entrepreneur, strategist, product lover and engineering geek
The internet has evolved. We transitioned from a 1:1 human connection to a digital noise factory. Now, we are entering the age of probabilistic models. Interactions have shifted from distant connections with real humans to endless loops with models that simply mimic human characteristics.
Most people are drowning in the How. They have an idea. They have a spark of curiosity. They have a destination in mind. But the moment they step onto the path, they are suffocated by the technical execution. They spend weeks learning syntax, fighting friction, and debugging the process. By the time they figure out how to do the thing, they have forgotten why they started in the first place.
Most strategies fail. Not because of a lack of vision, but because of a lack of action. The world is obsessed with defining the 'what' while neglecting the 'how.' Here is why the future belongs not to the planners, but to the relentless executors.
In early 2018, I was on a trip visiting home in Shanghai. While we were chatting away with my parents about all sort of things happened when I was a kid, they digged out some old family photos. I was intrigued and having so much flashback memories. One of the photo was showing me installing a software on a CRT monitor computer in the 1990s, probably the internet was still using dial-ups modems.
As we were heavily influenced by many Japanese cartoons when we were raised during the 80s and 90s, we seem to roughly know what we might be expecting. However ...
When discussing microservices, it is either a full architecture or a technical topic. The passionate conversation usually started without context.
Engineering is an intellectually violent profession.
I'm sure there are more than enough articles and books about leadership already. Here are my thoughts...
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Recently, I’ve been comparing the marketing messages from Microsoft, Samsung, and Apple. The differences are telling.