“No traffic. No users. Just code. I launched anyway.”
🧠 Context: Why I Built This
I’m an indie hacker. I like tools. I also like experiments.
I’ve seen this idea floating around a lot:
"Build tools + SEO + AdSense = 💰"
So I gave myself 7 days to test it seriously — and built VictoryHub.cc, a fully responsive, SEO-optimized, multi-language tool site with 10+ utilities, shipped solo with the help of AI.
But here’s the honest part: I launched to silence. 0 traffic. 0 followers.
Still, this is probably the most productive and replicable build I've done. Here’s the full breakdown 👇
⚙️ Stack: Built for Speed & SEO
- Framework: Next.js 15 (App Router)
- Hosting: Cloudflare Pages
- CSS: Tailwind
- UI: Shadcn
- AI: GitHub Copilot + Claude
- CI/CD: GitHub → Cloudflare Adapter (
opennextjs-cloudflare)
Why this combo?
- App Router = built-in layouts, metadata, routing by locale
- Cloudflare = edge-deployed, zero-cost, fast
No backend, no DB, no server costs. Just pure utility delivery.
✨ AI Helped Me 10x: Here's How
"AI is not replacing you, it's replacing the boring parts."
I used GitHub Copilot inside VS Code to autocomplete:
- Form inputs and state handlers
- Utility functions (UUIDs, encoders, etc)
- Boilerplate page components
- Blog post templates
Then I used Claude (agent-style) for:
- "How do I compress an image client-side in the browser?"
- "What’s the best way to parse cron strings into readable text?"
- "Can you translate this i18n file into Japanese and Korean?"
I even had Claude write:
- FAQs
- Blog post intros
metatag templates for 15 languages- JSON-LD schemas for SEO
Copilot = code spewer Claude = prompt-based assistant Together? A solo dev’s cheat code.
🌍 Multi-Language: AI + Manual Review
“Translation is easy with AI. Quality translation still takes effort.”
VictoryHub supports 15 languages: 🇬🇧 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 🇰🇷 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇷🇺 🇳🇱 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇩🇰
My workflow:
- All text in
en.json - Use Claude to translate to each target locale
- Manually review context-sensitive words
- Auto-check for missing keys via a script
App Router’s i18n routing + dynamic imports made localized paths clean.
SEO bonus: I added hreflang + alternate tags for each route.
🔍 SEO from Day 1: Structure Before Content
If you’re building a tool site and not thinking about SEO, you’re wasting its potential.
Things I shipped early:
- ✅
sitemap.xmlvianext-sitemap - ✅
robots.txt - ✅ JSON-LD structured data for tools + FAQ
- ✅ Per-page meta titles/descriptions in 15 languages (AI-written)
- ✅ Canonical +
hreflangtags
“You think SEO is slow? Try doing it after launch.”
Value tip:
Prompt for AI:
"Write an SEO meta description for a [tool] page in [language] under 155 characters."
Works surprisingly well. I still tweak, but it’s 10x faster.
📅 My 7-Day Build Plan
- Day 1: project scaffold + routing + Cloudflare setup
- Day 2-4: build 10 tools (Copilot handled 60–70% of base UI)
- Day 5: i18n setup + AI translation + layout fixes
- Day 6: SEO config (sitemap, meta, JSON-LD)
- Day 7: testing + polish + launch + post
Time-blocked each day (1–2 hours). Shipped every day.
😩 Real Talk: Traffic? Non-existent (for now)
Let’s be honest:
- No backlinks
- New domain
So:
- No traffic.
- No feedback.
- But... I have structure, content, and momentum.
SEO doesn’t reward noise. It rewards consistency.
🧠 Lessons for Indie Hackers
- AI won’t build your vision, but it will accelerate it
- Don’t wait for perfect — launch with 80%
- Multi-language is worth it for SEO long-tail
- Structure beats polish in early-stage SEO
- Threads and blogs > “I launched something” tweets
If you’re building a tools site:
- Plan for search first
- Use AI to speed up repeat work
- Launch fast, then improve
🤔 Still Think Sitemap Doesn’t Matter?
GoogleBot can’t index what it can’t find. Your tools = invisible if:
- No sitemap
- No links
- No internal routing
Fixing this is 1 hour of work. Don’t skip it.
✅ Want to See It?
10+ AI-assisted tools, multi-language, fully client-side. Still growing. Still learning.
🪄 You Can Build This Too
If you're:
- Tired of blank GitHub repos
- Drowning in side project ideas
- Wondering how to ship with no followers
Then start small. Use AI. Use structure. Build tools.
You’ll be surprised what one focused week can create.
If this helped or inspired you, share it with someone who's stuck. Or fork the idea. That’s what indie hacking is all about 💙