Thought on Costa Life & Tech Lab

Qixi

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:39:08 +0000

Today is Qixi, and I only remembered it at noon. Now it’s evening, and most of my younger colleagues have already gone home early to be with their partners. Of course, I haven’t — I can only think of her from afar.

Yesterday the company released its Q2 earnings report, and they were far from ideal. The highly profitable core business missed expectations and continues to decline. Cloud revenue grew, but margins are thin — this despite the large-scale growth driven by AI. The foundation-model capabilities across the industry are converging; perhaps Apple’s choice back then not to enter this area was a wise one. As for our own company, well… it was another one of those moments.

Cruising

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:04:52 +0000

A rare crystal-clear sky — right below, Tianhe Airport; in the distance, the red glow of the riverside night scene laid out in full view. I know every approach route by heart: from Tianhe I fly past Dongxihu, then over Hanyang, skimming the Han River. This weekend I went to look at another renovation place. The designer didn’t seem very professional — more like a full-time salesperson; the pricing wasn’t particularly competitive either, though the actual construction work felt reassuring. Most likely I’ll pass on it.

The Meaning of Work

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:37:46 +0000

Yes, we are living through a time of dramatic change. But what sets this period apart from past ones seems to be the very nature of the anxiety itself. AI is threatening jobs and disrupting industries — that part is real. But knowledge workers have been through recessions, outsourcing waves, new technologies, and all manner of automation before. Fresh graduates have always worried about how to break into the job market; millennial professionals have spent their entire careers navigating economic uncertainty. The difference is that this moment’s problem is not just economic — it is existential. It is the kind that makes high-earning tech professionals consider dropping everything to open a goat farm in Washington State, or to become a surf instructor in Costa Rica.

Delays

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:38:00 +0800

Last week on my way home, flights were delayed by nearly four hours due to a heavy storm — by the time I got home it was already close to four.

The last time I had a long delay at Daxing was back in 2022, when I first joined my company for the 318 self-drive road trip. We didn’t reach Chengdu until past four in the afternoon, and at six-thirty we set off again toward Panda Avenue. It cost me a lot of brain cells, but the impression was incredibly vivid. Most of the colleagues who came along have since left the company — some by choice, others not.

Recent Updates

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:19:08 +0800

May was spent preparing for the wedding, and I worked on the materials for my third promotion. In June, Alisa and I got married—we hosted our own wedding. We spent a week on vacation in Sanya. After that, my grandfather. Alisa came to Beijing and spent the rest of her vacation here. By July, we had been to Benxi and Shenyang in Liaoning, and we visited Wuhan to check on the renovation.

Language Organization Difficulty Syndrome

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:16:54 +0000

I think I’ve developed “language organization difficulty syndrome” — even for posting a simple sentence on Douyin (TikTok China), I need AI to help me polish it.

Compound V

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:32:47 +0000

In Season 3 of The Boys, Vought sells Compound V to soldiers — a day’s worth of superpowers in a single dose, two million dollars a pop.

Now, AI companies are selling a similar deal to office workers: a month’s worth of superpowers for a month, two hundred dollars per dose.

Tension

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:01:25 +0000

Every time I see May 31st on the calendar, my heart tightens. Now that it’s already June 2nd, I feel a strange calm inside.

It is March 20th

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:42:00 +0000

Another month has passed, and Agents have entered a golden era. What will be the next big trend?

2023: LLM 2024: Tool Calling 2025: Copilot 2026: Agent OS 2027: ?

The Wheel of AI

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:54:00 +0000

AI is the Third Industrial Revolution. Are we heading toward the next Great Depression?