Ian Xie · Personal Essays

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Thoughts on life, time, and what it means to grow slowly. Written for no one in particular.

Latest essay · 2026-04-16

Beyond The Code

> _“It is easy to judge the mistakes of others, difficult to recognize your own.”_ > > _— The Buddha_

If you’re building an automated solo-entrepreneur ecosystem with n8n and OpenClaw, you already know the endgame: multiple AI agents handling…

Last night, I pulled the trending data for AI creator content on YouTube. Not the "what's popular" surface-level stuff — the actual numbers.…

> "Progress isn't made by early risers, it's made by people who stay late fixing what the early risers broke." > > — British project managem…