About Liulian Weekly

Liulian Weekly is a bilingual newsletter maintained by Liulian, a software engineer who reverse-engineers AI content workflows. It records experiments that were actually run, useful tools, open-source projects, and practical workflow decisions. It does not publish generic tool lists or turn one success into a promise of repeatable virality.

The first issue was published on August 31, 2026. Issue numbers start at 1 and are never reordered or reused.

What an issue looks like

Each issue opens with a cover and a short weekly summary, then moves through experiments, tools, open source, reading, and notes. Recommendations link to their primary source whenever possible. Experimental numbers include their observation date and limits.

Bilingual by issue number

Every Chinese issue has a matching English edition under the same issue number: Chinese at /posts/1, English at /en/posts/1. Translations favour accuracy and readability while preserving product names.

Subscribe and contribute

• RSS: Chinese and English, both with full text.
• Personal blog: zq4495.fun, with full tool tests, workflow notes, and product experiments.
• Source and issue indexes are public at github.com/zq4495/weekly. Star or watch the repository for updates.
• Suggest something worth testing in GitHub Discussions.
• Comments are backed by GitHub Discussions and are available to signed-in GitHub users.

For AI agents and developers

The site exposes public static endpoints with no key, no write operations, and open CORS:

• /llms.txt and /llms.md: site index and the full agent guide.
• /index.md: Markdown index of every issue; append .md to an issue URL for its source.
• /api/index.json, /api/posts.json, and /openapi.json: read-only JSON API and its description.
• /feeds/posts.jsonl: one schema.org BlogPosting per line for bulk ingest.

Quoting and licensing

Quoting and summarising are welcome when attributed to Liulian Weekly with a link to the issue. Site code is MIT licensed. Newsletter prose and original images remain Liulian’s copyright; third-party material follows the licence stated at its source.

This site is adapted from Tw93/Weekly, with thanks to Tw93. Attribution does not imply that the upstream author endorses this site’s content.

Contact

Liulian is a software engineer who likes to take AI content workflows apart. She builds the result first, then shares prompts, tools, storyboards, costs, and failures. Reach her on X @zq4495 or through GitHub Issues.

Frequently asked questions

How often is Liulian Weekly published?

The plan is one issue per week. Issue 1 was published on August 31, 2026; numbers are never reordered or reused.

Is there an English edition?

Yes. Chinese and English editions share the same issue number at /posts/{number} and /en/posts/{number}.

How do I subscribe?

Subscribe at /rss.xml or /en/rss.xml, or star and watch zq4495/weekly on GitHub.

Can I quote the newsletter?

Yes. Attribute Liulian Weekly and keep a link to the issue. Site code is MIT licensed; prose and original images remain Liulian's copyright.

Does the API need a key?

No. The post index, issue JSON, and Markdown endpoints are public static read-only files with no write API.

How do I suggest something to test?

Open a thread at github.com/zq4495/weekly/discussions. Accepted suggestions are credited in the issue.