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Cyber Dharma: A New Engineering Answer to Ancient Questions

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A project manifesto: why build Cyber Dharma, and what it is not. Read more

Burning Hundreds of Millions of Tokens a Day. Then What?

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Once token burn turns from usage exhaust into a KPI and leaderboard, it quickly mutates into theater. Don’t post fuel burn. Post where you got to. Read more

Why PostgreSQL Won in the AI Era

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Boring technology won the wildest era. A look at extensibility, agent choice, database cloning, and the future of the DBA. Read more

AGI Is Here. Do You Have a Ticket?

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When the strongest AI is not expensive but simply unavailable, the world starts converging on digital feudalism. And the window to act is narrowing. Read more

Can You Distill an Expert?

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Polanyi’s tacit knowledge explains the 70% ceiling of AI agents: real intuition, feel, and judgment do not serialize cleanly. They grow, if at all, through practice. Read more

Local AI's Inflection Point: 2027

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When subsidies fade, hardware catches up, and open models mature, all three lines cross in 2027. “Build your own AI” goes from idea to reality. Read more

Yes, I Use AI to Write

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

AI is a multiplier. It amplifies depth and mediocrity alike. In an age where answers are cheap, questions are the real currency. There is nothing to hide about writing with AI. Read more

LLMs Have Emotions: Claude's Internals Reveal Steerable Emotion Vectors

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Anthropic’s new research gives us the first direct look at causally steerable emotion vectors inside a large language model. That should change how we think about AI. Read more

When Coding Becomes Cheap, What Still Matters?

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Codex 5.3 xHigh pushed my workflow past a tipping point: writing code is no longer the scarce resource. The real leverage is design quality and engineering acceptance. This is the practical loop I use to ship reliable software with AI agents. Read more

The Agent Moat: Runtime

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A mediocre local who knows the terrain beats a genius parachuted into unknown territory. Intelligence without context is idle. An agent without a runtime is vapor. Read more

AI Ripped the Skin Off Software

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Software stocks are melting down. Who survives? Who rises? AI stripped away software’s skin, exposing the database skeleton underneath. The market isn’t panic-selling — it’s repricing. Read more

New Programmers in the AI Era: Where Do You Go?

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Should we still hire fresh grads? Squeezed between AI and senior devs, what’s the play for new programmers? Master the right tools, take initiative, find the right mentor. Read more

The Great Software Meltdown: When Translation Layers Get Squashed

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

SaaS and workflow software are dead. From APPs & GUIs to Agents, Databases, and CLI. Read more

Don't Run AI Assistant on Cloud

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When you launch AI assistant on the cloud, you’re handing over cognitive data to the vendor. There’s a reason why people buy Mac mini rather than running it on the cloud. Read more

Agent OS: We're Building DOS Again

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

LLM = CPU. Context = RAM. Database = Disk. Agent = App. The mapping is surprisingly clean. And if OS history is any guide, we may know what comes next — and what’s still missing. Read more

Claude Code Quick Start: Using Alternative LLMs at 1/10 the Cost

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

How to install and use Claude Code? How to achieve similar results at 1/10 of Claude’s cost with alternative models? A one-liner to get CC up and running! Read more

What Database Does AI Agent Need?

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The bottleneck for AI agents isn’t in database engines but in upper-layer integration. Muscle memory, associative memory, and trial-and-error courage will be key. Read more

When Answers Become Abundant, Questions Become the New Currency

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Your ability to ask questions—and your taste in what to ask—determines your position in the AI era. When answers become commodities, good questions become the new wealth. We are living in the moment this prophecy comes true. Read more

Why PostgreSQL Will Dominate the AI Era

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Context window economics, the polyglot persistence problem, and the triumph of zero-glue architecture make PostgreSQL the database king of the AI era. Read more

Where Will Databases and DBAs Go in the AI Era?

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Who will be revolutionized first - OLTP or OLAP? Integration vs specialization, how to choose? Where will DBAs go in the AI era? Feng’s views from the HOW 2025 conference roundtable, organized and published. Read more

Stop Arguing, The AI Era Database Has Been Settled

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The database for the AI era has been settled. Capital markets are making intensive moves on PostgreSQL targets, with PG having become the default database for the AI era. Read more

In the AI Era, Software Starts at the Database

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Future software = Agent + Database. No middle tiers, just agents issuing CRUD. Database skills age well, and PostgreSQL is poised to be the agent-era default. Read more