How I built a crypto-paywall Substack in a week for $45 with no coding experience

I built proofofwriting.com in a week, on my freetime, for $45, and I've never written a line of code in my life. Behind the paywall I share the AI model I used, the exact first prompt I fed it, the tech stack it recommended, the bugs that almost made me quit, a link to my public GitHub repo, and everything else I learned along the way.

(There's also a part 2 where I go over how I built the current iteration of the site: https://www.proofofwriting.com/posts/how-i-rebuilt-proof-of-writing-in-10-days-for-200-still-with-no-coding-experience)