Blog Automation (2) Looking at Pipeline 3, I concluded that "Generating images with Gemini 3.1 Flash" is the best approach, and I am currently using it. My original plan was: 1) Download and use images from the article body. 2) As a fallback, use Vertex AI Search to search for and use relevant images from English news sites. However, perhaps due to limitations in the script, there was a limit to the number of article images I could download. When I ran it through Vertex AI Search, I only got a bunch of images unrelated to the article's topic. (Google has a custom search API, but it is scheduled to be discontinued soon, and new users will not be able to use it..) In the end, I switched to Gemini 3.1 Flash Nano Banana and am using it with just enough satisfaction, though I am still looking for a way to save the original article images..! » Writing Quality Honestly, humans can usually tell immediately when reading text written by AI. There were many repetitive words and the endings were consistently "~합니다". I didn't know what to do, so I just asked Claude to analyze 16 actual popular blogs and organized the rules. I set up a mix of five different endings, specifying the ratios, and made it regenerate if the same ending appeared in two consecutive sentences. I put AI clichés like "I will look into it" and "I will find out" into the block list. Honestly, the catch is that creating these rules took more time than writing the logic for writing articles... I'm still not entirely satisfied with it, but I think continuous modifications will be necessary. » Semi-automation is the answer for Shorts/Reels. While full automation is technically possible, once a video is uploaded, editing it is difficult and bothersome. Also, I felt there was a significant gap in quality between semi-automation and full automation, so I went with semi-automation. I configured the pipeline to generate narration using Gemini TTS, extract word-by-word subtitle timing using Whisper, and then create a project JSON file. As mentioned above, the Telegram bot sends me DMs while running the pipeline. Among them is an "Edit" button; clicking it opens the DesignCombo web editor and automatically loads the project. (I am currently using DesignCombo as the web editor because I found it to be the best option while searching on GitHub!) The structure is such that after fine-tuning and rendering there, clicking the upload button publishes simultaneously to YouTube Shorts and InstaReels! One tip I can give you is to make sure you create a basic format! You need to set up the fonts, image placement, text placement, background image templates, etc., in advance so you don't have to repeat the same tasks over and over. » So, is it possible to monetize a blog? Honestly, I haven't been doing this for very long, so I'm not entirely sure, but based on the structures I've looked into, it seems to be structured in three branches: connecting to AdSense on Blogger, Coupang Partners Affiliate, and YouTube monetization. Of course, monetization requires a lot of viewers, but for now, I'm just trying it out, considering the satisfaction of having done one more thing as my reward... haha. However, since the structure involves consistently accumulating four videos a day, I think meaningful traffic will start coming in once the content exceeds 100 episodes! I believe one-person media is ultimately a game of volume, so I'm considering mass-producing content by modifying the Shorts/Reels templates and editor. » Lastly, for those who want to try doing the same thing: If I may offer just one piece of advice to those looking to build a similar system, I recommend simply using Claude Cowork if you only plan to post on Blogger or your own site. However, if you also want to upload videos to Korean blogs, YouTube, and Instagram, I think it would be best to request your LLM to design a system using a combination of Task Scheduler + Python + Claude Code CLI. My SoloMedia project isn't finished yet, so I'm constantly revising it every day to make it better little by little. However, seeing the "Published" notification on Telegram every morning and actually seeing the content uploaded to the blog does give me a sense of accomplishment haha. Now that the blog is somewhat established... I plan to step up my efforts to mass-produce Shorts and Reels!