Project: Questionnaire — my own domain, and where the next questions led

Built with: Netlify, Google AI Studio, Cloudflare, Spaceship · See the site

Following the ‘Review’ project, I was left with a few burning questions. One was about how to use AI to generate authentic, native-sounding speech—but I’ll keep you in suspense on that for now and cover it later. Right now, I want to talk about my new project: ‘Questionnaire.’

Another question I had was about domains. I wondered why the domain for ‘Review’ was free and what the difference was compared to a paid one. I learned that a paid domain makes a site look much more professional, so I decided to buy my own.

Sticking to my philosophy of building things to solve my own problems, I decided to create a questionnaire website. Along the way, I discovered that Cloudflare offers hosting, so I learned how to connect my new domain to it.

Challenges I Faced

I tried to implement a ‘Print to PDF’ feature, but it was a disaster—the content would get cut off in the middle of the page, and the result was incredibly ugly.

There is currently a download button at the bottom of the page. However, if you are using Google Chrome, pressing Ctrl+P will give you the exact same result.

Since I was still using Google AI Studio and didn’t understand the generated code (mostly .ts and .json files), I couldn’t fix it easily. (This actually sparked a new curiosity: What language is this? How does it differ from the Java and HTML I learned during my new hire training? This question became the catalyst for my next project.) In the end, I decided to just rely on the browser’s native print function to save PDFs.

Exploring the Ecosystem

Finishing this project only fueled my passion for AI. It made me realize that while Google AI Studio is great for small, static websites or light backends, I wondered if there were tools for larger, more complex developments.

After some research, I quickly discovered powerful tools like Cursor and Trae. I also gained a much deeper respect for GitHub. I used to see GitHub as just a complex repository for source code that I had no interest in navigating. However, because it kept popping up during my research, I realized its importance and am now very eager to explore it. That’s all for this project!