hong kong
I was in Zhuhai the past two nights. This evening, I drove back home to Hong Kong. Two weeks ago, we were in Macau on baby's first vacation. For those unfamiliar with the local geography, Macau and Zhuhai are adjacent to each other on the opposite side of
ethics
When I checked in at a hotel in China last night, the employee behind the desk excitedly told me that her hotel was now running a special free breakfast promotion. All I needed to do was to give the hotel a 5 star review on whatever platform I used to
immigration
I had breakfast with an old friend from Twitter that I met in person for the first time today. (Btw...if you're not meeting cool people on Twitter and hanging out with them in real life, you're doing using it wrong!) He is American and, naturally,
hong kong
I was eating dinner at a fast-casual restaurant in Hong Kong last night when I was pleasantly reminded of the energy, hustle and efficiency that I love about this city. The restaurant was the kind where you sit down and order from a printed menu and are given a
technology
Yesterday, at the DHH-meetup in Shenzhen, the MC asked DHH what people like himself "who are not developers" should learn about their vibe coded Omarchy extensions when they don't work. DHH responded that they shouldn't need to know how it works. I understand
day-100
I attended the GOSIM Shenzhen 2026 open source conference in Shenzhen today. The headline event for me was DHH's Omarchy talk and the post-conference Omarchy meetup. They didn't disappoint. DHH can be a polarizing figure, but whatever side of his opinions you fall on, one
philosophy
When I joined my sailing club in Hong Kong, my seconder, when signing my application in support of my membership, said to me "clubs run on trust." He was talking about the fact that good clubs work and continue to exist because there is an element of trust
ai
When asked to pick a random number, humans tend to pick the number 7 more than the other numbers. Because LLMs are trained on human output, they take this bias and turn it into what almost amounts to a rule. Go ask your favorite LLM to pick a random number
hong kong
The SCMP writes: Four Hong Kong franchised bus operators have applied to raise fares by up to 17.7 per cent, citing “significant financial pressure” from soaring fuel prices driven by the Middle East conflict. The bureau said the sharp rise in diesel pump prices triggered by the Middle East
hong kong
I've had at least a dozen landlords over the course of my adult life and I've had a good, or at least amicable, working relationship with all of them. This is because when I'm shopping for a flat, office or house to rent I
china
Two and a half decades ago when I first visited China and the Chinese mainland, the Western-food situation was bleak. Besides a few famous Western-owned global food chains and international hotels, white (or black or brown)-person food was not wildly available, and when it was, usually not
crypto
There's very much an adverse selection problem in the crypto industry. The people that you'd actually want to start a wallet company, a security company or a crypto exchange are very often the least interested in doing it. Take, for example, bitcoin exchanges. There were two