Hi everyone, I'm Gudong.
This week has been packed. I've been oscillating between excitement and anxiety.
Let me briefly document what I've been up to this week.
1. SlideNote: From Idea to Launch in Two Days
Yesterday I released SlideNote, a Chrome browser side panel note-taking extension.
The idea actually popped into my head on Wednesday morning. I'd been using an old extension that became increasingly uncomfortable to use. Then I thought of Chrome's Side Panel API. Combined with my recent use of Claude Code, I realized—with an idea, implementation is actually quite simple.
I created a folder in the morning, told AI my idea, chatted briefly about some product thoughts, and soon it helped me implement it.
I didn't write a single line of code for the entire project. Except for the idea being mine, development, article, cover image, promotional copy—all were done by AI. This is a completely AI-driven project, and I'm just an AI agent.
Read more: Side Panel Notes, Always by Your Side: I Built a Browser Extension with Claude Code
2. Featured in阮一峰's Tech Lovers Weekly
I open-sourced SlideNote's code and submitted it to 阮一峰's Tech Lovers Weekly. He publishes various tools and information collected from the internet every Friday.
I've submitted some tools before, but they were never featured. This time, I was lucky to be included.
This official account updates every Friday with rich content. Welcome to follow.
3. A Week of AI Coding
This week was my first full week officially using Claude Code.
I'd used it before, but I'm getting more proficient and understanding it better.
AI development is indeed moving fast. All my side projects are now developed with AI.
4. Learning Skills
Skills is a new standard released by Claude Code. I followed several projects as references, and it was quite simple to get started—just a shift in thinking.
I developed several skills this week, many unpublished—just for my own use.
Skills work particularly well with Claude Code. For example, the image upload skill—upload local images to image hosting with one sentence. Very useful when writing articles.
Before, I needed to find a tool and upload. Now, just one sentence. Skills are a brilliant invention.
5. Best Week for My Official Account
This week was my best week since I started my official account. Several articles had thousands of views.
One article "X: My Best Information Source This Year" now has over 8,000 views. This is the most-read article I've written since starting my official account.
I hesitated before publishing—didn't think anyone would care. But after publishing, it exploded in the WeChat ecosystem.
It seems in the WeChat ecosystem, the demand for "breaking information asymmetry" is suppressed.
But I won't write around that theme just because one article got high views. I'll keep my rhythm.
6. Updated inBox Notes
Natural Forest Template & Feishu Feedback Entry ｜ inBox Notes v2.2.03
Released a new version of inBox Notes, fixed many bugs. I really like the new sharing template in this version, and the forest style.
7. The Split Experience of AI
For side projects, I use AI for the entire process with high efficiency. Whether technical or non-technical projects, I use it completely.
Let it do design work—for example, SlideNote's cover image, inBox Notes update log cover image—AI designed them beautifully.
Tell it requirements, and it really delivers.
For SlideNote's cover, the initial design wasn't great. I said "help me align it," and the effect was immediate.
That feeling—it understands you.
When listing on the marketplace, they required specific screenshot dimensions. I pasted the requirements to AI and asked it to create the image. It quickly made a design, created a webpage, I took a screenshot—exactly the right size. Perfect.
Collaborating with AI is like working with an excellent person. Have a request, it delivers. A very pleasant experience.
But—for company projects, AI is hard to use. Today I Code Reviewed for Two Hours
I tried, but enterprise projects, especially my company's bloated codebase, AI can't find problems well. This week I used it to solve a UI bug. Spent two days, tried various approaches, and AI still couldn't completely solve it.
This is the current reality:
In personal projects, AI is a lightsaber. In company projects, it might just be a nail clipper.
This gap feels quite helpless.
8. Rest and Relaxation
The more excited you are about work, the easier your body gets drained.
Although dopamine secretion while coding makes you not feel tired, once you relax, fatigue rushes in like a tide.
So I force myself to rest. After lunch, I must go outdoors, stroll, look at trees, look at sunlight.
I played basketball twice this week. Now playing not to win, but to sweat, to let eyes leave the screen.
Don't get hurt, just be happy.
Final Thoughts
This week was one of extremely high "input and output."
AI makes creation easily addictive, but we're mere mortals after all.
Enjoy the dopamine, but don't forget to walk downstairs, don't forget your basketball and sunshine.
I'm Gudong, have a great weekend.
About Gudong
inBox Notes author | Independent Developer | AI Programming Practitioner
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