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builder-notes

Open notes from a builder. Specs, scripts, and docs to help you ship your own AI-powered website + content pipeline.

This repo is the companion to videos and blog posts about building things with AI coding tools — Claude Code, Codex CLI, GitHub Actions, static hosting, content automation. If you watched a video and the description pointed here, you're in the right place.


What's in here

Folder What it holds Audience
specs/ Drop-in Markdown specs you can hand directly to Claude Code or Codex CLI to scaffold a working system Developers using AI coding tools
docs/ Long-form explainers, architecture overviews, lessons learned Anyone curious about how a system actually fits together
scripts/ (coming) Reusable shell / Python / YAML — deploy templates, image processing, skill scaffolds Pick-and-grab
video-scripts/ (coming) Source scripts for accompanying videos (YouTube + WeChat 视频号) Other content creators
diagrams/ (coming) Architecture diagrams, workflow diagrams (Mermaid + PNG) Visual learners

Featured: How I built my company website + AI blog publishing in one weekend

Reference architecture: a code-first static site hosted on any SCP-capable host, deployed via GitHub Actions, with content creation handled by Claude Code custom skills. The flagship /my-blog skill takes a one-line topic and produces a fully published blog post with hero image in 15-25 minutes, with five human-in-the-loop checkpoints.

  • 📋 Spec to replicate it: specs/replicate-website-spec.md — agent-executable English spec. Drop into Claude Code or Codex CLI and follow the phases.
  • 📖 Architecture explainer (中文): docs/website-architecture-zh.md — high-level walkthrough of the three-layer architecture (host / GitHub / Claude Code) and the end-to-end blog publishing pipeline.

Audience

You'll probably get value from this repo if you are:

  • A developer who wants to build a personal or company website without a CMS / database / SaaS lock-in
  • An indie hacker or solo founder who wants to publish content without spending hours per post
  • A content creator curious about how AI coding tools (Claude Code, Codex) compose into a real publishing system
  • Someone evaluating whether to build vs. buy for a small marketing site

This repo is not a tutorial on how to use Claude Code generally. It assumes you have it installed and have used it at least once.


What's not in here

  • Production secrets, API keys, server IPs, or anything personally sensitive — those stay in private repos
  • A no-code "click here to generate a website" tool — this is for builders comfortable with the CLI
  • Maintained software with a SemVer release cycle — these are notes, evolving with each new video. See License for what you can and can't do with the content

How to use this repo

For specs (specs/): in any Claude Code or Codex CLI session inside an empty repo, paste the spec content into a chat or save it as DEVELOPMENT_SPEC.md and ask the agent to follow it phase by phase. Each spec ends with a "Done = …" verification checklist.

For docs (docs/): read top-to-bottom or jump to the section that matches your problem. Most docs are bilingual (English title, content may be in 中文 or English depending on the original audience).


License

Mixed licensing to match content type:

Practically: you can use, modify, and redistribute everything here. For code you have a patent grant; for docs you must give attribution back to this repo. If a file's classification is ambiguous, default to CC-BY-4.0.


Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome — but this is a personal-notes-style repo, not a maintained framework. Best forms of contribution:

  • Issue: "I tried the spec at specs/X.md, hit problem Y at step Z" — these become troubleshooting entries
  • PR: typo fixes, broken-link fixes, command-line corrections
  • ⚠️ PR adding new content: please open an issue first to discuss scope. New content typically lives elsewhere unless it directly improves an existing artifact

About the author

Built and maintained by @rtd-davidwang. Companion videos on YouTube and WeChat 视频号 (links coming).

If a Hostinger referral helps the next viewer save 20% off their first hosting purchase, here's mine: 👉 https://www.hostinger.com?REFERRALCODE=ZRQCLOUDMYI1 (viewer gets 20% off, I get a small referral credit — disclosure: this is an affiliate-style link)

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Open notes from a builder — specs, scripts, and docs to help you ship your own AI-powered website and content pipeline using Claude Code, GitHub Actions, and any static host.

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