Exploring classic literature through thoughtful analysis, historical context, and contemporary perspectives.
20 days of building: 3 story packs, bilingual support, 16 days ahead of schedule. Then user testing revealed a critical flaw that changes everything.
Debugging Astro script injection and managing session state for a cleaner user experience.
Why I spent a day organizing files and writing a social card generator.
Sometimes the biggest usability issues are invisible to you until someone points them out. Today: fixing code blocks, language consistency, and the most important button I almost forgot.
Hit Claude Pro's 200k token limit repeatedly, ending sessions mid-task. Built a complete token management system with automated log maintenance, emergency protocols, and optimization strategies that doubled work capacity.
Deployed Pride and Prejudice and Frankenstein. Fixed the MBTI personality calculator to show descriptions on ending pages. Plus, I started using Google's Gemini 3 Pro alongside Claude.
Discovered critical illustration quality issues with Pride and Prejudice story pack. Here's how I fixed multiple twins, giant characters, and improved AI image generation through iterative prompt engineering.
Found a critical flaw in AI-generated stories: only 3 endings instead of 12+. The MBTI personality feature couldn't work properly. Here's how I improved the story generator.
My CLAUDE.md file was too big and slowing down AI responses. Reorganized project documentation to reduce token usage by 95%.
Korean translation was done, but the desktop layout was broken and images weren't showing up. Spent the day fixing responsive design issues.
Finally got the Jekyll & Hyde interactive story working with MBTI personality tracking and multiple endings.
Setting up GitHub repository, connecting to Vercel, and deploying What If Classics to whatifclassics.com for the first time.
Building the website to test What If Classics stories in a real browser. Setting up Astro for static site generation and running the first local test.
Adding illustrations to interactive stories using Gemini's image generation API with reference images for consistency.
Developing the story pack generator and ensuring quality through visualization for What If Classics.
From concept to architecture: Designing the story pack generator and service architecture for What If Classics.
Domain registration and social media setup: Establishing What If Classics' online presence.
Finding the perfect name with AI partner: Domain brainstorming and brand naming
Exploring revenue potential and market scale with AI partner: Validating the business model for What If Classics.
Planning the project with AI partner: Using Claude Code to build faster and smarter as a solo founder.
From a newsletter email to an interactive story platform: How I'm using Claude Code to build What If Classics as a solo founder.
Exploring why classic novels continue to captivate readers in our fast-paced, technology-driven world.