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Notes and essays on product thinking, technology, learning, and the things I notice along the way.

Keyword CloudTopics in my writing
  • Organizational Culture
  • China
  • Covid
  • IELTS
  • Language Learning
  • Language Precision
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • DailyTrace
  • Chinese Real Estate
  • Data Analysis
  • Active Learning
  • AI Programming
  • User Experience
  • Journal
  • Canada
  • Clock App
  • Vibe Coding
  • Product Design
  • Principles
  • Personal growth

欧美青少年:被想象的叛逆

Jul 28, 2026

前几天,我看到一个短视频,讲的是中国一些乡镇学校里初中生的状况。评论区里有人说,这不就变成欧美青少年那样了吗。发这条评论的是一个中国用户。对他来说,欧美青少年似乎天然就意味着叛逆、不讲礼貌、不尊重老师,也没有规则感。

CanadaJournal

From Script to Final Cut - How I Made a Product Video with AI

Jul 23, 2026

When DailyTrace 1.7 was nearly ready for release, I decided to make an English-language product video for it. The initial brief sounded simple: about a minute long, vertical, and able to explain what the app is, how it works, and how it…

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

I Revised One Chart Ten Times and Learned Seven Ways to Build with AI

Jul 18, 2026

In a previous post, I wrote that human judgment is what separates good vibe coding from mediocre vibe coding. One part of that is visual and editorial judgment. The idea felt a little abstract at the time. Then I spent more than ten rounds…

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Vibe CodingProduct Design

你以为是书难,其实是翻译烂

Jul 14, 2026

我最近读译著时,常有一种奇怪的经验:明明每个字都认识,却不知道这句话到底在说什么。起初我会本能地怀疑自己:是不是原书本来就难?是不是相关知识我还没掌握?是不是作者的思想太复杂,所以我一时没有读懂?但反复对照和拆解之后,我越来越觉得,很多时候问题并不在读者,也不一定在原书,而在译文。更准确地说,问题不只是译者有没有看懂外文,而是译文有没有用中文把意思说清楚。

TranslationLanguage Precision

What I Really Talk About When I Talk About Fitness

Jul 9, 2026

When I talk about fitness, I am not only talking about muscle, body fat, or body shape. I am also talking about change: how it starts, how it continues, how to measure it, and how it gives a person a sense of control.

HabitFitnessPersonal growth

After Seeing Time

Jul 8, 2026

In my previous post, I wrote that I started building DailyTrace because I wanted to understand myself through time. Time records choices, while our sense of ourselves is often unreliable.

DailyTracePersonal growthData Analysis+1

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