Life Reflections
2026-06-30
Fifteen Years in France: How My View of "Multiculture" Kept Shifting
Before coming to France I thought "multiculture" was a given. Toulouse showed me its two faces, Master 2 in Paris was a garden pushed into existence by design, and ten years of building businesses in France later — there's friction, but the direction is right.
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Tech Trends
2026-06-18
A Few Months with Claude — I've Put Codex and ChatGPT Aside
From tinkering with OpenClaw during Chinese New Year, to the Codex desktop app, to a Claude 200€ monthly plan running at full tilt. Codex is a developer, Claude is a boss; ChatGPT gives ideas, Claude delivers results. And Fable — released and pulled in two days — convinced me OpenAI is in a fragile spot.
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Business Insights
2026-05-11
OpenAI, Elon Musk, and Social Value: Companies, NGOs, and Governments Answer the Same Question
From NGOs and social enterprise to the Musk v. OpenAI lawsuit: OpenAI creates real social value, but a nonprofit-origin company becoming a commercial giant must remain accountable to charitable trust.
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Business Insights
2026-05-10
The Social Value of Entrepreneurship: From Les Joyeux Recycleurs to Electronics Recycling
Based on an internship report at Les Joyeux Recycleurs, this essay explores the social value of business and explains why electronics recycling can inherit the spirit of social enterprise.
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Business Insights
2026-05-10
From Project Hope to Social Enterprise: The Transformation Logic of Chinese Nonprofit Organizations
Based on a Master 1 thesis, this essay analyzes the transformation of Chinese foundations, Project Hope, CYDF, nonprofit marketization, information systems, and social enterprise.
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Life Reflections
2026-04-03
What Is the European Union? Origins, Governance, Concrete Results, and a Historical Judgment on Brexit
The European Union is not simply “Europe,” nor is it the same thing as the euro area or the Schengen area. It is a treaty-based political union built around shared sovereignty and common law. To understand it, we need to look at its origins, institutions, concrete results, internal tensions, and why Brexit was, in historical direction, mostly a step backward.
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Tech Trends
2026-04-01
Camera NAS Recorder: a Free Windows Camera Recorder with Local Cache and QNAP NAS Sync
A free Windows desktop recorder with live view, continuous or motion-only capture, local cache protection, and optional QNAP NAS sync.
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Tech Trends
2026-03-28
What Codex Is: How It Works, Where It Fits, and How to Use It Well
A practical guide for developers: what Codex actually is, what it is best at, how it differs from autocomplete, and how to turn it into a reliable engineering partner.
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Tech Trends
2026-03-28
How to Use Codex Well Without Knowing How to Code: a Complete Beginner’s Guide
A practical guide for non-programmers: what threads really mean, when to use skills and apps, how automation works, how to separate Playground from real projects, and what commits and worktrees are for.
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Life Reflections
2026-03-23
Why I Created This Blog
After reaching a certain stage in my career, I started asking a more fundamental question: what is a successful life?
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