Insights & Thoughts on Business, Tech & Everyday Life by Lim Tzyy Shyong / T.S. Lim - Entrepreneur / Software Engineer based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
🧵 Part of a series on AI as a thinking and capability layer. Previous posts covered using AI to design your workflows and extending AI to better fit your needs through extensions . Six years ago, during the COVID-19 pandemic and while on paternity leave for my daughter, I built
In racquet sports like tennis and badminton, an unforced error is a mistake caused by a player's own mis-judgement or poor execution, rather than anything their opponent did. It has nothing to do with pressure or an exceptional shot. It's simply a point that shouldn&
🧵 This is a follow-up to my previous post on Nexus, where I explored how I started working with AI as part of my daily workflow. This piece continues that thread, focusing on how I’ve been extending it further. Using Nexus over the past few months, it
In just a few years, AI has become part of every stage of my software development workflow. ChatGPT Deep Research agents help me explore and understand new domains. Warp.dev terminal assists in setting up and troubleshooting my coding environment. Cursor agents generate code based on plans we designed together
One of the aspects of my work as an executive in Mindvalley that I’ve come to value over the years is the art of setting targets, building forecasts, and running projections to hit those numbers. These three concepts often get mixed up, so let’s do a
Twelve years ago, my co-founder John and I joined Mindvalley after years of building products for other startups through our software consultancy, Flexnode . We were builders at heart but we wanted to go deeper. We didn’t just want to launch things, we wanted to grow them. We
During dinner, my daughter said she was feeling cold. The first thought that popped into my head: Is she having a fever? I reached for the thermometer, hoping it was nothing but also mentally preparing myself for a potentially long night ahead. This is a familiar scene for parents with
In an age of side hustles and self-optimization, it seems like everyone is trying to squeeze the most out of their time. Every spare hour is a potential project, every weekend a chance to build, learn, or monetize. Rest is allowed, but only if it’s “productive&
In another life, my Friday nights were spent battling mystical monsters and casting arcane spells. Magic: The Gathering (MTG) is a collectible card game where you play as a powerful wizard, dueling opponents with a deck full of spells, creatures, and enchanted artifacts. Deck-building is a core part of
Ever since I started being more mindful about what I eat and tracking my calorie intake, I realized the typical portions served by most restaurants aren't ideal for me. In Malaysia, typical meals tend to be higher in carbohydrates and lower in fiber, unless you’re having
Every other day, new AI tools are launched, threatening to replace existing jobs and disrupt entire industries.
It’s been a while since I last wrote here. Given that I finally entered the 4th decade of my life here on earth, I figured it’s the perfect excuse to share some things I learned along the way. Rather than boring you with a list of
Last month, I was invited by a local university ( UMS ) to give a talk to their students about what’s it like being in the Tech industry. I decided to share 10 insights that hopefully can help them navigate their first step into their Tech career. 1. Pay &
Working on a product is something I truly enjoy. It’s a multi-disciplinary effort juggling between technology, design and business. You have to approach things from different perspectives and when everything aligns, you’ll create something extremely valuable. If you have attended any hackathons or business pitching
Almost a decade ago, Marc Andreessen penned the famous “ Why Software is Eating the World ” essay which was amazingly prescient. His arguments on why every company needs to be a software company becomes even more evident in our post-COVID-19 reality where companies like Amazon , UberEats and