The latest articles on Forem by Harry Lee (@hikun). https://forem.com/hikun https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1128586%2F5530af9e-ca23-4317-b865-1d7f06447786.jpeg https://forem.com/hikun en Harry Lee Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:25:26 +0000 https://forem.com/hikun/i-let-ai-build-my-entire-side-project-from-scratch-i-just-supervised-2hjo https://forem.com/hikun/i-let-ai-build-my-entire-side-project-from-scratch-i-just-supervised-2hjo <p>I work at Unity during the day. After work, I don't really want to write code.</p> <p>But I kept hitting the same annoyance: needing some tiny utility — convert a timestamp, resize an image, format some JSON — and every search result landing me on a bloated site drowning in ads.</p> <p>So I built my own. Used Claude and Cursor throughout: architecture decisions, component structure, infra setup, CI/CD — I reviewed and directed, they typed. Nothing groundbreaking about the workflow, I know. But it let me actually finish something instead of burning out three weekends in.</p> <p>The result: <strong><a href="https://tool.hikun.me" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tools for all</a></strong> — a clean collection of stuff I personally Google on repeat.<br> <a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fza3y47lexrnkkxipfgfl.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fza3y47lexrnkkxipfgfl.png" alt="Tools for all site image" width="800" height="591"></a></p> <h2> What's in there </h2> <p><strong>Dev:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/json-formatter" rel="noopener noreferrer">JSON Formatter</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/timestamp-converter" rel="noopener noreferrer">Timestamp Converter</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/uuid-generator" rel="noopener noreferrer">UUID Generator</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/base64-converter" rel="noopener noreferrer">Base64 Converter</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/url-encoder" rel="noopener noreferrer">URL Encoder/Decoder</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/mermaid-editor" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mermaid Editor</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/markdown-editor" rel="noopener noreferrer">Markdown Editor</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Design:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/image-resizer" rel="noopener noreferrer">Image Resizer</a> / <a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/image-compressor" rel="noopener noreferrer">Compressor</a> / <a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/image-converter" rel="noopener noreferrer">Converter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/color-converter" rel="noopener noreferrer">Color Converter</a> (HEX ↔ RGB ↔ HSL)</li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/box-shadow-generator" rel="noopener noreferrer">Box Shadow Generator</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/favicon-generator" rel="noopener noreferrer">Favicon Generator</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>General:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/qr-generator" rel="noopener noreferrer">QR Code Generator</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/password-generator" rel="noopener noreferrer">Password Generator</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/timezone-converter" rel="noopener noreferrer">Timezone Converter</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/character-counter" rel="noopener noreferrer">Character Counter</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/case-converter" rel="noopener noreferrer">Case Converter</a></li> <li><a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/emoji" rel="noopener noreferrer">Emoji Picker</a></li> </ul> <p>And a <a href="https://tool.hikun.me/en/minesweeper" rel="noopener noreferrer">Minesweeper</a> that I didn't plan to ship but shipped anyway.</p> <p>Stack is Next.js on GCP Cloud Run, 7 locales. I'll keep adding tools as I hit new annoyances. If there's something you find yourself Googling every other day, drop it below — it might be next.</p> webdev ai showdev productivity