A Real-Time Build Diary

Building an English Website Portfolio
from Scratch, with AI

I'm not a coder. English isn't my first language. But I'm building a real portfolio of niche websites — and publishing every step, every mistake, and every number along the way.

11Sites Built
8Live Sites
3Failed
0Code Experience
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The Portfolio — What I've Built So Far

⬤ Project Portfolio
🍜◉ Live

Chinese Food Guide

A bilingual food destination guide covering regional Chinese cuisine.

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🏯◉ Live

East City Tourism

Bilingual city travel guides for China.

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💪◉ Live

FitHer

Science-based weight loss resource for Western women.

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🩺◉ Live

Health Calculator

Sleep, calorie, and body fat calculators — all client-side.

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🏥◉ Live

NeuroICU-AI v1

ICU drug database & clinical calculator tool — 30+ formulas.

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🏥◉ Live

NeuroICU-AI v2

Updated ICU assistant — enhanced drug references & calculators.

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🔧◉ Live

DevTools Pro

JSON formatter, Base64, word counter, color converter — free dev tools.

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✉️◉ Live

Temp Mail

A privacy-first disposable email service.

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🤖◉ Failed

AI & Earthlings

Previous attempt. 24 articles on future trends. Low traffic, no revenue — pivoted.

🎵◉ Failed

AI Music Maker

Self-built AI music tool. Hundreds of yuan, countless nights. Output wasn't good enough. Zero revenue.

🎶◉ Failed

Music Lyrics Site

Classical poetry turned into lyrics. Months of updates. Traffic dropped instead of growing. Zero income.

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The Next One

Currently researching. The full process will be documented.

Coming soon
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The Build Diary — Serial Stories

⬤ Ongoing Series — New Posts Monthly

Every post is part of a series. Read in order, or jump in anywhere. New content drops each month.

May
2026

Issue #1: The Chicken Farm — My First Business Failure at 25

2010年,遂宁一家医院上班,头脑一热投了两千多只鸡。不懂技术、没时间管、最后几乎死光。十几年前那场失败的养鸡经历,教会了我最重要的一件事。

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May
2026

Issue #2: 40km Each Way — My Carpool Side Hustle

郫县上班,锦江住家。单程40公里,三环路上哪个坑我都知道。每月油费一千多,扛不住。开始跑顺风车,不图赚钱,就想把油钱平了。两个月挣了一千多,刚好够。后来平台没了,日子也变了。

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May
2026

Issue #3: From Song Ci Poetry to AI Music — Another Failed Side Hustle

我偏爱宋词古韵,想着把填词做成原创歌曲当副业。坚持更新一两个月,流量不涨反跌。自费几百块、熬了半个月自己搭AI音乐工具,成品差距依然明显。一分钱没赚到,但热爱还在。

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May
2026

Issue #4: Before the Websites — All the Things I Tried (And Failed)

完整记录:35岁ICU医生,抖音失败,写歌失败,网约车想过去,外卖真送了4单。这个时代,一个普通人到底该怎么给自己多挣一份安全感?

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May
2026

Issue #5: Why I'm Building English Websites from China

The origin story. Zero coding experience, a day job, and a decision to build an English website portfolio.

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May
2026

Issue #6: The AI Toolchain That Powers Everything

My complete AI workflow — from idea to deployment. The exact prompts, tools, and processes.

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May
2026

Issue #7: First Month Numbers

Traffic data from all live sites. Real numbers, not screenshots from someone else's dashboard.

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By the Numbers — No BS, Just Data

⬤ Updated Quarterly

I don't sell courses. I don't sell templates. I just build and publish the results.

~$0Revenue (building phase)
2Indexed Sites (Google)
24Articles Published
3Months In
11Sites (Inc. WIP)
100%AI-Assisted Content
LATEST

Featured Post — Issue #4

Build Diary · May 2026 · 9 min read

Issue #4: Before the Websites — All the Things I Tried (And Failed)

The full backstory. Douyin videos? Failed. Songwriting? Failed. Ride-hailing? Tried it. Food delivery? Did a few runs, too exhausted. This is the road that led me to building websites with AI.

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