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- From Writing Code to Managing Context A note on how language models change the work of programmers.
- The Worlds I See A reading note on Fei-Fei Li's memoir and the human side of artificial intelligence.
- Severance A reading note on Ling Ma's Severance.
- The Role of Strategy & Operations in the AI Era A projection of how strategy and operations work may evolve across manual, AI-assisted, and AI-led eras.
- AI's Progression A reflection on how AI has changed the way I work since mid-2025.
- Use AI for Self-Exploration AI can be useful not only for producing outputs, but also for understanding who we are and what we want.
- 1Q84 A reading note on Haruki Murakami's 1Q84.
- The Inner Compass A reading note on Lawrence Yeo's The Inner Compass.
- The Muscle & Strength Pyramid — Nutrition Reading notes on The Muscle & Strength Pyramid: Nutrition.
- It's a Blessing to Be Painless A note on pain, health, and Haruki Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
- A Fulfilling Spiritual Life A reflection on money, health, and the cultivation of an inner world.
- In Praise of Loving Yourself A dog analogy for eating well, sleeping well, exercising, and loving yourself.
- Three Chinese Podcasts Worth Listening To A short list of Chinese-language podcasts that offer a broad view of the world without being overly preachy.
- Drawing of March 5, 2020 Where did I get the inspiration? I can’t remember…
- Reading Notes - Principles of Economics 03/13/2023 15% Started reading today.
- Reading Notes - Amusing Ourselves to Death 03/11/2023 100% Reading this book was quick and painless, just like blood drawing at a medical examination. You did it, not knowing what the result would be, if it’s important at all. Almost …
- Reading Notes - Principles 2 02/25/2023 62% Received the paperback Chinese version yesterday. I find it necessary to have a hard copy at hand to refer to from time to time, censored or not. I noticed myself tending to …
- Building a Hugo blog from scratch
- Writing Practice I Task 1 Prompt The graph below shows the proportion of four different materials that were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in a particular country. Summarize the information by selecting and …