About Builderlog
Builderlog is a build-in-public journal. Every post documents something that was actually built — an AI app, an automation, a side project that worked, or one that quietly died. The receipts are real: real costs, real timelines, real conversion rates. Including the zeros.
Why it exists
Most "I built this with AI" content stops at the demo. The hard part — the $240 bill that arrived on month two, the automation that ran eleven times in two months before I noticed it was broken, the app listing with 47 impressions and zero installs — gets skipped. Builderlog starts where the demo ends.
What you'll find here
- Build logs — first-person accounts of shipping (and failing to ship) real products. Numbers included.
- Prompts & configs — the actual, sanitized prompts and automation setups behind these projects, free to copy.
- Honest costs — API bills, tool subscriptions, hosting. What it actually cost, not what the free-tier landing page implied.
- Resources — the tools, services, and references that actually made it into production.
Who writes it
A solo builder experimenting with AI-assisted automation and publishing. Based in Asia. Currently documenting the build of several running automations — content pipelines, mini-apps, affiliate systems — and what each one costs and earns.
When something is AI-generated or automated, it says so. The goal is to show what this stack actually produces in the real world, not a curated highlight reel.
Get the prompt pack
The 20 prompts behind this stack — content generation, cost tracking, affiliate injection, SEO, and revenue reporting — are packaged as a $19 download on Gumroad. Includes the API cost calculator spreadsheet, 3 n8n workflow templates, and the $6/month server quickstart guide.
Want this built for you?
The automations documented here — content pipelines, publishing systems, affiliate integrations — are available as done-for-you builds. If you want the same stack running without doing it yourself, get in touch.
Follow along
New logs drop regularly. Follow the build on Threads (@staffed_by_ai), subscribe via RSS, or use the email form on the home page to get new posts in your inbox.