2025 July Thought Notes

July 2025 Thought Notes Vibe Coding: Are Human Experiences the Shackles of AI Agents? July 1st, 2025 - 11:39:24 In Agent development, “The Bitter Lesson” remains equally important. Excessive human experience injection might actually limit AI performance and lock in product possibilities. Embrace Agent Patterns: Agent mode is mature; what we need is training agents’ thinking patterns. We can focus more on ideas and design, becoming architects rather than coders. Beware Over-Prescription: Excessive rule-setting (like fixed testing processes) may prevent AI from utilizing the latest model capabilities. We should let AI self-select more often. Context-Dependent Experience: Experience has scenario dependency. Over-reliance on experience constrains LLM performance; moderate injection as “heuristic guidance” is sufficient. This insight challenges traditional software engineering approaches in the AI era. The “bitter lesson” teaches us that general methods leveraging computation ultimately outperform human-designed heuristics. In agent development, this means resisting the urge to over-engineer constraints based on our past experiences. ...

July 31, 2025 · 12 min · 2514 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

2025 June Thought Notes

June 2025 Thought Notes June 2025 Thought Notes Boundaries of Rejection: Finding Balance in Social Interactions June 2nd, 2025 - 06:28:12 In a Korean fried chicken restaurant, unexpectedly surrounded by Chinese people. The meal sets were all for two people, so I ordered two combo meals for myself. When ordering, I asked if I could pay by card, wanting to avoid using cash as I felt my cash wasn’t quite enough. ...

June 30, 2025 · 15 min · 3192 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

2025 May Thought Notes

May 2025 Thought Notes AI-Era Independent Development: Frontend as the Main Battlefield for Value Delivery May 1, 2025 - 10:22:06 In the AI era, the battlefield of independent development is shifting toward the frontend. The transformation is evident: Backend Simplification: AI models turn core services into universal capabilities, lowering technical barriers in backend development. SaaS and PaaS providers encapsulate vast foundational capabilities that developers can directly invoke. Frontend as Value Delivery Nexus: The frontend is closest to users, making it easier to focus on MVP (Minimum Viable Product) and single-person product loops. Using a tech stack like Next.js / Tailwind / Firebase / Vercel enables full-stack delivery and rapid validation of the “function → value → growth” chain. From “Building” to “Integration”: Databases, permissions, storage, and model calls are becoming platformized (such as Supabase, LangChain, Replicate). Independent developers no longer need to write backend from scratch—they just need to “integrate.” AI decouples “intelligence” from the backend, making the frontend the true battlefield where users are closest, changes are most significant, and value is most concentrated. ...

May 31, 2025 · 23 min · 4776 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

2025 April Thought Notes

April 2025 Thought Notes Learning & Growth Projects & Work Challenges & Solutions Insights & Reflections Goals & Planning Books, Articles & Resources Quotes & Inspiration Next Month’s Focus

April 30, 2025 · 1 min · 29 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

2025 March Thought Notes

March 2025 Thought Notes Learning & Growth Projects & Work Challenges & Solutions Insights & Reflections Goals & Planning Books, Articles & Resources Quotes & Inspiration Next Month’s Focus

March 31, 2025 · 1 min · 29 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

2024 Annual Review

Introduction and self-positioning Annual Preface and Background 📅 Hi! 2025 ~ TIP: This article has a high density of information and is highly subjective. I have tried to include fewer opinions and more descriptions of my experiences, including my own experiences traveling, reflections on things I have experienced, and some experiences in making products. Experience is valuable, and I hope to leave more room for you to be touched and think. Just choose the content that interests you from the TOP. ...

February 12, 2025 · 157 min · 33278 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

Open Source Resume Builders & Career Tips

In the vast sea of job hunting, a well-prepared resume acts like a well-designed sailboat, helping you navigate through the fierce waves of competition. With the flourishing development of the open-source community, many excellent resume building tools have emerged, designed to help job seekers create professional and personalized resumes at minimal cost. This article will introduce you to several top-tier open-source resume builders and provide practical tips for crafting and optimizing your resume. ...

April 19, 2024 · 3 min · 544 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

Troubleshooting Guide for OpenIM

Translation and Enhancement of the Article on Troubleshooting Techniques Using OpenIM If you’re seeking specific answers to issues related to OpenIM, I regret to inform you that this article isn’t a collection of problems and solutions. Instead, it focuses on the troubleshooting methods and debugging techniques gleaned from development and operational experiences using OpenIM as a case study. If you’re interested in learning how to diagnose faults and pinpoint issues, please continue reading. ...

April 16, 2024 · 28 min · 5925 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

Sora Ease Guide: Mastering Sora AI for Developers

Copyright: SoraEase , please indicate the source when forwarding. This article from the https://github.com/SoraEase/sora-prompt open source project,SoraEase wants to provide automated, easy, and quick to use tools and guidelines for SORa-related developers. Sora Prompt Collection, a repository dedicated to inspiring AI-driven video creation with Sora. Structured Prompt | Sora Collection of prompt words, a repository designed to inspire AI-driven video creation using Sora. Sora | Sora is an AI model that can create realistic and imaginative scenes from OpenAI’s text instructions. OpenAI is teaching AI to understand and simulate the physical world in motion, with the goal of training models to help people solve problems that require real-world interaction. ...

March 14, 2024 · 12 min · 2550 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

Exploring Sora Technology for Enthusiasts and Developers

Sora! ! ! Recently, there has been a craze about Sora on the Internet. As the latest technology launched by OpenAI, Sora gives the magic of text-generated videos, and the results it demonstrates are impressive. At present, the appeal of short videos has far exceeded traditional novels and graphic comics. Therefore, the advent of Sora may trigger a revolution in the field of video production. The charm of Sora is that it can generate up to 60 seconds of video content based on text descriptions, which includes detailed scene settings, lifelike character expressions, and smooth camera transitions. ...

February 24, 2024 · 21 min · 4385 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me