Journal

From Cockiness to 8 AI Agents: Building a Production Tax System in 3 Months

How my brother's tax struggles led to 20+ iterations, 8 specialized AI agents, and a 90%+ accurate system that costs under $1 instead of hundreds of dollars

The Enabler's Paradox: Reflections on Career Transitions

Navigating the tension between stability and ambition in the pursuit of meaningful work and financial freedom.

15 Days with Fable

Fable 5 came out two weeks ago. This is one long article on everything I actually built with it: 15 builds, real numbers, live links where they exist, and the embarrassing parts left in. It grows as each build lands.

Token Daddy: An Investment Thesis on Compute Power

Sugar daddies have money. Drug lords have drugs. Oil sheiks have oil. In the AI age, the person holding the GPUs decides who gets to build. A power taxonomy, an inverted escape curve, and where in the compute stack the money actually pools.

Gemini Hackathon Post-Mortem: Lessons for Next Time

Built a working voice AI demo in 7 hours. Here's what I learned about hackathon strategy.

Marathon #5: The Day the Demon Never Showed Up

I ran every previous marathon for the moment the body votes to stop. This time, I ran a 17-minute PB, but the demon never came. The training worked too well, robbing me of the only moment I actually cared about.

Revenge Coding at 2AM: Building a Chrome Extension to Filter Twitter Noise

How getting dragged to a vibe coding hackathon led to building a privacy-first Chrome extension that uses local AI to filter Twitter trash

From Cockiness to 8 AI Agents: Building a Production Tax System in 3 Months

How my brother's tax struggles led to 20+ iterations, 8 specialized AI agents, and a 90%+ accurate system that costs under $1 instead of hundreds of dollars

At the Frontier: Climbing Personal Mountains to Reveal New Horizons

Personal growth is like exploring the frontier—each mountain climbed reveals new, previously invisible opportunities

The Enabler's Paradox: Reflections on Career Transitions

Navigating the tension between stability and ambition in the pursuit of meaningful work and financial freedom.

The Art of Finishing: Navigating Feature Creep in Solo Development

What started as an overnight hackathon turned into a two-week marathon. A candid exploration of feature creep, the 80/20 problem in indie development, and why finishing projects is harder than starting them.

The Rollercoaster of Building Startups: Bans, Bumps, and Bouncing Back

From Shopee bans to X account suspensions, my startup journey has been a brutal cycle of build, believe, and bounce back. A raw account of facing platform bans while trying to launch AI-powered solutions.

Crypto Data Scraper in 1 Day

Building a Python application to scrape cryptocurrency data from CoinMarketCap and project websites, with Google Sheets integration

From Entrepreneur to SalaryMan: A Journey of Unexpected Growth

My personal journey transitioning from business owner to employee, reflecting on the challenges, unexpected growth, and maintaining entrepreneurial ambitions while navigating a new career path.

AI Sharing Day 2: Growth, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

A reflection on hosting the second AI Sharing Day, from preparation challenges to community building success, highlighting lessons learned and the growth experienced.

E-commerce Tempts Me - But I Want to Solve Real Problems

My journey from obsessing over e-commerce optimization to seeking meaningful work that addresses real-world problems, reflecting on the difference between efficiency and effectiveness.

Crossroads in Cambodia

A transformative journey to Cambodia for a friend's wedding that evolved into a profound exploration of personal values, relationships, and cultural insights.

2023 Reflecting on the Year End

A year-end reflection on achievements, regrets, and lessons learned through various projects and personal challenges.

Running my 3rd Marathon

My experience and reflections on running my third marathon, with strategies, challenges, and lessons learned for future races.

What is the Kimchi Premium?

The kimchi premium—higher crypto prices on South Korean exchanges—spurred arbitrage goldmines since 2017. Alameda Research, Three Arrows Capital, and BXB Capital leveraged it, with Sam Bankman-Fried’s firm fueling FTX’s rise. Explained by Investopedia and others, it’s a tale of profit amid regulation.

Professional Chef - Learning Through Fire

Three intense years in professional kitchens taught me discipline, creativity under pressure, and the art of perfect execution.