Essays grounded in personal observation and analysis. Employs direct, transparent prose rather than literary or artistic devices. A space for ideas to articulate themselves without stylistic mediation—clarity and intellectual rigor prioritized.
Flomo made waves in the Chinese knowledge management community by positioning itself as a Zettelkasten tool. Founder Shaonan frequently referenced Niklas Luhmann in early podcasts and articles, emphasizing that “cards should connect like neurons.” The marketing was clever—it pitched Flomo as a simplified …
I’ve often pondered: what exactly is the role of a Todo List supposed to be?
By current market “productivity standards,” Todoist, which I currently use, is undoubtedly top-tier. It features project hierarchies, tag management, natural language input, and even Karma scores to gamify your progress. To organize my life, I subscribed to the Premium version, attempting to use the GTD (Get Things Done) philosophy to keep everything in perfect order.
But recently, I realized an awkward truth: The biggest problem with Todoist is that, generally speaking, I simply don’t open the app.
Conversely, WeChat—a social …
I’ve been trying to figure out why I stay up so late.
It’s not because I’m stressed. My days are actually quite chill lately. I’m not dreading tomorrow, either; I’m generally optimistic about the future. Yet, every night, I find myself scrolling through feeds, refusing to go to sleep, even when my eyes hurt and my body is exhausted.
The standard explanation is “revenge bedtime procrastination”—the idea that you stay up to reclaim time you lost during the day. There is some truth to that. I do feel like my days are sold …
It started, ironically, with Andrej Karpathy. I was digging through his blog, admiring the “content-first” philosophy. That led me to Bear Blog—clean, minimal, no-nonsense. I loved the idea. But as soon as I hit the free tier’s media upload limits, I balked. I wanted that minimalism, but I didn’t want the constraints.
Then I fell down the rabbit hole.
I tried Hugo with the PaperMod theme (the one Lilian Weng uses). It was functional, …
On-device AI promises a compelling future: bringing Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities to the edge, transforming our messy digital footprints into a structured external memory.
Theoretically, WeChat holds the most valuable dataset in the Chinese mobile ecosystem—conversations, transactions, reading habits, and social graphs. It should be the pioneer of this shift. However, when we strip away the interface and examine the product architecture and incentive mechanisms, we find an irreconcilable conflict.
The very logic that defines WeChat’s success creates a structural deadlock for genuine personal AI.
Software architecture reflects organizational values. WeChat is built on a Cloud-First philosophy, where …
There is a distinct difference between being busy and doing work.
I’ve noticed a pattern in myself recently. When my brain gets tired, I don’t stop. Instead, I start clicking things. I check email; I organize files; I read news that I don’t care about. I look like I’m working. I might even feel like I’m working. But I’m not. I am engaging in fake work to hide from the fact that I don’t know what to do next.
This is a dangerous trap because it feels productive. But it is actually a …
My obsession with “recording tools” has persisted for quite a long time. Because I frequently have text processing needs, I have been searching for the perfect portable, …