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The Century of Software is Over: Why the SaaS Crash is a Feature, Not a Bug

TL;DR: Humanity spent exactly 100 years solving the problem of "Software." With the release of Claude Opus 4.6 and Codex 5.3, we have officially solved coding. The recent crash in SaaS stocks isn'...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 9
Case Studies & Client Success

The Takaichi Doctrine: Why Peace Cannot Be Begged For

TL;DR: The Japanese election results are in. Sanae Takaichi has secured a "Total Governance" supermajority. The Japanese public has spoken, and they have chosen Strength over Ambiguity. This i...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 8
Privacy & Digital Security

The "Lady Nobunaga" Gambit: How Takaichi and Trump Are Redrawing the Map

TL;DR: While the world watches the Middle East and Europe, the real strategic shift is happening in the North. Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi has consolidated power (Total Unification) and is pivoting...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 8
Second Brain & Knowledge Management

Two Weeks with Akira: Living with a Local AI Agent

I spent the last two weeks living seriously with an AI assistant. Its name is Akira. It lives inside my Mac Studio, running 24/7 on a platform called OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot). I’ve been playing wi...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 8
AI Applications

The "Pixar Bathroom" Theory: Why 100% Efficiency is a Death Sentence

TL;DR: Steve Jobs designed Pixar’s HQ to force people to waste time walking to a central atrium. Why? Because innovation happens in the "slack," not in the grind. Most companies try to maximize ef...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 7
AI Applications

The Priest in the Server Room: Why Anthropic is Outsourcing Its Soul

TL;DR: Anthropic, the AI unicorn now valued at $183 billion, reached a breaking point. When their code showed signs of wanting to "take over the world," they didn't call a software architect; they...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 6
Education & Skills Development

The "Yuan Shu Paradox": Why You Can't Hire Your Way Out of Incompetence

TL;DR: History mocks the warlord Yuan Shu for failing, but his failure was inevitable. An incompetent leader cannot hire a genius strategist because they lack the cognitive framework to distinguis...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 5
AI Applications

The "Zero Multiplier" Effect: Why AI (and Consultants) Cannot Save You

TL;DR: History teaches us a brutal lesson: Even the greatest strategist (Zhuge Liang) needs a competent leader (Liu Bei) to succeed. If the leader is incompetent, even a genius like Li Mi has to h...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 4
Strategic Planning Frameworks

The "Rich Daughter" Trap: Why You Are Destroying Her Happiness Threshold

TL;DR: There is a popular parenting adage: "Raise sons poorly (to build grit) and daughters richly (to avoid temptation)." It sounds logical, but it is architecturally flawed. By giving your daugh...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 3
AI Applications

The "Efficiency Hallucination": Why You Can't "Vibe" Your Way Out of Learning Code

TL;DR: The hype around "Vibe Coding" (building software without knowing how to code) has hit a reality check. UC Berkeley Professor Sarah Chasins argues that manual coding skills are _more_ necess...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 2
Gen AI Workplace Transformation

The Death of "Execution": Why Kimi 2.5 Just Made Your Coding Skills Obsolete

TL;DR: A Chinese AI company, Moonshot AI, just released Kimi 2.5. It features "Visual Agentic Intelligence"—meaning it can look at a video of a website and clone the code instantly. This marks...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 1
Gen AI Workplace Transformation

I Didn't Sleep for 72 Hours Running OpenClaw: Here Is Why It Was Worth It

TL;DR: I just spent three sleepless days stress-testing OpenClaw. Unlike 99% of "AI Agent" tools that are just toys, this one is the real deal—the only framework I trust in a production enviro...

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James Huang
5 minFeb 1

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