My Workflow for Writing a Book with an AI-Powered Tool — A "Cursor for Writers"?
Hey everyone, The first half of the year flew by, and I found myself struggling with a fragmented writing process. I was using Notion, but jumping between research and writing felt clunky. Plus, Notion started to feel too "all-in-one" and wasn't as nimble as I needed for focused writing. Then, about three months ago, I stumbled upon a tool called YouMind. I was intrigued by its philosophy and...
Giving My Chatbot “Rights” – My Indie Dev Journey
Hey folks, I’m an indie developer working on a “companion” chatbot. My goal? To make it feel less like a disposable utility you shut off, and more like that friend who you actually care about checking in on. At first, I thought, “Isn’t conversational AI companionship an obvious demand? People talk to smart speakers all the time!” But I quickly realized: without a sense of “rights +...
Almost Leaked My Key—Thank God for GitGuardian
This morning I opened my inbox to find an alert from GitGuardian about a leaked key. My first thought: “Great, another phishing email.” Nearly deleted it on the spot. Then I realized—yesterday when I was using Cursor to bulk-update my scripts, I’d left the API key in plain text… Why did I do this? I’m using Cursor to speed up script edits and testing endpoints—having the key in the code felt...
Building in Public: My 3-Month Video-Coding Collab Experiment
Since late 2023, I’ve posted over dozens of bite-sized “Cursor coding” posts on Reddit—some gloriously bug-ridden, some surprisingly useful. The motivation? I wanted to prove (mostly to myself) that I could build small features people actually care about, and maybe make some friends along the way. About a month ago, I started exchanging emails with a UK Redditor interested in video coding and...
Building in Public: Powering Contract Review with Bad Cases & Dify
Why am I doing this? Most contract-review tools today lean on rigid rule engines that miss edge cases and demand constant upkeep. So over the past few weeks, I prototyped a Dify workflow that marries general checks with a library of “Bad Cases.” Here’s the 4-step pipeline: Preprocess & OCR the contract text LLM-based initial risk scan Retrieve similar Bad Cases from our case bank Deep-dive...
My Journey to Automating a RAG Daily Report with n8n
Why am I doing this? Because most AI digests talk about model releases or flashy tools—zero focus on real-world RAG use cases. I wanted a daily workflow that curates “industry RAG best practices, practical tips, and fresh case studies,” so I built one with n8n. Where I’m at: 1、Tool Hunt: Zapier—too rigid; Make—friendly UI but no self‐host; pure Python—freedom at the cost of maintenance. Winner:...
Building Enterprise Knowledge Bases with LLMs in Public: Lessons from 15+ Projects
Hey everyone, Build in Public check-in! 📍 I'm Will Wei. After 8+ years grinding in FinTech, I'm now leading a small team, full-time, diving headfirst into the "adventure" (some might say "pit" 😂) of enterprise LLM applications. Why? Because we saw so many businesses excited by LLMs but completely stumped on how to actually implement them. It's a real pain point! Right now, our main focus is...
From Zero to Eyeballs: Scrappy Growth Tactics and Community Marketing Lessons for Makers
Hey everyone! Been heads-down for the past 3 months, somehow managed to churn out nearly 300k words (my fingers are tired! 😅), and gathered a small-ish following on my WeChat Official Account and Zhihu. During this grind, I stumbled upon something pretty interesting: when I post articles on Zhihu and submit them to relevant, highly-discussed questions, the engagement in the Q&A section often...
Co-creating a Hassle-Free Feeding Tracker — Starting with One Click
Hey everyone, especially fellow parents! 👋 Ever found yourself fumbling with your phone at 3 AM, trying to log a feed while juggling a baby? Or trying to coordinate with your partner/grandparents about who fed the little one when? Yeah, it's a special kind of chaos. 😅 That's exactly why I'm tinkering with this little project: an IoT feeding log. The idea is to make tracking less of a chore. So,...
No, we don’t need another smart bottle. We need a button.
🍼 Parents, hands up: have you ever struggled to log feedings while juggling a crying baby & a bottle? Apps are too slow. Smart bottles are too expensive. And when grandma helps out, the records? Gone. We're building a 1-button feeding logger. Tiny device. ESP32 inside. Press once = log a feeding & sync to the cloud. No apps to open. No hassle. Low-cost, dead simple, family-friendly. Not smart...
