Chapter 4
Lab
The one blog. AI systems I built and run, devlog entries and experiments, newest first, every number sourced.
- Release logDated releases across the products I own. Newest first. Every row names its source.16public releases across 7 products, Mar to Nov 2026
- AI Explainer SeriesAn extension of the reel pipeline into short explainers, with a hard cost cap per episode.11episodes rendered
- AI Art Direction SystemThe SuperMythic character prompt pipeline, design triage for Comfort Colors garments, and a product page editorial system. Printed garment graphics are never animated or morphed.
- Design-to-Store PipelinePython on the Shopify GraphQL Admin API and the Printful API. A PNG design goes in, a live Shopify product comes out.49SuperMythic products built through the pipeline
- AI Story Reel PipelineReelDash. Writes a story, plans shots, generates scenes, edits, and adds TTS voiceover, subtitles and music. Formats: 8-bit scenes, slideshow cuts with zoom and pan, fully animated sequences.$0render cost across 102 rendered reels
- AI Store Operations SystemSuperCharge. Runs SuperMythic content planning, posting and store tasks from scheduled jobs on my Mac.18scheduled launchd jobs
- Image and Video Model TestingBake-offs across image and video models to pick the best cost to quality for each job.
- Faceless Finance Channelthemoneygraphy. A faceless finance channel on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook, using stock and archive footage.60,290views across YouTube, Instagram and Facebook
- CartPilot: from kickoff to the Shopify App StoreOne AI shopping assistant, three platforms: first release in May, WordPress.org in July, Shopify App Store in September. What changed at each launch.
- How I test image and video models before I pick oneComfyUI workflows, a dozen models and real billed cost. What I learned about quality, price and keeping a subject consistent.
- Inside my AI story reel pipelineFrom a story idea to a finished one-minute reel: shot planning, 8-bit scenes, zoom and pan edits, voiceover, subtitles and music.
- Letting marketplace owners design their own product formWhy we built a dynamic form manager for product editing, and what it changed for marketplace owners and their vendors.
- Untangling 500 settings: how I regrouped Dokan into 42 modulesAbout 500 interconnected settings, one new structure and UI. What I grouped, what I cut, and how we kept existing stores working.
