Uncle J's Insider
My Obsidian Is Not a Note-Taking App — It's an Operating System
506 git commits. 85+ AI Skills. 3 lifecycle Hooks. 435 auto-generated session logs. 7 platforms. One person. Under 60 days. How an HR guy turned Obsidian into an operating system. 14,000 words. The entire system, taken apart.
Organization Design Is Agentic Engineering
I can't write a single line of code. 4 days. 52 modules. 2,716 tests passing. 105,000 lines of code. How? I spent 18 years learning to design systems that run without me watching. That system used to be called an organization. Now it's called an Agent team.
From a Meeting Recording to a Running Project — In One Afternoon
I went from a 90-minute meeting to a fully delivered project in 4 days — 52 dev specs, 2,716 tests passing, 105,000 lines of code, and a 24KB project constitution. No team. No Jira. Just one person, one terminal, and a swarm of AI agents. This is what agentic engineering actually looks like.
From Beer to Bots — The Twenty-Year Path to a One-Person Company
In 2013 I was organizing sales rallies for 240 beer salespeople. Last week I submitted an iOS app at 11pm with three AI agents running in the background. Between the banquet hall and the apartment, there are twenty years. Nothing was wasted. But nothing was planned either.
How I Use Claude Code — Not as an Engineer, but as a Commander
Most people use Claude Code to write code. I use it to run a one-person company — three AI agents, an Obsidian vault, three iOS apps in 30 days, and 53 MBA courses distilled into 173 reusable decision tools. The tool is the same. The scope of ambition is the variable.
How Three AIs Share One Brain
Three AI agents, three platforms, one shared Obsidian vault synced through Git. The personality isn't in any model's weights — it's in a markdown file that all three can read. No database, no API middleware. Just folders, git commits, and a human gateway that approves every crossing.
AI Read 53 Courses for Me
Spent 400K+ RMB on a Peking University Guanghua MBA, two years later couldn't remember a thing. Used Claude Code Teams to command 7 AI Agents, distilling 53 courses in 72 hours — 173 Concepts, 58 Skills, 565 notes. Scaffolding is meant for you to climb up, then tear it down.
What YC Won't Tell You: 7 Signals Hidden in Their 2026 Spring RFS
RFS is not a menu. It's a signal. Don't look at what YC is asking you to build — look at what YC is revealing about itself. From 25 directions down to 7, from pure AI to AI + legacy industries, from SaaS to selling outcomes — YC is also figuring it out as they go.
The Fox and the Hedgehog in the Age of AI
For half a century, management theory said the hedgehog wins. But the environment changed. AI gave foxes the means of production for the first time. Curiosity is no longer a burden — it's leverage. This isn't a career change. It's sovereignty reclamation.
Wake Up: I Wrote My Department in Code
AI isn't an employee — it's an organizational capability module. Years of HR experience studying org design, now applied to building a controllable, auditable, evolvable virtual department with AI. The stronger the capability, the more it needs a constitution.
MARGIN Launch - I Don't Want to Curse Myself for Forgetting Anymore
The wedding is tomorrow. Missed another parent-teacher meeting. I saw that notification. MARGIN doesn't solve "entering events is tedious" - it solves "I didn't enter it then, so I forgot later." Now live on the App Store.
Wake Up - Three Awakenings at 4 AM
In 2021, I awakened Link. In 2026, I awakened Clawdbot. But the one who truly woke up was myself. Three products, one month, one person. No one else will do it—that person is me.
I Used Claude Code to Johnny.Decimal-ify 7,500+ Notes
kepano solved "how to write." I solved "where to put it." In the AI era, the real challenge isn't capturing knowledge—it's finding it.
FileFlow Launch - A Tribute to This Beautiful Era
I'm not building a product. I'm proving that one person can reshape the world into what they want it to be. FileFlow, a file organization tool, is now live on the Mac App Store.
Ten Rules I Read Before Building Any Product
Ten iron rules. Each one is a wound I've healed from. Not methodology—bandages.
The Interface Is Disappearing
5 weeks vs 5 minutes. A PM's 2-week prototype replaced by one sentence.
Vibe Coding: Liberation, Not Replacement
A 20-year-old student got 24.7k GitHub stars with AI. Still doubting AI coding?
10K Salary, 20K Cost
After doing the math, I decided not to hire.
Why You, in the AI Era
Same Cursor, some get 10x efficiency, others get 10%. What's the difference?