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-> curiosity, exploration { puts “#{curiosity} and #{exploration}” }.(‘Live with passion’, ‘code with love’)

Reading a Zalo Desktop Backup: From .zl.zip to Searchable Messages

8 minute read

Why a Zalo export would not unzip, how I verified its AES-CBC format, and how I recovered a readable archive. Includes a synthetic example.

DeepSeek Harness: What ‘Everything Is a Plugin’ Actually Means

6 minute read

I went through the new DeepSeek Harness repo and documentation because the tagline sounded almost too broad:

Paperclip: Managing AI Agents Like a Team

4 minute read

I read through paperclipai/paperclip because the idea sounded ambitious: an app for managing AI agents at work.

NocoDB: A Fast Way to Put a Database Online

5 minute read

I read through nocodb/nocodb because I wanted to understand the claim:

Headless CMS vs Building the Backend Yourself

4 minute read

I used to put “headless CMS” and “backend API” in the same bucket.

Is AI the Second Dot-Com Bubble?

8 minute read

I spent some time reading about the dot-com bubble and the current AI boom because I keep hearing the same question:

Superpowers and Spec Kit: Can They Work Together?

7 minute read

I spent some time reading obra/superpowers and comparing it with github/spec-kit. At first they look similar because both are about making AI coding agents m...

GitHub Spec Kit: A Practical First Try

8 minute read

I spent some time reading through github/spec-kit because I wanted to understand one thing:

How I Would Learn and Interview as a Software Engineer Now

8 minute read

I spent some time reading about how developers are using AI and how hiring platforms are reacting to it. My simple conclusion is:

From PRD to SDD: Who Writes the Spec?

10 minute read

I have been thinking about SDD again, but this time from a more practical angle:

SDD: A Simple Way to Build From a Spec

9 minute read

I spent some time reading about SDD because the acronym is a little confusing.

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