I built a fully automated AI party platform that earns passive income — here's the full code

A few months ago I started wondering: could I build a content platform that runs completely on its own — generates content, publishes it, and earns money — without me touching it after setup? The answer turned out to be I think so lol. Here's what I built, the interesting engineering problems I ran into, and the full code so you can run it yourself. **What it does Every night at 6pm, a cron job fires a Node.js script that creates a party and content for FlashParty.co : Asks Claude to invent a party theme (seasonal, holiday-aware, never repeats) Builds 25 unique scenes with varied shot types, camera styles, and subject counts Generates all 25 captions in a single AI call Submits a batch image generation job to PartyLab (powered by xAI's Grok) Uploads each photo to FlashParty as it completes — free photos are public, NSFW photos are behind a $5 Party Pass Sets a cover photo and the party goes live Total runtime: 5–10 minutes. Human effort after initial setup: zero. **The stack Claude (An