Ordinary Man Trying

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LIVE — DAY 7 OF 1,826

I Bet 5 Years on AI.
Watch It Happen.

Job security gone. Career options shrinking. My kid enters university not knowing what jobs will exist.
So I’m using AI to build a way out — 5 years, every step in public, real numbers, nothing hidden.

What’s on this site

A 5-year live experiment — AI tools, honest numbers, nothing hidden.

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200+

Articles

Daily AI experiments — career research, side hustle attempts, predictions. A field journal, not a tutorial.

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150

Free AI Tools

Career explorer, major advisor, gaokao grade estimator. Built because I couldn’t find them. Free forever.

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Jun 2026

Started

200+

Articles

150

Free Tools

2031

The Verdict

Live Timeline

Every milestone, logged.

1

JUN 16

Day 1

Site goes live.
Domain + WP installed.

Pages: 1

2

JUN 17

Day 2

First articles
+ tools built.

Pages: ~5

3

JUN 19

Day 4

Google Search
Console approved.

Impressions: 1

4

JUN 20

Day 5

Amazon Associates
approved.

Links: 10 | Sales: 0

5

JUN 21

Day 6

771 pages live.
Homepage rebuilt.

Articles: 44 | Tools: 47

6

JUL 5

Day 20

Completed 100 Life
Simulators + 2 new tools.

Tools: 100+

7

JUL 12

Day 27

Wander China launched.
17 cities, AI routes.

Cities: 17

8

JUL 19

Day 33

Relationship Lab
+ 8 relationship tools.

Users: 143/wk

9

OCT 2

Day 109

3 new sites built
with AI. Still going.

Articles: 241

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The experiments, failures, and tools that best explain this site

A short path through the most useful first-hand stories and working browser tools.

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How Much Should a Digital Product Cost? I Asked AI, Studied the Market, and Changed How I Think About Pricing

AI Experiments

How Much Should a Digital Product Cost? I Asked AI, Studied the Market, and Changed How I Think About Pricing

I thought $4.99 sounded reasonable. Then I compared real products, ran the math, and asked AI what price actually makes sense.

Should I Build One Big Website or Many Small Ones?

Building in Public

Should I Build One Big Website or Many Small Ones?

A thought from a subway exit full of shared bikes — and what it taught me about running many small sites.

The Photos You Almost Delete Today May Become Priceless in Ten Years

AI & Family

The Photos You Almost Delete Today May Become Priceless in Ten Years

I built a private family photo server for thousands of old pictures and found the ordinary ones mattered most.

I Finally Fixed the WWW Redirect on CutDone.

Building in Public

I Finally Fixed the WWW Redirect on CutDone.

Not a new feature. Not prettier. Just one small, boring fix that a real website needs.

I Bought a Domain for $1 — Here’s What I Built With AI + GitHub

AI Experiments

I Bought a Domain for $1 — Here’s What I Built With AI + GitHub

Not a $1-to-$10,000 story. Just what one cheap domain, AI and GitHub actually produced.

AI Taught Me 17 Surprising Ways to Use GitHub for a One-Person Website Business

AI Experiments

AI Taught Me 17 Surprising Ways to Use GitHub for a One-Person Website Business

I thought GitHub was Dropbox for programmers. AI showed me 17 ways it runs a one-person website business.

Handpicked

Three tools worth trying right now

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Most Thought-Provoking

Your Life on an A4 Sheet

Every year you’ve lived is one square. Every year left is another. Map your entire life onto one page — then see what you actually want to do with what’s left.

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China Major Ranking — You Vote

757 Chinese university majors in English. Vote for the ones you think will still matter in 4 years. Live leaderboard, AI-impact ratings, runs until 2028.

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AQ Kids — Resilience Quiz Builder

Parents build a quiz from 10 historical figures’ real decisions. Kids face the same choices — blind. No sign-up, any device.

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🔥 Most Popular • Real 2026 Exam

2026 China Gaokao English Exam

12.6 million Chinese students sat this exam in June 2026. 20 questions, ~15 minutes. See how you score.

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Investment Punch Card

Buffett’s “20 punches in a lifetime” thought experiment, turned into an interactive card.

AI + Investing • Free

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LevelUp Habit Tracker

A simple habit tracker for building daily discipline behind any side hustle — streaks, not guilt.

Productivity • Free

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Home Inventory Manager

Keep track of what you own, where it’s stored, and when it expires or needs replacing.

Life Admin • Free

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An Ordinary Man Using AI to Change His Life

Three real experiments. Each one changed something.

My AI Experiments

I Used AI to Research Parkinson’s Disease. It Found 81 Active Clinical Trials My Doctor Never Mentioned.

What started as a desperate late-night search became a lesson in what AI can do that a 20-minute appointment cannot.

My AI Experiments

My Dad Said “Just Use the AC.” I Asked AI Instead. ¥546 Later, I Barely Need It.

One conversation about rooftop heat. One trip to a wholesale platform. Summer changed.

My AI Experiments

My Son Asked a Normal Question. I Tried to Answer It With AI. I Aimed Too High. The AI Won’t Let Me Quit.

He asked which career would still exist in 10 years. I thought it was simple. It wasn’t.

Who’s building this

An ordinary Chinese guy.
Two failed businesses.
AI arrived. Trying again.

40s. If I lose this job, I might not find another. My kid enters university soon — into a world nobody can predict.

Goji berries: 6 years, 877 posts, ¥0. Rollup piano: 3 sales, COVID ended it. Now AI. Something feels different. Building in public for 5 years — whatever happens.

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