Dual-Track Dev
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Burning Tokens Now Costs More Than Hiring People (No, This Isn't a Joke)
Uber burned its full 2026 AI budget in four months, and heavy users now run $500–$2,000 a month per engineer. Why compute behaves like a raw material now — and why token-based KPIs are the new lines-of-code.
What AI Anxiety Sounds Like in Chinese Developer Communities
After my last post on AI and motivation, I noticed a difference in the Chinese developer communities I follow: the anxiety is often less about whether AI replaces us, and more about how quickly it changes the people competing beside us.
AI Won't Kill Your Motivation. But Mediocrity Might.
A follow-up to my last post on AI and motivation — on what AI actually exposes, and what that means for how we spend our time.
AI Didn't Kill My Motivation — Here's How I Use It as a Frontend Productivity Weapon
Chinese frontend communities are flooded with 'AI will replace us' anxiety. After going through the same fear, I found a different path: treating AI as a force multiplier, not a competitor. Here's my real workflow and the numbers behind it.
DeepSeek V4 Is Now the 'Kill Line' of AI Models — Here's What That Means
DeepSeek V4 Flash dropped on July 31 and the Chinese dev community has a new term for it: the kill line. If your model can't beat it on performance or price, you're dead. Here's the data behind the claim.
LobeChat: The 60K-Star Open-Source ChatGPT Alternative Nobody Talks About (And Why It Matters)
A hands-on review of LobeChat, the 60K-star open-source LLM chat interface. Multi-provider support, self-hosted, plugin system — here's what it gets right and where it falls short.
WeChat Mini Programs: The App Store Inside a Messaging App (and Why the West Has Nothing Like It)
WeChat Mini Programs are used by 900M+ people monthly, handling payments, government services, and e-commerce without leaving the chat app. Here's how they work, how big they really are, and why no Western platform has replicated them.
Getting Started with Ant Design — Build Your First React UI in 15 Minutes
Learn Ant Design, the most popular React UI library from China, used by Alibaba, Tencent, and millions of developers. Step-by-step guide with code examples covering Button, Table, Form, and theming.
5 CSS Tricks Chinese Developers Use That You Probably Don't
Five practical CSS techniques popular in China's frontend community — scroll-driven animations, one-line dark mode, text overflow gradients, masonry without JS, and anchor positioning. Ready-to-use code included.