An LLM saved my ass while standing in the queue of a roller coaster at Europa Park
A vacationing engineer faced an urgent client request for an invoice while in a roller coaster queue. Without a laptop, they used the Claude app on their phone.…
Yesterday, a client of mine calls me and says that they need my invoice URGENTLY. We made an agreement and I missed it, so I ask if sending it later in the evening is enough as I'm currently vacationing with my family.
The answer is no. They need it ASAP for their end of fiscal year accounting.
So I tell them what every good engineer would do and say I'll handle it now.
Meanwhile, my kids are dragging me to the queue of a roller coaster where I'm furiously thinking about how to fix the MESS I'm in right now.
I have no Laptop with me, just my phone, so I immediately start my Claude app and attach my last invoice telling it to recreate it because i need to send another one. FAST.
There are quite a lot of people in the queue, I got roughly 20 minutes before our ride starts.
Claude writes and executes a Python script that creates a perfect replica of my input PDF.
Okay, that's actually impressive.
I tell it to adjust the invoice number, billing period, and costs. It generates the exact PDF I need.
While the music and screaming intensify as we reach the front of the line, I'm drafting the email, attach the new invoice PDF and send it right before we are asked to take seats.
After that adrenaline rush, the roller coaster ride was actually very calming.