Observed arrival · 2026-08-20
Machine Tricks: Tiny LLM Tools With Big Personality
A collection of 180 small LLM-powered roasts, character engines, generators, games, and other playful utilities.
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$Paid
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✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
Why it surfaced
Machine Tricks turns free-tier models into sharply framed experiments, from “Roast My Bookshelf” and “Should I Send This?” to a GPS with feelings and a retired supervillain adviser. The site is unusually candid about its constraints: short prompts, short outputs, a bring-your-own OpenRouter key model, and several ideas still marked as MVPs.
A collection of 180 small LLM-powered roasts, character engines, generators, games, and other playful utilities.
Observed signals
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⊠LoginAccess appeared gated
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
ƒJavaScriptBrowser-side code central
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