Building in public

Learning AI by
building real things

I'm Richie — a business strategist now learning AI by building real projects and documenting every step. The wins, the failures, all of it.

Shorty the robot mascot waving hello

Short Circuit is a learning journal
disguised as a portfolio.

Real projects built with AI, documented start to finish. Each one is a bet that hands-on building beats theory every time.

Real Projects

Not tutorials. Not toy demos. Actual tools and systems built with AI, solving real problems in data analysis, content creation, and beyond.

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Documented Process

Every project is recorded on video and written up in the newsletter. You see the prompts, the failures, the "oh wait that actually works" moments. Nothing is hidden.

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Built with AI

AI is the co-pilot on every project. This isn't about replacing humans with AI — it's about figuring out what happens when a curious person and a capable AI work together.

Things I've built (so far)

Each project started as a question I couldn't answer. The AI helped me figure it out. Here's what came out the other side.

Coming Soon Data

AI Data Dashboard

From messy data to exec-ready insights — using AI to clean, analyze, and visualize the metrics that actually matter.

Data Analysis Visualization
Coming Soon Automation

Newsletter Automation Pipeline

Using AI to build the workflow that creates the newsletter. Meta? Yes. Useful? Extremely. A case study in AI-powered content operations.

Workflow Design Automation

This website was built with AI

Every pixel of this site was designed and coded in collaboration with AI. Because that's the whole point — this project IS the proof that AI can help you build real things.

🤖 Shorty (AI Assistant) 🖥 HTML / CSS / JS ⚡ Vercel 🐙 GitHub 🎨 Shorty by Fiverr artist

The design system, copy, code, and deployment pipeline were all built through conversation with AI. I told it what I wanted, we iterated, and this is the result. The entire process is documented in the newsletter.