Building with AI · Omar K. Mills

The builds

What I've made

Chess

The problem: I want to reach 2000, then National Master. But I'm addicted to the next game, not the next lesson. Volume play gets you good enough to win, and winning is addictive; study has no immediate payoff, and sometimes you get beaten worse. Someone like me needs goals and momentum.
What I directed: A chess-improvement web app with a game log, rating and milestone tracking, automated engine analysis, and move-by-move review books as PDFs.
The result: Atomic Habits in action: I tied chess improvement to something I already love doing, building with AI. One feeds the other. Now I get to grow my AI skills and learn chess along the way.

Podcast

The problem: I want to teach Bible study as a weekly podcast. I study every day, but turning study into a lesson, and a lesson into an episode, takes time I don't have.
What I directed: A pipeline that turns a seminary paper into an episode in my cloned voice, packaged as reusable steps I can run from my phone.
The result: My seminary books, papers and study journals are at my fingertips. I speak to them as I study, and AI compiles my words into something that can be taught. My hope is that listeners come to know God in a more intimate and powerful way.

Video

The problem: I've written several cool books. The hard part has been getting the word out.
What I directed: A cinematic trailer for my Legends of Welkin series, built around its villain, the Provost, using my cloned voice in ElevenLabs.
The result: A dual benefit: an experiment in marketing the books, and a proof of concept that grows my AI skills. It sets a precedent: this is possible, and we can do more of these.

Instagram

The problem: Create content once, use it in multiple places.
What I directed: Short Instagram Reels cut from the podcast and the Substack. The first, "The Battery Lives Inside Us," puts a podcast clip over an AI-animated gold ring construct on my own fist.
The result: Views once we pull the Instagram numbers.

Devotional

The problem: The battle is for the mind, and it's easy to believe the enemy's lies. I prayed scriptures every day, but it was cumbersome. In the spirit of Cyndi Staudt's Unsheathed, I wanted to meditate on God's truth in a way that's actionable, easy and quick (2 Corinthians 10:5).
What I directed: I vibe-coded two flashcard apps by talking to AI: prayer cards I recite when I need them, and a drill that helps me memorize scripture.
The result: Becoming more proficient in speaking God's truth over my life, and eliminating the lies.

Music

The problem: I had a bunch of songs that were never finished.
What I directed: Finished my unfinished originals with AI and released them as Bearded Honey and Omar K. Mills, including the album Underneath the Big Blue Sky.
The result: Finished and out now on Apple Music and YouTube. Next up: beardedhoney.ai.

This site

The problem: Your words: why a résumé should read like a story.
What I directed: A living autobiography-résumé, built, rebranded and published by conversation, with an on-site voiceover reel.
The result: Your words.

Diet & exercise

The problem: I want to lose about 30 pounds, by getting back into running and changing my diet.
What I directed: Claude builds my workouts, guided right on my Apple Watch, and tracks every run. Running is the first step, no pun intended; nutrition tracking is next.
The result: Your words, like finishing sub-12 in the pouring rain.

Writing

The problem: I want to establish myself as a leader in AI, and blogging is one of the best ways. Same issue as the podcast: how do I create posts quickly, and everything else, in one fell swoop?
What I directed: An interview method: AI interviews me and drafts in my own words, paragraph by paragraph, so I keep my voice. Then everything gets distributed in one click.
The result: Subscribers once we pull the numbers.