Howdy, I am Axel, this is my personal blog, which I aim to write my thought occasionally. I code software and sell them, mostly in Ruby language and HTML....
My apps are growing very very slowly, but one app requires very high touch and concierge setup, which takes up most of my time since the app launch at 2025 April. I have achieved my dream of making a living of selling my own software, but the downside is that my whole life is being consumed by it. Either I figure out how to delegate the task and hire , or I have to optimize my workflow and…
AI takes in all the input, whether the original authors have consented or not, and do some "learning", and then the AI companies sell these learned result to humans, without compensating the original authors. Worse, the customer of these AI companies (AI tools bro) sell the prompted / processed result to other customers, profitting off things AI has copied from all over the internet. Is this what…
I understand that AI tools like Claude / OpenGPT can improve productivity when used correctly, but I am not a fan of fully vibe coding / fully copy pasting words pasta generated / taking Ghibli style generated AI image and slapping it on a product (can be articles / apps / designs etc) and happily sharing the slop. Few days ago, I saw a graphic designer vacancy posted in my local job market…
Thank you, Steve Jobs (and everyone who worked at Apple)
I have been using a Mac since 2012, and since then I have not used an external mouse (I did buy an external trackpad, and also own an iMac with trackpad included). Mac trackpad precision is magical , I do web design and graphic design work on it with no issue at all. Most design work requires dragging cursor to move objects, dragging requires clicking the trackpad and putting force on finger…
"8GB RAM, at 2026?!" "256GB starting storage?!" "I could have bought a way better spec-ed laptop for $599!" Apple has recently announced Macbook Neo, and again, critics appeared swiftly and dunking on the spec Apple has provided. Yes you definitely could have bought a better spec-ed windows / linux laptop with similar prices. What are you gonna do with better spec-ed laptop? What are you going to…
I admit my own software is not super mission critical for business, and churns for my software (churn = people who unsubscribe from my software monthly plan) has been consistent since end of December 2025. There are almost 0 new subscribers every day, yet I am losing 3-6 customers a day, this suck. I am not sure what the next steps are, perhaps I need to optimize my software UX? lower my pricing?…
My new hobby is refreshing the Bear blog discover page every few hours. The posts are interesting, and usually there will be a few RE: post that replies to the original post , which appear on the discover feed after a few days. I haven't had such fun reading articles for years. Hacker News a decade back was fun to read, but with recent rise of AI, most of the topics are AI related, and I lost…
I have been operating my software business as a sole proprietorship for 5 years (started since 2021) , and today I just registered a LLC (Sdn Bhd in my country's language). LLC comes with more paperwork and compliance work (account auditing, company secretarial stuff), but it does give some legal liability protection, and business will take you more seriously. There's recurring costs related to…
If you decide to visit Malaysia, I recommend coming to Georgetown, Pulau Pinang. (Kuala Lumpur is great too, but can feel too commercial and less local culture-ish) Hin bus depot chill area for crowd : Hin bus depot has local markets (art / crafts / food) every weekend, a lot of good local artists / barista brewed drinks here, highly recommend! Here are some photos taken at the Chinese New Year…