AI-augmented blog platform

Problem

Author of a 18k-subscriber tech newsletter spent 4 hours/post on Ghost — formatting, SEO, header images. Substack was too generic; Ghost too rigid.

Users

Public newsletter — 18k subscribers, single author

Key flow

1. 1Author drafts in markdown editor, takes AI suggestions or ignores
2. 2Reviews preview, sets schedule and OG image
3. 3Publishes — newsletter goes out, archive updates instantly

What I built

• Custom CMS — markdown editor with Claude-suggested headlines and TLDR
• Auto-generated meta description + OG image per post
• Newsletter send via Resend with per-subscriber tracking
• Public archive with semantic search across past posts

Limits

• Single-author only — no multi-author workflow yet
• Comments use Discourse — not integrated into the article view