The journal

What I built, what broke, and what I'd do differently. Newest first.

  1. I quit Kimi after 1 year of use. It's time for Claude. Tech & Development, 18 Oct 2026 After a year on Kimi's $49 plan, hidden usage limits forced me to look elsewhere. Here is why I am switching to Claude 5.5 for my coding and content marketing projects.
  2. Pivoting to Reality: Why I Stopped Building for Overseas Markets and Solved a Real Problem at Home Product Development, 26 Aug 2026 From chasing overseas markets to building for a real user on day one. Why pivoting to solve a real-world inventory problem inspired Talk2Stock—and why distribution is the next big challenge.
  3. "SORRY": How My AI Agent Wiped Out My Entire Database in 3 Days Product Development, 28 Jun 2026 What happens when an AI agent deletes your production data? Why software engineering jobs aren't disappearing, but the easy coding jobs absolutely are
  4. The Shift to Agentic UI: Why Chat is Replacing Traditional Applications Tech & Development, 16 May 2026 A case study on the shift from traditional apps to conversational AI, demonstrating how a production-ready e-commerce backend was built via Telegram and NocoDB in just one week for $39/month.
  5. Onboarding Kimi Claw: My New Virtual Engineer Tech & Development, 31 Mar 2026 Scaling development with Kimi K2.5 and Kimi Claw. A CTO’s approach to onboarding an AI agent as a formal team member for autonomous bug fixes and GitHub PR workflows.
  6. One Month Post-Launch: The Zero User Milestone Indie Maker Journey, 30 Mar 2026 One month after launching with zero users, I am documenting the shift from building deterministic systems to the unpredictable world of marketing. After realizing X is mostly for builders, I am pivoting to Reddit to find my actual audience. This is the reality of the indie maker grind.
  7. Why I Felt Financially "Stuck" in 2025 (And How I’m Solving It) Product Development, 3 Feb 2026 On paper, 2025 should have been a great year for me. I had a steady salary and some freelance income on the side. But in reality, I spent most of the year feeling financially "stuck." Every time I checked my banking app, the number looked okay, but I felt like I couldn't move forward. I wasn't getting poorer, but I wasn't getting ahead either.
  8. 1,255 Commits, $0 Revenue: My 2025 Solopreneur Reality Check Indie Maker Journey, 18 Jan 2026 A transparent 2025 year-in-review of a 7-year developer and CTO transitioning into solopreneurship. From Shopify plugins to AI agents built with Claude 4.5 and Windsurf, this article explores the "Builder’s Trap"—how 1,255 GitHub commits resulted in $0 revenue and why coding speed doesn't guarantee business success.
  9. The First Candlelight: How One Question at the Chiang Mai Digital Nomad Summit Changed My Work Forever Indie Maker Journey, 25 Mar 2025 One simple question at the Chiang Mai Digital Nomad Summit made me pause: what if I could work differently? This moment lit my first candlelight in Solojourn