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Silent Potato’s
Cookbook.

Notes on technology, product, leadership, and everyday observation.

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01 / Writing

From work,
toward clarity.

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From Startup Work to Trading

A reflection on how supply and demand, entry and exit, and resource commitments connect company building with financial trading.

Short

6 min read

  • #Decision Making
  • #Product
  • #Strategy

AI Gateway: From Backend Scheduling to Cost Governance

Using multi-backend model access as the setting, this article explains how an AI Gateway handles resource scheduling, capacity control, failure switching, distributed state, usage accounting, and enterprise cost governance.

Short

16 min read

Part of the column “Technical Systems” · Chapter 9

  • #AI
  • #Architecture
  • #Systems Design

Keeping Differences at the Configuration Layer: Architecture for a Multi-Domain Platform

Content, search, commerce, and growth systems repeatedly face the same challenge across multiple countries, industries, and scenarios: how to reuse stable capabilities while keeping business expressions distinct. How should boundaries be drawn between configuration, protocols, components, and orchestration?

Short

12 min read

Part of the column “Technical Systems” · Chapter 8

  • #Architecture
  • #Systems Design
  • #Technical Planning

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A Fresh Start

This site is being rebuilt from an old static blog into a personal publication about technology, work, and life — and it also records the trade-offs made along the way.

Method

4 min read

  • #Site Notes
  • #Field Notes

Departure Under Sunlit Flames

A farewell, reflection, and word of thanks at the end of an eight-and-a-half-year career journey.

Short

2 min read

  • #Career Growth
  • #Reflection
  • #Leadership
02 / ProjectsFrom questions to things people can use.Products, tools, and experiments.15 projects03 / ResearchMaking room for unanswered questions.Papers, notes, and talks.14 papers04 / Work with meTurn a hard career problem into a clear next step.1:1 consulting and advisory — from resumes to management growth.See consulting services

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