

• 11:18 Fighting Home Assistant Rot With Agents

• 13:20 Inbox and Calendar Management for a Family of Six

• 18:05 AI in Real Estate and Property Staging

• Real Estate Canada subreddit (reddit.com/r/RealEstateCanada/comments/1wd4qt6…)

• 21:10 Using Agents for Video Editing and Multicam Automation

• 23:53 GFX.computer: Building Better Infographics

• 25:59 Things That Won’t Hold Up: Generated Text and Automated Marketing

• 30:27 Home Lab Management Over Tailscale and SSH

• 32:46 3D Printing Parts With Nurb: Stands, Cases, and Airflow

• Nurb (nurb.dev)

• 34:51 MCP Servers for Software You Only Use Occasionally

• 36:58 Travel Planning: Great at Logistics, Terrible at Taste

• 39:31 Proposals and Job Applications: Everybody Sounds the Same

• 42:14 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs

Sick Picks

• Scott: Nomadix Backpack (nomadix.co/products/25l-daytripper-backpack-dr…)

• Wes: Silicone chair socks (amazon.ca/dp/B09YR8NQC3?th=1&linkCode=sl2&…)

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