I Built 8 Free Tools With AI - Here Is What I Learned About Shipping Fast
The Setup 4 months ago I could not write a single line of code. Today I have 8 production websites with real traffic. No CS degree. No English fluency. Just AI and shipping fast. The 8 Tools LivePhotoKit:
The Setup
4 months ago I could not write a single line of code. Today I have 8 production websites with real traffic.
No CS degree. No English fluency. Just AI and shipping fast.
The 8 Tools
- LivePhotoKit: HEIC/JPG/WebP converter in browser - livephotokit.com
- iWorkViewer: Open Pages/Numbers/Keynote on Windows - iworkviewer.com
- PlantingCalendar: Veggie planting schedule - plantingcalendar.net
- FreeTDEE: Calorie calculator - freetdee.com
- BabyPercent: Growth tracker - babypercent.com
- InvoicePad: Free invoice generator - invoicepad.net
- ZonePlan: Meeting timezone planner - zoneplan.net
- PupVax: Puppy vaccine tracker - pupvax.com
What I Learned
- Pick boring problems. Everyone builds AI agents. No one builds invoice generators. The competition is zero.
- Ship in hours. First version of LivePhotoKit took 3 hours.
- Content beats SEO tweaking. Dev.to articles and Quora answers move the needle more than meta tags.
- Yesterday AdSense showed $0.05. First dollar earned. The model works.
If a rural Chinese kid with 0 coding and $70K debt can ship 8 tools - you can ship one.
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