I Admit I'm Lazy
I admit I'm lazy.
I usually ignore files I receive. Research reports, papers, PPTs from WeChat groups—downloaded and abandoned. Over 3,000 files in my Downloads folder. I know there's treasure in there, but I'm too lazy to dig.
I also admit I'm greedy. An information-hoarding beast. I want to save everything. What if I need it someday?
But I'm also a knowledge management fanatic. Johnny.Decimal, PARA, Zettelkasten—I've studied them all. I know what "good order" looks like. I crave that feeling of "finding what I need when I need it."
The tension between these two sides? For over a decade, I could only endure it.
Enduring the chaos. Enduring not finding things. Enduring "forget it, I'll organize later."
Today, FileFlow Launched
Today, an app I built myself launched on the Mac App Store.
It's called FileFlow. A file organization tool. It uses AI + the Johnny.Decimal methodology to turn your chaotic files into perfect order.
Not a hot market. Not AI agents, not large language models, not the next unicorn.
It's a niche. Small. Maybe only people like me need it.
But it comes from my real needs.
I stopped waiting for someone else to build this. I built it myself.
An HR Guy Writing Code
I need to provide some background, or this story is incomplete.
I'm not a programmer by training.
Spent over a decade in HR at AB InBev, from specialist to division head. Then joined Longfor, became a partner candidate. Currently pursuing an MBA at Peking University Guanghua.
16 years of career. Managed compensation system integration for 8,000 people.
Then I wrote code, built a product, and today it's on the Mac App Store.
This Isn't a Career Change—It's Sovereignty Reclamation
People ask me: How did an HR guy suddenly start coding?
My answer: I never thought of myself as "just" an HR person.
Back at AB InBev, I was already thinking: Use your current job to buy yourself time and resources, to discover how to monetize your abilities.
I learned VBA, data analysis, business charts. Not because work required it—because I knew that no matter how long you stay in an organization, the decision-making power isn't yours.
You can become a division head, but during layoffs, you execute others' decisions. You can lead a 150-person team, but strategy comes from the top. You can become a partner candidate, but the company's fate isn't in your hands.
Who owns the judgment call? Who bears the failure cost? Who gets the success narrative?
I asked myself these three questions repeatedly throughout my career. The answer was brutal: most of the time, all three belong to different people.
So I chose to build my own system.
Not a career change—sovereignty reclamation.
This Is a Beautiful Era
What I want to say is—this is a f**king beautiful era.
Throughout history, when most people wanted a tool, they could only compromise with reality. Learn to endure. Then rationalize their frustrations.
But now, for the first time, this combination exists:
One person. One computer. Some time. Plus AI, SDKs, and distribution platforms.
You can accomplish what used to require an entire company.
I'm not "trying things out." I'm exercising capability.
FileFlow from idea to launch—just me. Product definition, architecture design, code implementation, App Store review. All me.
If I do well, I enjoy it. If I don't, I criticize myself.
Those who bear complete responsibility deserve complete freedom.
Not Building a Product—Proving Something
FileFlow isn't selling "AI classification."
It's selling a sense of order.
"I can be lazy, but the system won't be messy."
This is psychological value, not computational value. Users pay not for tokens, but for the experience of "organized files, peaceful mind."
There's only one success metric: Reinstall it first thing when switching computers.
Not DAU, not paid conversion, not rankings. Just that one thing.
Written for This Era
What I'm saying today isn't for other people to hear.
It's for this era to hear.
I'm not building a product. I'm proving: One person can reshape the world into what they want it to be.
Not a big change. Just a little more convenience, a little more clarity, a little bit of "finally, no more enduring."
I admit I'm lazy, love hoarding information, don't organize. But I also love knowledge management, want to use killer methodologies to organize.
In the past, the gap between these could only be endured.
Now, I write code to solve it myself.
I no longer wait for anyone's permission. I put what I want directly into this world.
This era happens to be listening.
A tribute to this beautiful era.
FileFlow, launched today.
Product Homepage: fileflow.theunclej.com
Mac App Store: Download FileFlow
Uncle J · 2026.01.26 PKU Guanghua MBA · Former Longfor Partner Candidate · AB InBev Veteran Now, someone who writes his own code
