Assessment & Limitations
Challenges, Limitations, and Learnings
What Worked
On the technical side:
- VS Code + Claude Code: Smooth management of 40+ Markdown files
- MCP and agents: Efficient documentary research, automated verification
- Vercel: Deployment to production in minutes
- Spotify: Podcast publication <10 minutes
- Short sprint organization: 5 intensive days = concentrated and coherent production
On the editorial side:
- Three-movement structure: Facilitates writing and consistency
- Single source, three outputs: Time optimization
- Verification agents: Zero chronological confusion detected
Limitations and Areas for Improvement
Image generation:
- Quality and control still inferior to text generation
- More variables, more errors
- Solution: Deliberately simple style, but needs improvement
Audio generation:
- No native integration in VS Code/Claude Code
- Workaround: ElevenLabs externally, but requires the studio interface for chaptering
- To explore: ElevenLabs API for future automation
Production capacity:
- Even with doubled token capacity (Anthropic plan), only 40% used
- Indication: The workflow is efficient, no need for maximum capacity
Technical stability:
- VS Code crashed only once in 5 days (token limit on Perplexity API)
- Very good overall stability
Open Questions and Uncertainties
On reception:
- Will the editorial style with metaphors appeal or seem "too literary"?
- Is the long format (1,500 words) suitable for the web's short attention spans?
- Will the audience embrace a non-Western vision of AI?
On legitimacy:
- The author is neither a professional historian, nor a recognized essayist, nor a computer engineer
- Risk that the project remains "in the web archives" without visibility
Accepted bet: Relying on content quality, research rigor, and positioning originality to create its own legitimacy.