It started simple.
A colleague, Zhang Mingxing, once shared that you should write down your thoughts so more people can read them. The leverage is much greater than one-on-one conversations. He also cited the example of the Mooncake project—it started with personal influence on Zhihu (a Chinese Q&A platform) and gradually snowballed.
This stuck with me for a long time. The question was: where to write?
I searched around on MindThinker and found that there are indeed many platforms now: WeChat Official Accounts, Zhihu, Xiaohongshu. But each is quite walled—once content is posted, it's locked there. AI gave a suggestion: first accumulate content on your own website, then distribute to various platforms.
That sounded right. So I went for it.
One Afternoon, Two Claudes
When I made this decision, I happened to have a free afternoon. I was working on another project and opened Claude Code to help me conceptualize the website design.
It gave very detailed suggestions. But the operational details—domain registration, DNS configuration, Vercel deployment—I didn't understand at all.
Then I remembered the Claude Chrome extension.
I fed the operational instructions from Claude Code directly to the extension, and it executed step by step. Buying the domain, configuring DNS, deploying. Throughout the process, I only helped when it got stuck: logging into accounts, picking a domain, confirming payment.
Technical details? Didn't understand a thing. But it got everything done.
While the Chrome extension handled the DNS configuration, and Claude Code modified the code, I was there writing my first blog post.
Two days later, the website was live.
This wasn't my first time using Claude Code. In my previous post about vibe coding, I said: All the code was written by Claude Code, I didn't write a single word. This time was the same.
Digital Twin and SEO
On the first day, there were a few small DNS issues, which Claude Code quickly fixed.
On the second day, I thought: could I add a digital twin?
The AI assistant now in the bottom-right corner of the website is powered by Kimi K2.5. It can read all the content I've written and answer questions on my behalf. The entire integration process—API calls, streaming output, UI adaptation—was written by Claude Code. I don't understand any of these technical details, but I knew what I wanted: a bot that could chat for me.
After the website launched, I spent half an hour each day writing blog posts. The ideas had to come from me; AI just helped me organize and proofread.
Then I thought again: what if nobody knows about the website after it's built?
I ran OpenClaw locally and had it do SEO optimization for the website. It told me to register on Google Search Console and submit a sitemap. I did as instructed, and it was done in a moment.
Validation After One Week
A few days after the optimization, MiraclePlus (formerly YC China) reached out.
Their industry research lead said my thoughts on edge devices aligned well with their interests and wanted to schedule an interview.
That moment was somewhat magical.
The website had been live for less than a week, and someone really came knocking. Even more coincidentally, I had just posted my contact information the day before.
The Real Meaning of Vibe Coding
Looking back, what did Claude Code change?
I didn't understand how to deploy websites, didn't understand DNS configuration, didn't understand SEO. Just one thought: wanting to record my ideas and find people who resonate.
In the previous post, I said vibe coding means you go from being the person writing code to being the person making requests—you become the product manager, AI becomes the engineering team. Building this website gave me a visceral feel for that statement.
Two days, and "wanting a place to write" became reality. One week, and real connections started happening.
Cost? Half an hour daily writing blog posts, Claude Code subscription fee, a few hundred RMB per year for the domain, hosting is free.
If You Want to Try Too
If you haven't used Claude Code yet, open your terminal on macOS or Linux:
curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
Windows PowerShell:
irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex
After installation, type claude in any folder, then say: "Help me build a personal blog."
See what happens.
Originally published at https://guanjiawei.ai/en/blog/from-idea-to-seen
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