The Little Master’s 100 Centuries: An AI-Powered Tribute

For those of us who grew up in the 90s, Sachin Tendulkar wasn’t just a cricketer; he was a national event. Every time he walked out to bat, the world seemed to stop. His centuries weren’t just numbers on a scoreboard; they were markers of our own childhoods, moments of collective joy that taught an entire generation what it felt like to witness greatness.

Years later, I wanted to preserve those memories and create a tribute to this legend. To honor all 100 centuries, I turned to AI, exploring its API capabilities for large-scale content generation rather than using it as just helpful chat. The result is LittleMaster100.wordpress.com — a complete cricket blog celebrating each of Sachin’s 100 centuries with unique articles and custom AI-generated illustrations. This demonstrates how AI can transform raw cricket statistics into a complete multimedia storytelling website celebrating Sachin’s legendary career.

My Journey Through the Code

I built the entire website using a three-phase automation pipeline in Python. It was a fascinating challenge, and if you’re curious about the nuts and bolts, the complete source code is available on my [GitHub](https://github.com/hiteshgulati/LittleMaster100).

Here’s how I structured the process:

Phase 1: Writing the Stories — I fed the AI the basic match data from an Excel file. Its first job was to act like a sports journalist, searching the web for scorecards and old commentary. Then, it got creative, writing an emotional story for each match in the style of a famous author. To keep it honest, I even built in a fact-checking step.

Phase 2: Creating the Art — For each article, I had the AI act as an art director. It would read the story it just wrote, extract the core emotion, and then generate a unique illustration using DALL-E. I programmed it to use different art styles and colors to give each memory its own visual identity.

Phase 3: Publishing the Blog — Finally, a script takes the finished text and its corresponding image and automatically publishes them to the WordPress blog, complete with the proper formatting and a featured image.

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Cost of AI Content Creation

Two things stand out:

Time: What would have taken months of manual work was finished in under six hours.

Cost: The entire project, a 100-article multimedia blog, cost just $10.

It’s a powerful illustration of how AI can bring large-scale creative projects within anyone’s reach.

My Takeaways

This project was a personal exploration of AI’s potential to be more than just a productivity tool. It can be a partner in creativity.

The results aren’t perfect. Some of the AI’s prose is a bit generic, and some of the images it created are, frankly, hilarious — more comic than inspiring. But that’s part of the journey. What started as a simple CSV file became a living website with 100 distinct memories, all brought to life with minimal human intervention.

For me, this proves something incredible: the entire content pipeline — from research and writing to visual design and publishing — can now be automated. It shows that we’re at a point where anyone can create comprehensive, professional-quality content. It’s a democratizing force for storytelling.

Ultimately, this was my way of saying thank you to a childhood hero. I hope you enjoy reliving the memories.

You can see the final result at [LittleMaster100.wordpress.com]

Git Hub link: https://github.com/hiteshgulati/LittleMaster100