Yunkai’s Tidbits

Alien Chess

or is it?

Jun 18 • Yunkai Zhou

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From Vibe Coding to Vibe <…’ing>

My first hand experience of Vibe <...'ing>

Jun 9 • Yunkai Zhou

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May 2026

Why I Chose to Work on Saige

Today is May 20th, 2026.

May 20 • Yunkai Zhou

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December 2024

Asking for Help

I’ve often observed engineers who are reluctant to ask for help.

Dec 16, 2024 • Yunkai Zhou

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Predictably Irrational

This weekend, I was home all by myself, since my wife took our daughter to Vancouver for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour concert.

Dec 9, 2024 • Yunkai Zhou

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November 2024

Good Leaders - Part IV, Handle Peer Mistakes

Last week I talked about how leaders handle mistakes by their team. This time I’ll continue on this topic, but with a slight difference, which is how to…

Nov 25, 2024 • Yunkai Zhou

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Good Leaders, Part III - Handle Mistakes

I talked about how great leaders do during either war time or peace time before.

Nov 18, 2024 • Yunkai Zhou

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State of Copilot, Part 2

Since the publication of State of Copilot 2 months ago, we’ve had more interactions with copilot, and this gave me some new insights.

Nov 11, 2024 • Yunkai Zhou

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Email & Chat

For the majority of my professional life, work communication has always been a combination of email + chat.

Nov 4, 2024 • Yunkai Zhou

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October 2024

Flow State

Flow State, according to wikipedia, is defined as the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of…

Oct 28, 2024 • Yunkai Zhou

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Good Leaders, Part II - Follow the Delegate

Last time we talked about when shit happens, good leaders roll up their sleeves and be ready to jump in to help.

Oct 21, 2024 • Yunkai Zhou

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Good Leaders, Part I - Roll Up Sleeves

Shit happens.

Oct 14, 2024 • Yunkai Zhou

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