Projects
01. REPLACED A $200/MONTH COMMUNITY PLATFORM
I was paying $200/month for a SaaS community platform for my 30-Day Apprenticeship. I built my own replacement in two days using AI — complete with curriculum management, student progress tracking, and a custom chatbot. Full control, zero compromise.
Outcome
Saved $2,400/year and gained complete control over the platform, customization, and student experience.
02. I REPLACED WEBFLOW.
I was paying for Webflow and getting locked into someone else's toolbox. So I built a pixel-perfect site from scratch with Next.js, ShadCN, and Tailwind — deployed for free on Vercel. I used AI to extract branding elements and content, and wired up voice commands for real-time editing right from my terminal.
Outcome
Zero hosting cost, complete control over every pixel, and a workflow where I can edit my live site by talking to it. This is what personal software looks like.
03. YOUR SITE MIGHT NOT BE READY FOR AI. MINE WASN'T.
Discovered ryanturner.com was invisible to AI crawlers — Gemini couldn't extract text while every other site worked fine. Rebuilt the site from a Vite/React SPA to Next.js App Router with static generation, rearchitecting routes and logic from scratch. Deployed a blueprint-driven system with 35+ parallel sub-agents to analyze tasks, map dependencies, and execute the migration.
Outcome
Site is now fully crawlable by AI — Gemini picks up new content as soon as it's published. The migration ran autonomously, no manual intervention required.
04. FROM PRODUCT SHOTS TO COMPLETE VIDEOS - AI ADVERTISING PIPELINE
Built an AI production pipeline for Closet Rebellion — a personal styling service — to turn raw clothing photos into polished lookbook content without a photographer or studio. The pipeline cleans up product shots (removing hangers, shadows, backgrounds), then generates a virtual model with custom body attributes wearing the outfit. At roughly four cents per image, it's a practical alternative to traditional fashion photography that scales.
Outcome
The full pipeline now runs from raw product shot to video of a virtual model wearing the outfit — no studio, no model booking, no photographer required.
05. HARM — HTTP ARCHIVE REPLAY MACHINE
Built HARM (HTTP Archive Replay Machine) to give web extraction clients a practical way to understand their own HTTP traffic without needing me in the room. Clients upload HAR files and can investigate, replay, and stress-test their requests — with insights into cookies, request purposes, and auto-generated code they can actually use.
Outcome
Shifted my role from hands-on consultant to advisor. Clients can now diagnose and solve their own web extraction issues independently.
06. DOCUMENTED 20X DEVELOPER SPEED IMPROVEMENT - PROOF IS IN THE SAAS
Built a full-scale SaaS product by shifting from writing code to writing specs — rigorous PRDs and feature briefs designed specifically for AI agents to execute. The primary language wasn't TypeScript; it was clarity. Because I chose the architecture and dictated the patterns upfront, the result was a production-grade, fully auditable system.
Outcome
Shipped a complete SaaS at 20x faster than traditional timelines — and spent less time debugging than with hand-written code.