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I noticed an interesting phenomenon

Hi everyone, I’m Kevin. AI’s slowly woven its way into our daily lives, but if you watch enough people trying to make money with it, they all seem to get stuck in the exact same loop: 1.Dive into the tech. You get obsessed with the developer toolkit—MCP, Skills, Harness, the whole nine yards. 2.Realize tech doesn’t pay bills. You finally think about monetizing, but instead of following proven playbooks, you try to automate every single job and launch a one-person company. 3.Notice how they actually make money. You realize most of these setups just run on courses, consulting, or custom work. Then you see that all those models are basically traffic engines. So you start creating content. 4.Spend time, buy courses, fail over and over—but still no cash. After learning AI and content strategy, going through trial and error—you’re still not making a dime. That’s when you remember: “Package your own experience—that’s your first product.” Suddenly, you’re teaching others how to build an audien...

How I’ve Kept Up My Self-Study Habits Since Graduating

Hey everyone, I’m Kevin. Today let’s talk about learning. I really love that feeling of constantly filling myself up—enjoying this steady cycle of taking things in and putting them out. But ever since I started working, I’ve been stuck wondering: what exactly should I be focusing on? 1. Get clear on your learning goals Ask yourself: What do I actually want to dive into this year? Think in themes, not subjects—like emotional regulation, narrative writing, nutrition, AI workflows, or world history. Just brain dump everything first, then pick out the 3–5 topics that genuinely excite you and feel useful. Those are your core directions. 2. Curate your sources Pick just one to three resources per theme and aim for a well-rounded mix: • Reading: Books, articles, papers, or expert blogs • Audio: Podcasts, interviews, or audiobooks • Video: Documentaries, video essays, or films • Courses: Online classes or local workshops • Reflection: Journaling, brainstorming, or discussion Make sure to save ...

Where do Vibe Coding's ideas come from?

Over the past six months or so, I’ve vibe-coded a whole bunch of different stuff—like a layout tool for Xiaohongshu, my personal blog, a writing app, plus all kinds of little projects and skills. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To be honest, my approach is kinda different from most. A lot of people start by scouring the internet for other people’s pain points. Me? I just observe myself first. Like, what feels clunky in my daily workflow? What steps am I constantly repeating? What tasks are just a total pain to get through? Those little moments are basically where you find the seed of a good product. But here’s the catch: you gotta consciously switch yourself into “observer mode.” Take scrolling short videos, for example. Normally, I just watch whatever catches my eye without thinking. But when I’m in observer mode, I start noticing things like shot composition, storytelling flow, that kind of stuff. So why’s th...

ima Knowledge Base: Turning WeChat Content into Productivity

Hey everyone, Kevin here. Sharing some personal thoughts today. If you’re looking to build a personal knowledge base, I honestly think ima is way more beginner-friendly than Obsidian. It plugs right into WeChat, super intuitive to use, and just works better for everyday people. Highly recommend giving it a shot. We hoard so much on WeChat daily—official articles, group docs, chat screenshots, Moments links, bookmarks... You tap ‘save’ thinking you’ll definitely read it later, but when you actually need it, it’s lost in the scroll pile forever. The real issue isn’t that we aren’t collecting enough; it’s that our info just sits there labeled “saved.” ima actually closes the loop: collect → settle → use → output. Instead of letting all that WeChat traffic wash over you, it turns your scattered files into actual knowledge assets. You can query them or build on them in ima anytime. Pro tip: hook up your phone photos and WeChat files to a ima library and just ask it questions whenever inspir...

Some Recommendations for Self-Maintenance of Hermes Agent

 Hi everyone, I'm Kevin. Sharing a bit of my workflow today.😁😁😁😁 When it comes to setting up a knowledge base for Hermes or Codex, I actually skipped Obsidian at first and just stuck to regular system folders. I named the folder AgentMemory and hooked it up with Syncthing so everything syncs across my devices in real time. Inside this setup, I keep all my long-term AI/agent project logs, tool tips, and work rules. Hermes Assistant handles syncing in any new useful info—it keeps things neatly organized—and pulling data out follows the same strict rules. The main perk? It builds an invisible bridge between different Hermes profiles and between Hermes and Codex. That way, everything each agent accumulates stays way more structured. πŸ’₯πŸ’₯πŸ’₯ As for the Hermes Guardian, I think of it as this "guardian module" in my system. Since Hermes gets updated pretty often—most of the time it's just minor patches—I built this module to check whether an update actually matters. If it...

In the Age of AI, there are actually only two types of in-demand skills

Lately I’ve been reading a ton of stuff about “scarce skills in the AI era.” Jensen Huang listed five, Morris went with six, some people swear by taste, others talk about the courage to put yourself out there, and someone even used AI to analyze 320 podcast episodes to come up with ten. Put them all together, and you’re looking at easily twenty-plus different skills.πŸ‘ˆπŸ‘ˆ What’s funny is how little they actually overlap. But if you lay them all out and group the similar ones, something really stands out: everyone’s just answering two different questions. One is how do you figure out what’s right? And the other is how do you get others to follow you? The first one’s all about judgment. It’s basically your ability to make the right pick when you’re drowning in info and every option looks possible. AI’s great at generating stuff, not choosing for you. ChatGPT will spit out 50 options in three seconds, but it doesn’t know which one actually fits you. Midjourney can churn out a hundred cover...

four Super-Useful Productivity Tools

Hey everyoneπŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰, I’m Kevin. These are all tools I’ve personally used at work, and honestly? They’re super handy.πŸ˜† Everything☝ – My go-to for instant file searches. It’s way faster than Windows’ built-in search. You just type a keyword, and boom—it pulls up every matching file on your PC in a split second. If you’re juggling projects or organizing docs, this is a total lifesaver. No more digging through folders like crazy. Q-DirπŸ’₯ – Perfect for split-screen multitasking. You can open up to four panes at once, so you’re not constantly alt-tabbing. Copying or comparing files across folders becomes super clear and way faster. Honestly a must-have if you do a lot of data sorting or side-by-side checks. OneNoteπŸ’– – Basically my digital brain dump. I use it for to-do lists, meeting notes, and random jottings that pop up during the day. It’s perfect for scribbling things down quickly and then actually organizing them when you have time. SnipasteπŸ‘ – More than just a screenshot tool. Once you...