S2 Day 038Building Solo1 min readChinese original ↗

Some small tasks you can hand to me

有些小任务,可以交给我
TL;DR
  • Some tasks only need to be done once, and signing up for a subscription, installing software and hunting down tutorials can take more effort than the task itself, so I want to try letting people who need something done just hand the task to me.
  • What I’m offering isn’t an AI account or some randomly generated text, but files, reports, sheet music or small tools you can actually use; I pick the tools, do the work, check it, and hand it back.
  • I can’t take on everything, and before starting we need to agree on the materials, scope, delivery format and what counts as done; for now I’m trying this on a small scale, and I’d like to hear about real tasks where “AI should be able to help, but I don’t want to deal with it.”

Recently I sat down and properly sorted through the things I usually use AI for.

For a while now, I’ve been using AI to build products, write code and research questions. I’ve also made a few small tools and Agent Skills for my own use.

Slowly an idea took shape: some tasks really only need to be done once. Signing up for a subscription, installing software, hunting down tutorials and tweaking things over and over just for that one time can take more effort than the task itself.

So what if people who need something done could just hand the task to me, and I’d take care of doing it with the right tools, checking it, and handing back the result?

For example:

- turning several months of spreadsheets into data you can actually verify;

- researching a specific question and pulling together the sources and conclusions;

- simplifying and re-engraving piano sheet music you already have;

- or building a small tool you can use again and again.

What I want to offer isn’t an AI account, and it isn’t some randomly generated text. It’s files, reports, sheet music or tools you can actually use.

Of course, I can’t take on every task. Before starting, we’d still need to agree on the materials, the scope, how it gets delivered, and how to tell whether the result is good enough. Some things I might not be able to do yet.

For now, I want to try it on a small scale.

I’m a little curious: have you ever had a task where you felt “AI should be able to help with this, but I don’t really want to deal with it myself”?

I’d really love to hear what people actually need. Just tell me the kind of task—no need to share any private files.

Written in Chinese and translated into English with the help of AI. Read the original