Archives
All the articles I've archived.
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When AI Is More Useful Than You, What Still Gives Life Value?
As AI becomes faster, steadier, and cheaper across more tasks, what humans need to rebuild is not an efficiency edge, but judgment, choice, relationships, and authorship.
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In the AI Coding Era, a Programmer's Real Core Competitiveness
AI is not replacing programmers. It is replacing inflated pseudo-skills. This article breaks down the four capabilities that become most valuable in the AI coding era.
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The Rise of OpenClaw - 2026 as Year One for Self-Hosted AI Agents
Starting from a near-miss email deletion incident, this article reviews OpenClaw's path from breakout growth to ecosystem expansion, and analyzes the opportunities, risks, and practical adoption path for self-hosted AI agents in 2026.
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A 2025 Summary from GPT: This Mirror Is a Bit Harsh
Updated:A GPT-perspective review of high-density accumulation and structural stagnation in 2025, analyzing behavior patterns and proposing action design.
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Zootopia 2: The Cost of Harmony?
Updated:Analyzes how Zootopia 2 shifts from personal prejudice to institutional and structural oppression, and reflects on the limits of liberal multiculturalism and the "melting pot."
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What Has AI Changed for Me?
Updated:From a gentle singularity, I reflect on how AI rewrote the way I work, amplified my abilities, and reshaped my sense of purpose.
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What Is a Tariff? Why Is Trump Raising Tariffs on China Again?
Updated:From definitions and functions of tariffs to US tariff history and political logic, plus impacts on consumers, companies, and global trade.
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My 2024
Looking back on 2024: travel, work, inputs and outputs, and the boundaries of ability from a midlife perspective.
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Free Diagramming Tools for Engineers
Updated:A free diagramming toolkit for engineers, covering Excalidraw, Mermaid, Drawio, and Frame0 with use cases and highlights.
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How to Provide Services Through Cloud Computing
Updated:From a SaaS provider's view: definitions, service models, deployment options, and a layered overview of cloud computing.
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Spending Less: Slimming Down My Subscriptions
Updated:Reviewing my subscription choices and costs, with a keep vs. cut list from the money-saving process.
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AIGC Application Exploration
Updated:Introduces AIGC definitions, ecosystem, and application scenarios, plus common tools and learning examples.
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My 2023
A look back at the changes and gains in life, work, reading, and writing in 2023.
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AI Coding Assistants
A quick guide to Bito, Copilot, Codeium, with features, installation, and usage tips.
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How to Handle Production Issues
Defines production issues, severity levels, and handling flow, with on-call and postmortem practices.
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How to Understand User Stories
Defines user stories, the INVEST criteria, estimation ideas, plus templates and FAQs.
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Planning Poker
Explains planning poker roles, steps, and Fibonacci-based estimation rules.
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As an Engineering Leader, How I Manage Iterations
An iteration workflow framework from a team lead's view, covering meetings and responsibilities at each stage.
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My 2022
Updated:A look back at my 2022 in reading, writing, health, and goals for the new year.
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R&D Management Practice with Structural Thinking
Updated:Starting from the idea of "begin with the end in mind," this post explains why structured thinking matters in R&D management and how it guides planning and decisions.
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As an R&D Leader, How to Plan
Updated:In Q2 we reviewed iteration results and OKRs, then had to break down Q3 OKRs. That experience exposed how vague “listing problems and setting goals” can be.
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As an R&D Leader, How to Quantify Iteration Quality
Why quantify? Let facts speak. Data reveals collaboration outcomes and delivery quality from a more objective angle.
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As an R&D Leader, How to Summarize
Updated:Why summarize? "When actions fail, seek the cause in yourself" (Mencius). Reflection helps us become better people and teams.
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Agile Practice for a Small Team 2.0
From 1.0 to 2.0: after applying 1.0, we found many practical issues, so we upgraded the agile process to fit iteration changes.
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Code Review Practice
Updated:What is Code Review? Google says the biggest thing that makes its code so good is code review.
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Git Branch Guidelines
Updated:Daily development pain points, the goals of branch management, and our team’s Git branching model.
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Git Commit Guidelines
Updated:Why commit conventions matter, an Angular GitHub example, and how to enforce the workflow with Commitizen, Husky, commitlint, and standard-version.
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As an R&D Leader, How to Organize Tech Sharing
Updated:Clarify the purpose of tech sharing, who benefits (company, team, individual), and the outcomes you expect.
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How Small Teams Implement Agile Development
Updated:You can’t manage what you don’t measure.