When Software Becomes Disposable
Reflections on a podcast interview with MuleRun's founder — Claude Code as the ultimate General Agent, disposable software, and what happens when the agent economy thesis meets reality.
Reflections on a podcast interview with MuleRun's founder — Claude Code as the ultimate General Agent, disposable software, and what happens when the agent economy thesis meets reality.
Why AI companions fail today and how to build one that truly understands you through memory orchestration, multi-agent architecture, and conversational personality modeling.
AI companions need a sensory system. Wearables — rings, pendants, bracelets disguised as fashion — give AI the ability to feel what you're feeling and shift from reactive to proactive care.
Agents will live your life for you — socializing, negotiating, filtering. The infrastructure for agent identity, payment, reputation, and proxy social networks is the next platform play.
PanPanMao build diary final entry: 29 days, 1,134 commits, 9 product verticals. Reflections on AI-augmented development, zero-knowledge domains, and the product vs engineering divide.
For thousands of years, deep fortune readings were a privilege — masters, temples, high prices. AI is changing everything. One person, 29 days, 10 apps, zero domain knowledge. This is why I built PanPanMao, and why it matters.
Part 1 of 3: A big-tech engineer's journey into building PanPanMao -- an AI-powered Chinese metaphysics platform with 9 verticals, 1,134 commits in 29 days, and zero domain knowledge.
Part 2 of 3: The technical build of PanPanMao across 4 phases -- monorepo consolidation, testing and branding, monetization, and the milestone rush. 1,134 commits, 85 endpoints, 9 verticals.
Part 3 of 3: Honest lessons from building PanPanMao. AI bridging domain knowledge (with caveats), product vs engineering, the agentic coding workflow, and the era of the solo AI-augmented builder.
PanPanMao build diary Day 27: The most productive single day. 98 commits. Three new products (child naming, compatibility analysis, annual forecast) from zero to production.
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