Murder Mystery Video Pipeline: From Concept to Final Cut
The complete workflow for making a murder mystery teaser with AI tools. Video generation, sound design, editing, and the glue that holds it together …
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Documenting my AI-assisted building experiments
🎠Artifactum Series
Building a murder mystery game with AI - the full story
Murder Mystery Bloopers: When AI Gets Creative (In the Wrong Way)
I asked for a piano wire murder weapon. AI gave me... something else. A collection of fails, weird outputs, and 'wtf just happened' moments from …
Why lm-arena Beats Fal.ai (And Standalone Sora)
I had budget on Fal.ai. Tried everything. Results were shit. Then I tried lm-arena with the SAME tool (Sora). Completely different experience. Here's …
11 Characters, One Murder: AI-Assisted Character Development
How I built 11 interconnected characters with secret relationships, consistent backstories, and plot threads that weave through 100+ pages of game …
'AI Can't Be Creative' - I Was Wrong
The beach conversation that changed everything. How I went from 'AI can't be creative' to building an entire murder mystery game in 2 weeks.
💻 Web Development & Learning
Building in public, learning AI-assisted development
Caroline AI Gets Type-Safe: Teaching an LLM to Follow the Rules
I upgraded Caroline AI with Pydantic schemas. Now she can't create chaos in my database (even when she tries). The messy, honest journey of making …
EventFlow: The Research Phase - Before Writing Any Code
How I spent a full day researching the event planning market, analyzing tools, and planning the MVP before writing a single line of code.
Why I Chose FastAPI Over Next.js for EventFlow
The tech stack decision that shaped everything. FastAPI + SQLite + Gradio vs Next.js + Supabase - and why playing to your strengths matters.
Building in Public: Learning Web Dev With AI - Part 2
Week 2: Git panic, deployment chaos, and finally getting this site online. Spoiler: I broke it multiple times.
Building in Public: Learning Web Dev With AI - Part 1
I'm learning web development from scratch using AI assistance. Here's the honest, messy, confusing journey of building this site - Week 1: WTF is …
🎯 Career & Personal
Career pivots, planning, and personal growth
Using AI to Plan My Career Pivot: From Interior Designer to Creative Technologist
I used Claude to research my entire career transition. Here's what I learned about using AI for strategic life decisions—and why my interior design …
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Welcome to the Lab
Where AI tools meet creative chaos (and everything gets documented)