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Ian Xie

AI · HR Tech · Leadership · Linguistics · MBA Practitioner by day, builder and writer by night.

Coding

Projects I've built

Systems, agents, and tools — shipped and open-sourced. No fluff.

Writing

Essays & arguments

Slow thoughts on AI Dev, AI Governance, and Leadership — filed by subject, not by mood.

Recent

latest across both

reflection · 2026-08-01 · 20 min read

Enterprise AI Enters the Governance Era

reflection · 2026-06-12 · 2 min read

47% of Workers Now Spend More Time Managing AI Than Doing the Work Itself. Two-Thirds Say It's Made Them Happier. Both Are True.

reflection · 2026-06-04 · 8 min read

AI Doesn't Save Money. It Moves It.

reflection · 2026-06-02 · 3 min read

AI Can Do Almost Everything. So What's Left for You?

reflection · 2026-06-02 · 5 min read

The Human in the Loop Is Not the Safety Net You Think It Is

devlog · 2026-05-30 · 11 min read

The LangChain Ecosystem Demystified