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AubSkip V1.0.5

A splash-ad skipper built on Android's accessibility service. One notification permission to stay alive — no network, no private data. 277 rules, nine languages, 3.7 MB.

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Wanci Zilaiye
Wanci Zilaiye V1.0.2

Vocabulary by etymology: one root carries a string of words, the way a native speaker sees it. 10,000 words from primary school to university, with British and American audio and root quizzes.

ToolLearningEnglish🛡️ Zero permissions · No network
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19 episodes

Episode 19: AI Forgets Everything Mid-Chat? Aubzhang Used One Prompt to Make the New AI Take Over Instantly

The chat hit its length limit and days of context were about to vanish. Aubzhang had the old AI write a handover prompt, sent it to a fresh window, and the new AI restated the rules and took command. Open-sourced today.

2026-11-02AI PracticeMethod

Episode 18: From WeChat Channel to Standalone App — Aubzhang Stuffed the Whole Digital Base into Everyone's Phone

The channel was a rented flat, the site was bought land, and this app stuffs the whole base into your phone. Works, articles, share posters. 327 KB, zero privacy permissions, auto-sync.

2026-11-01AI PracticeLaunch

Episode 17: Four Versions in One Leap, Nine Languages — Aubzhang's Ad Skipper Finally Bows to Reality

AubSkip jumps from V1.0.1 straight to V1.0.5: one notification permission to stay alive, nine languages and 277 rules to go global. Plus a first-install note.

2026-10-31AI PracticeLaunch

Episode 16: [Weekly Watch] From a Vocabulary Upgrade to a Site Build — What Did Aubzhang Break This Week?

A new Friday column. Six episodes in one round-up: the vocabulary upgrade, AubSkip, 1,439 logs, the four quadrants, the library, the site.

2026-10-30AI PracticeWeekly Watch

Episode 15: No Code, Bad English — Aubzhang Built a Whole Independent Site with Screenshots + AI

No code, bad English. Aubzhang screenshots Cloudflare's English dashboard, hands it to AI, and builds aubzhang.com anyway.

2026-10-29AI PracticeSite Build

Episode 14: Not Just Cloud Storage — Deposited Experience: Aubzhang's Library Method

Projects multiply, documents scatter, AI remembers nothing. Aubzhang moves everything into a numbered cloud library.

2026-10-28AI PracticeKnowledge Base

Episode 13: WorkBuddy in the Left Hand, DeepSeek in the Right — How Do Ordinary People Drive AI?

WorkBuddy as foreman on the left, DeepSeek as strategist on the right. Aubzhang sits in the middle and decides.

2026-10-27AI PracticeWorkflow

Episode 12: Aubzhang Dug Through His Own 1,439 AI Chats — 40% of His Credits Were Wasted by Himself

1,439 questions, 40,000 tool calls. AI reviewed three months of chat logs and found 40% of the credits were wasted by Aubzhang himself.

2026-10-26AI PracticeRetrospective

Episode 11: 19 Prompts, 1 Day — Aubzhang Hand-Built a Zero-Permission Ad Blocker with AI

One day, 19 prompts, 370 credits. AubSkip: a purely local Android ad skipper with zero permissions.

2026-10-25AI PracticeRetrospective

Episode 10: The Vocabulary Streak Broke — How to Pick It Back Up? Aubzhang Upgraded Wanci Zilaiye, and Had a Fight with AI Along the Way

A user said: I can't find where I stopped. Aubzhang vetoed AI's bookmark idea and built an achievement system instead.

2026-10-24AI PracticeRetrospective

Episode 9: How Do Ordinary People Build a Web Tool with AI? Aubzhang Threw Together a Pomodoro in 5 Minutes

A Pomodoro timer, built by talking. 16 credits, a few plain sentences, and a reskin in Aubzhang Blue.

2026-10-23AI PracticeTutorial

Episode 8: To Strip AI Side Hustles Bare, Aubzhang Had AI Write a 10,000-Word Report. Then AI Taught Him a Lesson.

Aubzhang had AI scrape the whole internet for a 10,000-word report on AI side hustles. It came back with a special-forces field manual.

2026-10-22AI PracticeRetrospective

Episode 7: Aubzhang Asked AI for a PPT. It Gave Him a Business Strategy Class Instead.

Aubzhang asked for a PPT. AI asked him three brutal questions about cash flow, customers and his partner first. Then it wrote a strategy deck.

2026-10-21AI PracticeRetrospective

Episode 6: AI Is Not That Hard to Start — Get WorkBuddy Running First

Skip the flashy stuff. Aubzhang walks through WorkBuddy's interface, model multipliers, and the credit reset nobody warns you about.

2026-10-20AI PracticeTutorial

Episode 5: Don't Rush to Make AI Earn for You — 3 Mental Preparations First

Not one cent made from AI so far. Before chasing money, three mental preparations: drop the wishing well, own your ignorance, allow the pits.

2026-10-19AI PracticeRetrospective

Episode 4: Three Months Stuck on Vocabulary — A Non-Coder Built Himself an App

Three years of Duolingo, almost no words retained. One week of nights later, Wanci Zilaiye ships: 961 etymology stories, 171 roots, zero permissions.

2026-10-18Product ReviewWanci Zilaiye

Episode 3: From "Thinking" to "Doing" — There's Only One Small Gap

Most people don't "can't." They "haven't started." Aubzhang stalled too, until the bar dropped to the floor.

2026-10-17AI PracticeRetrospective

Episode 2: Aubzhang Was Scared Too — How a Non-Tech Guy Took the First Step

Aubzhang was scared too: of being old, of wasting the effort, of falling behind, of getting scammed. He tried anyway.

2026-10-16AI PracticeRetrospective

Episode 1: A Non-Tech Product Veteran, Trying to Build Real Things with AI Before 50

An old product hand, forty-something, no code, decides to build real things with AI before turning fifty.

2026-10-15AI PracticeRetrospective