A 17K-star graveyard for the AI side-hustle gold rush

What it does

This repository is a Chinese-language curated index of AI-powered side-hustle tactics, ranging from AI-generated picture books and virtual livestreams to technical arbitrage like GPT wrapper sites and API reselling. The author explicitly states the project is now defunct.

The interesting bit

The README doubles as an unusually candid post-mortem. The author chronicles the site’s viral rise to 20,000 daily active users, its slow death by operational neglect, and its final indignity: black-hat operators seized the domain to serve adult content. It reads less like a hustle manual and more like an accidental case study in content decay.

Key highlights

• Catalogs dozens of monetization schemes, including AI video translation, Midjourney wallpaper sales, voice cloning, and “verified” technical plays such as card-selling sites and model-training services.
• Peaked at roughly 20,000 DAU in early 2023 before collapsing due to lack of ongoing content operations.
• Author openly declares the repo abandoned and warns that the original domain now redirects to pornographic sites.
• Dispenses pragmatic, cynical business heuristics such as “sell shovels, don’t dig for gold” and “earn from people who want to earn money.”
• Now serves as a historical snapshot of the generative-AI frenzy rather than an active resource.

Caveats

• This is purely a content collection; there is no executable code, tools, or automation.
• The associated website domain has been compromised and redirects to unsafe adult content.
• Many listed tactics—such as AI essay ghostwriting and video reuploading—occupy ethically and legally ambiguous territory.

Verdict

Worth a skim for historians of the 2023 AI hype cycle or anyone studying viral content decay. Skip it if you need working software or sustainable business guidance; the author has already moved on to Twitter and Reddit marketing automation.