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Jun 10 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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May 2026

Enemy of love, Math is not lonely, Math as civilization

Weekly I/O #131: Attachment is Enemy of Love, Collaborative Math Engineering, Math as Civilization, Math as Art, Mantra for Running Companies

May 29 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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Craft of Storytelling, Design Taste, Inner World

Rumination #14: Craft of Storytelling, Design Taste, Inner World, Outer World, Meta-knowledge

May 10 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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April 2026

25 Things I Learned About Seeing, Building, and Communicating

Rumination #13: Philosophy & Thinking, Psychology & Cognition, Design & Product, Strategy & Organization, Craft & Communication

Apr 19 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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Beautiful solutions, Make more things, Alien tech trees

Weekly I/O #130: Beautiful Solutions, Equal Odds Rule, Alien Tech Trees, Slow Verification Loops, Moving Bottlenecks

Apr 12 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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Become Me more and more, Drama Triangle, PMF Engine

Weekly I/O #129: Become Me More and More, Drama Triangle, PMF Survey, Elaborative Encoding, Constructive Confrontation

Apr 6 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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March 2026

Useful Definitions for Life

Definitions and anti-definitions I found useful for my life.

Mar 31 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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Joy doesn't save us from hardship, Don't fake persona, What robust learning needs

Weekly I/O #128: Joy and Aliveness, Three Circles of Authentic Positioning, Four Types of Knowledge, Instructional and Learning Events, Robust Learning…

Mar 22 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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Euphemism treadmill, The Disney language, Opening at 80%

Weekly I/O #127: Euphemism Treadmill, Disney Language, 80 Percent Finish, Gen Z on AI Companions, Joy as Competitive Advantage

Mar 2 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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February 2026

Wrong way to put ads in AI, Five Ws communication, Ego-Depletion is Myth

Weekly I/O #126: Discovery Ads for AI, Five Ws Communication, Ego-Depletion is Myth, Four Levels of Agentic Commerce, Humble After Not During

Feb 22 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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25 Things I Learned #12

Rumination #12: Philosophy & Mindset, Psychology & Product Design, Systems & Systems & Human Behavior, Game Design & Learning, Decision-making & Writing

Feb 8 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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Micro-pessimist and macro-optimist, Dyslexic entrepreneurs, Children are scientists

Weekly I/O #125: Micro-Pessimist Macro-Optimist, Dyslexia and Delegation, Children as Scientists, Loving Attention Beats LGTM, Principles not Methods

Feb 1 • Cheng-Wei Hu

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