ruanyf/weekly

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Tech Weekly for Enthusiasts

Records worth-sharing tech content weekly, published on Fridays.

Submissions for articles/software/resources are welcome via issues (https://github.com/ruanyf/weekly/issues).

P.S. The “Who’s Hiring” thread (https://github.com/ruanyf/weekly/issues/11434) in the discussion section is a free programmer recruitment post with extensive job information. Feel free to post job/internship openings.

2026

September

• Issue #413: Goodbye, React Native
• Issue #412: No More Issues, Only PRs
• Issue #411: OpenClaw 2.0: A Microcosm

August

• Issue #410: Three AI Mechanisms You Need to Know
• Issue #409: The Professional Future of Programmers
• Issue #408: AI Caching Knowledge You Need
• Issue #407: Why Do Nations Need Open Source Software?

July

• Issue #406: The Way Is the Way, and the Way Is Not the Way
• Issue #405: Resources, Social Equity, and Compute Power
• Issue #404: AI Memory Knowledge You Need
• Issue #403: Why Dropbox Isn’t Successful
• Issue #402: My Days at Zhinian AI (A Novella)

June

• Issue #401: How to Earn a Billion Dollars
• Issue #400: The rsync Debate
• Issue #399: A Visit to China’s AI Giants

May

• Issue #398: Token Costs Are Unaffordable
• Issue #397: Wealth Is Concentrating Towards AI
• Issue #396: Alternatives to Internet Communication
• Issue #395: A Third Way for Software Development

April

• Issue #394: The Second Wave of API Openness
• Issue #393: Brain Rot State
• Issue #392: Axios Poisoning and Hollywood-Style Scams
• Issue #391: The AI Wealth Divide

March

• Issue #390: Without Training Data, LLMs Are Useless
• Issue #389: How to Hire Programmers in the Future
• Issue #388: Testing Is the New Moat
• Issue #387: You Are Leading

February

• Issue #386: When Delivery Riders Connect to AI
• Issue #385: Does Musk Fear Chinese Automakers?
• Issue #384: Why Software Stocks Are Falling

January

• Issue #383: What Level of AI Programming Are You?
• Issue #382: The Twilight of Independent Software
• Issue #381: What China’s AI LLM Leaders Are Thinking
• Issue #380: Why People Embrace “Asymmetric Returns”

2025

December

• Issue #379: Excerpts from “The Iron Man of Silicon Valley”
• Issue #378: Predictions Are the New Internet Hotspot
• Issue #377: $140,000 Poverty Line
• Issue #376: The Controversy of Space Data Centers

November

• Issue #375: A Bug in a Door
• Issue #374: The 6GHz Problem
• Issue #373: The Data Model Is the Core of New Products
• Issue #372: How to Design Software Interfaces

October

• Issue #371: An Interview with an Optimist
• Issue #370: Correct Code Highlighting
• Issue #369: A Conversation Between Tim and Luo Yonghao
• Issue #368: Don’t Manage Software Teams Like This

September

• Issue #367: Several Cool Uses for Nano Banana
• Issue #366: Crazy AI Ads in San Francisco
• Issue #365: Traffic Monetization Is Collapsing
• Issue #364: The Most Difficult Rubik’s Cube to Solve

August

• Issue #363: The Best Explanation of Neural Networks
• Issue #362: GitHub Engineers on System Design
• Issue #361: Is the Dark Web Tor Safe?
• Issue #360: Dan Wang’s New Book
• Issue #359: Palantir Is Worth Watching

July

• Issue #358: How to Save a Failing Startup
• Issue #357: The Game Theory of Stablecoins
• Issue #356: My Company Is Pushing AI Coding, What Should I Do?
• Issue #355: Two Books on “Chip Wars”

June

• Issue #354: 8000mAh Phone Battery, What Does It Mean?
• Issue #353: Apple’s “Liquid Glass” Is for AR
• Issue #352: What a Bug Tracking System Should Look Like
• Issue #351: GitHub Issues Are (Almost) the Best Note-Taking App

May

• Issue #350: Java’s 30th Anniversary
• Issue #349: The Inventors of Neural Network Algorithms
• Issue #348: Fei-Fei Li: From Immigrant to AI Star
• Issue #347: Cracking the Cold Start Problem

April

• Issue #346: The Future Is the Loss of Eternity
• Issue #345: HDMI 2.2 Might Be the End for A/V
• Issue #344: Manufacturing Is Becoming “Gig-ified”

March

• Issue #343: How to Block AI Crawlers
• Issue #342: AI Cheating in Interviews: Using Digital Avatars
• Issue #341: Low-Code Programming Probably Won’t Succeed
• Issue #340: 30 Years of Tech Hype

February

• Issue #339: What Are Tokens?
• Issue #338: Rethinking 6G
• Issue #337: Internet Startups Are Almost Gone
• Issue #336: Facing AI, the Internet Is in Decline

January

• Issue #335: Year-End: The Future Is Already Here
• Issue #334: Four Year-End Notes
• Issue #333: Everything Requires Double Payment
• Issue #332: Simon Willison’s Year in Review, Liang Wenfeng’s Interview

2024

December

• Issue #331: You Might Be an NPC
• Issue #330: Kai-Fu Lee Organizes AI Concepts
• Issue #329: The Powerful Diagramming Tool D2
• Issue #328: AI Models Are Not a Good Business

November

• Issue #327: An Internet Without Links
• Issue #326: The World Doesn’t Have That Much Wealth
• Issue #325: Is Zed the Next Stop for VS Code?
• Issue #324: The Largest Known Prime Number
• Issue #323: Tech Company Slogan Competitions

October

• Issue #322: Inside the Content Industry
• Issue #321: Fu Sheng’s Memoirs
• Issue #320: Ping Pong Warehouse

September

• Issue #319: How to Create Viral Videos
• Issue #318: Memories of Startup Cafes
• Issue #317: The Fable of the Donkey, Tiger, and Lion
• Issue #316: The Story of Your Life

August

• Issue #315: A Google Exit Report
• Issue #314: Can “Black Myth: Wukong” Be Industrialized?
• Issue #313: What If Singapore Had No Air Conditioning
• Issue #312: Looking at “Made in America” Through Intel
• Issue #311: Low Interest Rates and Long-Term Projects

July

• Issue #310: How Content Farms Make Money with AI
• Issue #309: The Double-Edged Sword of Robotaxis
• Issue #308: Can’t Find a Job? Should You Pursue a PhD?
• Issue #307: Don’t Overvalue Product Hunt

June

• Issue #306: Information Is as Addictive as Sugar
• Issue #305: Random Numbers, This Is a Problem
• Issue #304: The Most Popular Color
• Issue #303: Techno-Feudalism

May

• Issue #302: Startups Are Good, But I Can’t Recommend Them Anymore
• Issue #301: OpenAI’s Library Workspace
• Issue #300: 30 Years to Solve Life’s Three Big Questions
• Issue #299: The Key to AI Is Training Data

April

• Issue #298: It’s Hardware Engineers’ Turn to Shine
• Issue #297: The Drinking Bird Toy
• Issue #296: Who Is Jia Tan, Author of the xz Backdoor?

March

• Issue #295: The Clever Light Bulb Clock
• Issue #294: Reflections on the Battle of Yamen
• Issue #293: One Week Is 2% of a Year
• Issue #292: All Code Is Technical Debt
• Issue #291: AI Has No Moat

February

• Issue #290: The Biggest Problem with Apple’s Headset
• Issue #289: Where Does Tolerance Come From?

January

• Issue #288: The First Rule of Technical Writing
• Issue #287: A Trip to Lufeng Dinosaur Valley
• Issue #286: The Blue Indicator Light Solution
• Issue #285: Why Memos Are Better Than PPTs

2023

December

• Issue #284: How Many Videos Are on YouTube?
• Issue #283: [Year-End Thoughts] No Destination, Just Move Forward
• Issue #282: The Cybertruck’s 48V Power System
• Issue #281: Policy Choices for New Infrastructure
• Issue #280: Machine Ordering and Otaku Culture

November

• Issue #279: The Tragedy of Online Communities
• Issue #278: The Tricky AI Copyright Issue
• Issue #277: The Best Secondary Monitor for Your Desk
• Issue #276: The Decline of the Content Industry

October

• Issue #275: Peter Thiel’s Experiments
• Issue #274: The Last Piece of Encrypted Communication
• Issue #273: Three Latest Talks by Ren Zhengfei

September

• Issue #272: Unity’s Install Fee: A Microcosm of the Gaming Industry
• Issue #271: The Non-Linear World, The Linear You
• Issue #270: What Is “Lean” in Lean Development?
• Issue #269: Why Heroes Don’t Use Dynamite

August

• Issue #268: Productivity Describes Machines, Not People
• Issue #267: 5G’s Spring Is Coming
• Issue #266: Making Your Own Bilingual EPUB E-book
• Issue #265: After WiFi Comes LiFi

July

• Issue #264: Lessons from Elasticsearch
• Issue #263: How Does Open Source Software Make Money?
• Issue #262: Say Goodbye to Passwords
• Issue #261: The Right Way to Run a Hackathon

June

• Issue #260: Your Journey Won’t Stop at Day 1
• Issue #259: How to Use ChatGPT for Free
• Issue #258: Carmack’s Cat
• Issue #257: Jensen Huang’s Nvidia Story

May

• Issue #256: The Coolest LEGO Creations
• Issue #255: The Right Attitude Towards AI
• Issue #254: Life Is a Long Board Problem
• Issue #253: The Day Training Materials Run Out

April

• Issue #252: Internet Startups Are Getting Harder
• Issue #251: Chinese-Made Single-Board Computers Are Worth Recommending
• Issue #250: The Biggest Risk of New Technology
• Issue #249: The Most Successful Software Entrepreneurs

March

• Issue #248: Don’t Overhype ChatGPT
• Issue #247: Zuckerberg’s Layoff Letter
• Issue #246: The Never-Lost Online Identity
• Issue #245: Skyscrapers Are Anti-Human
• Issue #244: Big Data Is Dead

February

• Issue #243: Chatting with Confucius AI
• Issue #242: An Awkward Server Hack
• Issue #241: China’s Growth Engine Is in the Inland
• Issue #240: Can Education Duration Be Shortened?

January

• Issue #239: Two Types of People Will Increase in the Future
• Issue #238: The Best Time to Stop Looking

2022

December

• Issue #237: How Is True Location Exposed?
• Issue #236: China’s Sun Belt
• Issue #235: Youth Unemployment and Choosing Entrepreneurship
• Issue #234: How Capable Are AI Chatbots?
• Issue #233: Life Is Like a Fish Tank

November

• Issue #232: Great Graphic Design Software
• Issue #231: How Many Employees Do Tech Companies Need?
• Issue #230: Power Consumption of Electronics
• Issue #229: Solving the Phone Charging Problem

October

• Issue #228: The Meaning of Humanity and Life
• Issue #227: Facebook’s New Hire Orientation
• Issue #226: What Went Wrong at Google?

September

• Issue #225: Game NPCs as a Career
• Issue #224: Why Figma Beat Sketch
• Issue #223: Should Programmers Worry About Layoffs?
• Issue #222: 40 Years of Programming Reflections
• Issue #221: The Most Prosperous Industry in the World

August

• Issue #220: Where Are the Opportunities in AI?
• Issue #219: How to Prevent Your Account from Being Hacked
• Issue #218: Wine, Cherry Blossoms, and Global Warming
• Issue #217: Saudi Arabia’s NEOM

July

• Issue #216: The Triumph of Minimalism
• Issue #215: The Internet’s Favorite Behavior Pattern
• Issue #214: Your Map Is Wrong
• Issue #213: Knowledge Silos, Knowledge Software
• Issue #212: Life Is Not Short

June

• Issue #211: Virtual Goods Can Boost GDP
• Issue #210: Why Software Becomes Complex
• Issue #209: What Kind of People Are Programmers?

May

• Issue #208: The Problems with Promotion Systems
• Issue #207: The Auto Industry’s Peak May Have Passed
• Issue #206: How to Overcome Disappointment and Doubt
• Issue #205: Has the Internet’s Golden Era Passed?

April

• Issue #204: How to Get Through Pandemics, Layoffs, and War
• Issue #203: UK Prestigious University Visas, Berkeley’s CS Education
• Issue #202: Three Inspiring Learning Methods
• Issue #201: China Needs to Establish a Semiconductor Ministry

March

• Issue #200: Low Expectations, More Attempts
• Issue #199: Russia’s HTTPS Certificate Problem
• Issue #198: Is “Made in America” Possible?
• Issue #197: If the World Had a Hedonism Device

February

• Issue #196: The Future of Handheld Consoles
• Issue #195: Have You Ever Worked on a Project You Didn’t Care About the Outcome?
• Issue #194: Pessimists Are Right, Optimists Succeed

January

• Issue #193: Front-End vs Back-End: Which Is Harder?
• Issue #192: The Biggest Opportunities Come from New Technology
• Issue #191: A Programmer’s Path to Financial Independence

2021

December

• Issue #190: Productization Mindset
• Issue #189: The Next Industry to Experience Involution
• Issue #188: Music Is Anti-Social
• Issue #187: Will the Metaverse Succeed?
• Issue #186: Low Latitude, High Altitude, Climate Advantage

November

• Issue #185: US Constitution Auction: A Blockchain Case Study
• Issue #184: How Large Are Government Storage Needs?
• Issue #183: Tencent’s Employee Retirement Benefits
• Issue #182: The Risk of Newcomer Promotions

October

• Issue #181: How Should Mobile Payments Be Designed?
• Issue #180: Where in China Would You Like to Live?
• Issue #179: How to Use AR Technology
• Issue #178: The Spring of Home Solar Power

September

• Issue #177: The Real Purpose of the iPad
• Issue #176: Does China’s Courts Recognize the GPL?
• Issue #175: Knowledge Breadth vs Knowledge Depth
• Issue #174: Versatile Programmers vs Specialist Programmers

August

• Issue #173: Designing Internet Radios
• Issue #172: Will We Die from Climate Disaster?
• Issue #171: How Expensive Is Cloud Traffic?
• Issue #170: The Victory of Software Subscriptions

July

• Issue #169: Wuling Motors’ Product Design
• Issue #168: The Game “Detroit: Become Human”
• Issue #167: Ad Blockers Are Going Too Far
• Issue #166: Is Video Learning Better Than Reading?
• Issue #165: The Era of Full-Stack Apps

June

• Issue #164: Training Bootcamps vs Universities: Job Success Rate Comparison
• Issue #163: How Many Hospital Beds Does Your City Have?
• Issue #162: Life Is Like the Game Pac-Man
• Issue #161: Goodbye, Master’s Degree

May

• Issue #160: The Crisis of Middle-Aged Programmers
• Issue #159: Game Developer Salaries
• Issue #158: The Deprecation of Content Channels
• Issue #157: KK’s Advice for Young People

April

• Issue #156: GPU Shortages and Cross-Industry Competition
• Issue #155: Is Digital Currency a Weapon Against Dollar Hegemony?
• Issue #154: Predictions for an Information Society from 1982
• Issue #153: Is Machine Translation an Insult to Translators?
• Issue #152: From Peking University to Vocational School

March

• Issue #151: What Are NFTs? I Heard You Can Make Money
• Issue #150: When Music Was Scarce
• Issue #149: New Energy Vehicles: Who Will Be the Winner?
• Issue #148: The Era of Micro-Growth

February

• Issue #147: Find the Pain You’re Willing to Endure
• Issue #146: How Should Online Classes Be Taught?
• Issue #145: If Everyone Stays Home, What Happens to the Economy?

January

• Issue #144: The Fundamental Way to Increase Income
• Issue #143: The End of the World and a Cold, Cruel Paradise
• Issue #142: 2020 Was the First Year of the 21st Century
• Issue #141: The Victory of Closed Systems

2020

December

• Issue #140: What Are Salaries in India?
• Issue #139: Terrifying Progress in Biology
• Issue #138: Unemployment Is Hard to Avoid: Restructuring Life Plans
• Issue #137: Slack Gets Acquired, and Enterprise Tech Choices
• Issue #136: Littlewood’s Law of Miracles

November

• Issue #135: What Industries Are Suitable for Startups?
• Issue #134: The Future Gaming Industry Will Be 100 Times Larger
• Issue #133: Can Guizhou Become Switzerland?
• Issue #132: Fast Skills vs Slow Skills

October

• Issue #131: Is Your Mind Binary or Ternary Logic?
• Issue #130: The Internet Is Getting Younger
• Issue #129: Convex and Concave Functions in Startups
• Issue #128: Is Society Becoming “Cyberpunk”?

September

• Issue #127: In the Future, Everyone Develops Software, Almost No One Codes
• Issue #126: What Is Involution?
• Issue #125: Who Will Digital RMB Replace?
• Issue #124: How Huawei Evaluates Employees
• Issue #123: Internet Companies and the Military System of the Hunan Army

August

• Issue #122: Let’s Talk About High Valuations of Tech Companies
• Issue #121: Why Aren’t Humans Getting More Leisure Time?
• Issue #120: Only Openness Can Defeat Blockades
• Issue #119: Rainfall and Insurance Game Theory

July

• Issue #118: How to Fill Out College Entrance Exam Preferences
• Issue #117: I Don’t Want You to Remember My Face
• Issue #