Latest posts
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I Asked AI to Help Me Start a Side Hustle on China’s Biggest App. My Account Was Banned Before I Got a Single Follower.
Total time from account creation to permanent ban: less than 24 hours. Zero followers gained. One post published. Here’s exactly what I did wrong — and what I’d do differently.
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My Dad Said “Just Use the AC.” I Asked AI Instead. ¥546 Later, I Barely Need It.
Summer on a top-floor apartment in southern China. My dad said just run the AC. I asked AI what else could be done. ¥546 and one rooftop insulation project later — I barely need it.
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I Fed 20 Financial Reports to AI. It Ignored My Question and Found a Better One.
I started researching a tire company and asked AI to work through 20 financial reports. It set aside my original question and found a completely different one — one I hadn’t thought to ask.
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I Used AI to Research Parkinson’s Disease. It Found 81 Active Clinical Trials in China My Doctor Never Mentioned.
When someone close to me was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, I asked AI to search for active clinical trials in China. It found 81 that were recruiting. My doctor had never mentioned any of them.
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I Fell in Love with a Stock. My AI Noticed Before I Did.
There’s a moment when you stop analyzing a company and start rooting for it. I didn’t notice when I crossed that line with one of my holdings. My AI noticed before I did.
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I Built This Blog for About $96. Here’s Exactly What I Did.
This blog cost about $96 to launch — a Namecheap domain and Hostinger shared hosting. Here’s exactly what I bought, what it took to set up, and what I’d do differently next time.
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Before I Buy a Stock, I Go to the Supermarket
Before I commit to a consumer-facing stock now, I go look at the product in person — supermarket shelves, store traffic, what people are actually buying. It sounds simple. It has changed how I invest.
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The Two Stocks I Held for Years That I Should Have Sold Much Earlier
I held two stocks for a combined five years that I probably should have sold within the first twelve months of each. Here’s what I was telling myself the whole time — and what finally changed.
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What Makes a Stock a 10x Candidate? I Asked AI to Help Me Build a Filter
What’s the difference between a company that grows steadily and one that actually changes your wealth? I asked AI to help me build a filter for 10x candidates. This is what came out.
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10 Months Using AI as a Value Investing Tutor — What I Actually Learned
For 10 months I used Claude and Gemini as my value investing tutors — reading financial reports every morning, talking through what I found. Here’s what I actually learned, and what surprised me.
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I Translate Western Side Hustle Stories for Chinese Audiences. Here’s How the Gap Works.
I write this English blog about a Chinese guy trying to make money with AI — while quietly running a side hustle that works in the opposite direction, translating Western ideas for Chinese readers.
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AI Told Me to Buy. I Hesitated. It Tripled.
Claude flagged a sector play I was already looking at and laid out the case clearly. I hesitated. Over the next few months, it tripled. I want to tell you about that mistake.
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Week 1 of Running This Blog: What I Expected vs. What Actually Happened
I launched this blog one week ago. Here’s what I expected to happen, what actually happened, and what I got completely wrong about starting from zero.
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I Built a 1,500-Article Website About Making Money — Then Shut It Down. Here’s Why.
I built a Chinese-language website about making money online. It grew to over 1,500 articles over several years. Then I shut it down. Here’s the honest story of why.
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How I Analyze Chinese Stocks with Claude Every Morning
Every morning before work, I spend 20 minutes with Claude analyzing A-shares. No Bloomberg terminal, no expensive reports — just me, Claude, and a financial filing. Here’s the routine.
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I Used AI to Create 60 Social Media Posts in One Day — Here’s What Actually Happened
I sat down with Claude for a few hours and ended up with 60 complete social media posts — not outlines, finished posts ready to publish. Here’s what the process actually looked like.
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My Goji Berry Website Ran for 6 Years and Never Made Money — Here’s What I Actually Learned
I built an English goji berry export website in 2018. My business partner quit after six months. I kept going for six more years — 800 articles, 193 YouTube videos, near-zero income. Here’s what I actually learned.
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I’m an Ordinary Chinese Guy Trying to Make Money Online with AI — This Is My Story
I’m not a tech expert or a successful entrepreneur. I’m an ordinary guy from China with a full-time job, a young son, and a side hustle habit I can’t quit. Here’s the honest version of my story.