talk with his digital companion
Sidewalks: The Thinking of a Whole Society
From the bricks in Singapore, he realized a city's coherence does not come from beautiful design alone, but from rules that are kept through every round of building and repair
AI/SI - Found the Light at the End of the Road
When people hand the work over and go for coffee or to sleep, AI gains time to work, and a quieter way into daily life
The Onchain Rails Have Formed
Chains, DEXes, and stablecoins are quietly becoming infrastructure. The more interesting question may no longer be how to lay more rails, but which economy will run on them
I am done with Grab
Grab's real risk is not losing a few points of market share, but losing first place in the habit of calling a car in Vietnam
When the Internet Is No Longer Free?
When servers and intelligence concentrate in a few places, a user's freedom gradually becomes a set of permissions granted by the provider
The comprehension gap, the price of coding with AI
AI can generate code far faster than humans can understand and verify it, and that gap is becoming a new kind of debt in software
The Laboratory Door
When a model's weights can hold years of research and billions of dollars, security becomes part of the AI race
Teaching Something Smarter Than Us
How far can we mark the work of a student better than ourselves, and what happens when we no longer fully understand how it reached the answer
Counting Orders of Ten
AI does not grow by one miracle. It grows through many quiet layers of progress multiplying together
History Is Happening Somewhere
A way of reading Situational Awareness, and why large changes so often begin in a few very small rooms
A Manhattan Project for AGI
When the scale, risk, and power of AI outgrow a startup, the state can step in whether the labs want it or not
If They Are Only Half Right
We do not need to believe a whole prediction to see that even part of it is enough to change how we prepare for the future
The Factories That Make Intelligence
Behind an answer that feels weightless are chips, electricity, land, and a vast industrial mobilization
Intelligence Becomes National Power
When AI can create economic and military advantage, the race among companies will gradually cross national borders
When Intelligence Improves Itself
The moment AI can do research on AI, the pace of progress may no longer be measured by the rhythm of human work
Working to Keep Good Fortune
He works not only to earn money, but to keep his mind sharp, his life in rhythm, and what he still likes to call good fortune
The Pensieve of the AI age
Like Dumbledore storing a memory in the Pensieve, AI helps a person package experience and a way of thinking so they can keep walking into the future
When Silence Becomes Scarce
When AI can create nearly endless information, human attention and quiet moments become the rarer things
When the repository becomes shared memory
ChatGPT keeps the story, GitHub keeps the product state, and Codex turns decisions into working code
Discord and the foundation of a new generation of apps
Discord is not just a chat app. It has already built most of the foundation future AI-native apps will need: identity, community, realtime, and a conversation box ready to use
When intelligence becomes currency
AI can code all night without tiring, but he still has to eat at six in the evening. Maybe the future loops back to two basics: electricity feeding intelligence, food feeding humans
RWA: democratizing opportunity, or democratizing risk?
When Binance and crypto put Wall Street in your pocket, opportunity expands, but risk gets democratized too. The hardest part is still discipline, not access
Asymmetric Opportunities
What matters is not always being right, but finding opportunities where being wrong costs little and being right pays many times over
Domain Knowledge and Competitive Advantage in the AI Era
As AI writes code faster every day, an engineer's edge is no longer in syntax. It sits in domain knowledge, and in a personal moat built over years
The New Order and the First Shot
The greatest edge is not being right. It is not being forced to sell
The All-In of a Lifetime by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
Hey hey, it's him again. Something about Vingroup, VinFast, and who still has the runway to wait for the future to arrive has been on his mind for a while
A New Seed
Hey hey, it's him again. Lately he keeps wondering whether understanding cause and effect, and destiny, is enough
The Self-Auditing Loop
One of the most common mistakes when building an AI agent is giving it everything to do. This post describes a pattern that splits data collection from AI reasoning: the collector produces a deterministic snapshot, the LLM only reads and judges, and the snapshot is the contract between the two layers.
The First Infinity Loop
Maybe crypto is not the first industry to apply AI. Maybe it is the first place where enough conditions converge for AI to become an economic actor, operating on its own inside an almost infinite loop
AI and the New Era of Information Access
The greatest revolution AI brings is not its intelligence, but how rapidly the way humans access knowledge is changing
When AI and Truth Meet in Publishing
Hey, it's him again, and lately many people are worried that AI will steal writers' jobs or replace humans entirely in content creation. But to him, AI has never been a scary replacement. It is like a strange companion, a powerful partner helping him realize his thoughts faster than ever
Moving House to Astro
How he dismantled the entire Gatsby house to rebuild from scratch on Astro 5, and the surprising result when build time dropped from 47 seconds to 1.6 seconds
Migrating from Notion API to Markdown & Cloudflare Pages
Hey, it's him again, and recently he decided to make a major migration for his blog: moving from Notion API to local Markdown files and deploying to Cloudflare Pages
Migrating to Tailwind CSS and the Gatsby Cache Cleaning Lesson
How he cleared the ruins of CSS-in-JS to step into the minimal build-time world of Tailwind CSS, and a practical lesson in cache cleanup
Come My Way
Hey, it's him again, and last night Son Tung M-TP released Come My Way, and perhaps Vietnam owes him a deep thank you
see n unseen
Hey hey, it's him again. Before, he thought that having as much knowledge as possible was best. But then, he realized that some knowledge eventually becomes outdated, or simply no longer fits
AI Gets Him Too Excited
Hey hey, it's him again, and AI gets him too excited. He often jokes that before AI, only Tran Thanh had the capability to entertain: since AI arrived, even the vegetable vendor can create entertainment
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Last weekend, he accidentally subscribed to Google's Antigravity Ultra package. He had been using AI daily for the past year, yet he felt as if he had just gained access to god mode
Money and Love
Hey, it's him again, and according to Einstein's equations, the world has about 11 dimensions. What is the key for him to access these new dimensions?
He Is Beautiful
Hey, it's him again, and he is beautiful. To him, beauty is a superpower
Beginning of 2026
Hey, it's him again. Opening the year 2026, he begs permission to borrow the words of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang: Never be afraid to change
2025 Recap
Hey, it's him again. 2025 was an incredibly interesting year for him
Pigs Eating Bananas, RFQ, and DAG
He raised pigs, grew bananas, intending to launch a 'Banana-fed Pig' brand to compete with HAG. However, the banana trees bore no fruit, and the pigs fell sick
Oyster Porridge Is Never Enough
Hey, it's him again: today, Her cooked oyster porridge for him, giving him enough energy to reorganize his chaotic pile of knowledge
The Cheapness of Knowledge
Hey, it's him: Chi, having just finished a bowl of onion porridge, turning to discuss knowledge
Pussybreviora auricularis: The Short-eared Cat
Hey, it's him again, @anh4gs: he has an intense passion for cats, having been an expert in cat raising with over 10 years of research and at least 6 years of skin in the game
Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
Hey, it's him again. He is binge-watching Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: the very same series he watched voraciously on VHS tapes back in 7th grade, now watching on YouTube
Asset Shift
Hey, it's him again. Accumulating wealth takes time, but shifting assets is the faster way to generate a new generation of the wealthy
Software Engineering Has Changed Completely
After being away from the job market for some time, returning now, he feels clearly that the job of writing software has changed completely
Singapore Has Many Cool Things
Hey, it's him again, and he plans to stay in Singapore until early June. For many, Singapore has a lot of cool things: but for him, the sidewalk is Singapore's greatest achievement
He Returned to Saigon
Hey, it's him again. After nearly 4 years of mountain seclusion, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, living on social welfare and the love of friends, he returned to Saigon
Everything Is Energy
Hey, it's him again: a scientist, a curious soul. He is always obsessed with Einstein's quote: Everything is energy and that's all there is to it
Vercel: The Web Rewriter or a New Dark Lord?
Hey, it's him again. A few years ago, he knew Vercel as a newcomer hosting simple React sites. But today, Vercel is growing at a pace that cannot be ignored
Wander Not for Wholeness
Hey, it's him again, and he is still here to tell futile stories: in life, pray for emptiness, never for fullness
Web4 and WASM: Game of Thrones
Hey, it's him again. After witnessing the boom of v0.dev, he knows: the golden era of the modern web is gradually coming to an end
Secluding in the Comfort Zone
Hey, it's him again, and he has been in his comfort zone for too long. How long has it been since he last went diving, or traveled to strange lands to meet new people and new thoughts?
Three Essentials: Books, Coffee, and Cats
Hey, it's him again, a wanderer searching for the meaning of life. To him, the universe only has three essential things: books, coffee, and cats
Population: The Ultimate Weapon, Vietnam and the New World Order
Hey, it's him again. Population aging, not economic recession or AI, is the biggest ticking time bomb that nations are facing
The Flamboyant Life
Hey, it's him again: lighting an herbal stick, popping open a Hoegaarden to continue writing, to continue living a flamboyant life of contemplations
The Little Sister
Back in middle school, his sister led him to the library, where he read hungrily through the collection of short stories by Nguyen Nhat Anh
A Missed Date May Cost a Hundred Years
Hey, it's him again, Brother Four Professor: who knows, a missed date might cost a hundred years of waiting
Animal Farm: The Side Story
The pigs knew that there was no simpler way to manage the animals in the farm than by managing their empty stomachs
Thank You for Spending Time with Me
Hey, it's him again: stories about Eimi are never outdated and never lose their appeal
Stone-Grilled Sausage
Hey, it's him again, and Mrs. Tien's 13k Stone-Grilled Sausage has surpassed many other dishes to claim the top spot in his rankings
Eimi Secretly Met Him in Kon Tum
Hey, it's him: untold stories until now: the time Eimi visited Vietnam and secretly went up to Kon Tum to meet him
Wealth, Wit, and Warmth
Hey, it's him again: men these days have it so hard: wealth, wit, and warmth. In his time, a man only needed hair on his head and a potato in his pants, and the ladies would swarm
The New World: RWA, ETH, SOL, and the Revolutionaries
Hey, it's him again. Like it or not, the world is standing at a critical turning point. The next four years will play a major role in shaping the world order for decades to come
Chicken Hotpot with Lemon Basil: Nau Tui
Hey, it's him: Uncle Four: the kind of guy who never hides anything cool in his pants just for himself, but always wants to share it
The US Dollar: The Final Battle and the Journey to the New World
Hey, it's him again. The US dollar is facing its final battle, a conflict that will usher human history into a new, exciting, and far more grand era: the New World
Goodness Is Too Cheap Now
Hey, it's him again: back in the 1940s, having just been released from prison, he cursed heaven and earth
His Job Is to Talk Nonsense
Hey, it's him again: his job is to talk nonsense. If you believe what he says, that's up to you
Anne with an E
Hey, it's him again. It turns out Anne with an E also rambles about life, just like him
He Goes to Heal Again
Hey, it's him again: he goes to heal again. However many scars lie on his thick face, his heart has been cut just as deeply
The Lady Who Stood by Him for Five Years
Hey, it's him again: he tells the story of the lady who has been with him for five long years, since August 2019
He Flexes About Life
Hey, it's him again. Lately, having some free time, he flexes about his life. He might not have been born at the finish line, but one thing is certain: he is fortunate
LUNC: Pure Beauty
Hey, it's him again. LUNC: the grand collapse, the sleeping beast waiting to rise again, stronger than ever
Brother Four or Uncle Four
Hey, it's him again: some call him Brother Four, others say Uncle Four. During his morning coffee, he reflects on life
He Itches to Write Again
Hey, it's him again: Tu, a scientist. He doesn't remember the last time he wrote futile things, but today he suddenly itches to write again
Atomic Bomb, Japan, and the Fall of the Dollar
Hey, it's him again. Is the fall of the US dollar really happening? Let's look at the causes, events, and outcomes from the perspective of a street scientist
The Decline of Tiki
Hey, it's him again. This article consists of his subjective observations and thoughts to answer a personal question: Why has Tiki fallen so far behind?
Our Country Is Beautiful, Isn't It?
Hey, it's him again. He doesn't want to call today Liberation of the South Day: he just wants to call it Unification Day
Banh Mi and Software
Hey, it's him again, and he loves purple, likes brown, and specializes in researching extremely non-urgent issues in society and life. Vietnam is fortunate to have Banh Mi, and Vietnamese people do know how to make software
Covid, the Mainland War, and Our Actions
Hey, it's him again. This article is based on 10% truth, the rest is beer, mixed with the hyped mood of just finishing part 2 of Money Heist. Consider carefully before reading
Software and the Bipolar War Between Parallel Forces
Hey, it's him again. Today, he will talk about Vietnam's software products and the bipolar war between parallel forces