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Lately I've been thinking a lot about language learning, especially about why some methods seem to work so much better than others even when the amount of effort is roughly the same.

Insights on how collaborating with an AI agent transformed my approach to building language learning tools, from data structure to UI design.

Reflections on spending Chinese New Year's Eve in Tokyo for the first time — on cultural memory, tradition, and the passage of time.

Reflections on a podcast episode about vibe coding, high-fidelity prompting, and what it means to communicate clearly with AI.

Why I built LingoContext, a context-aware translation Chrome extension, and the philosophy of building your own tools.

Building Kanji Kaisen, a web app that teaches kanji through radicals, turning overwhelming symbols into a learnable logical system.

A programmer's reflection on how vibecoding and AI have lowered the barriers to coding, and what that means for developers.

Two observations from taking the JLPT exam in Japan that reveal how the test underestimates real conversational ability.

Using AI prompts personalized to your hobbies to create memorable Japanese example sentences that actually stick.