September 2026 Thought Notes: Architecture, Temples and First Principles

2026 September Thought Notes 220 notes this month | recorded from 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-10 Themes: AI and Agent Systems 105 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 44 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 34 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 16 · Travel, Places and Cities 8 · Reading, Ideas and History 7 · Business, Investing and Career 3 · Content, Craft and Recording 2 · Body, Health and Daily Life 1 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

September 19, 2026 · 115 min · 24327 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

August 2026 Thought Notes: Agent Harness, Product and Self-Knowledge

2026 August Thought Notes 484 notes this month | recorded from 2026-08-04 to 2026-08-31 Themes: AI and Agent Systems 212 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 118 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 96 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 36 · Business, Investing and Career 9 · Content, Craft and Recording 6 · Reading, Ideas and History 4 · Travel, Places and Cities 3 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

August 31, 2026 · 223 min · 47494 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

July 2026 Thought Notes: Engineering, Content and Cash Flow

Quick Navigation Start with the long read: 9 sections in the body above. 17 archived notes this month, filed under 7 themes: Daily Notes and Everything Else · 6 AI and Agent Systems · 4 Self-Knowledge and Psychology · 2 Content, Craft and Recording · 2 Business, Investing and Career · 1 Travel, Places and Cities · 1 Reading, Ideas and History · 1 For most of July I was in Shenzhen, and I also stopped briefly for a few days in other cities in Guangdong. ...

July 28, 2026 · 50 min · 10597 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

2026 June Thought Notes: The Pushing-Away Comes Before the Reason for Pushing Away

Quick Navigation Start with the long read: 12 sections in the body above. 34 archived notes this month, filed under 7 themes: Self-Knowledge and Psychology · 13 Daily Notes and Everything Else · 5 Business, Investing and Career · 5 AI and Agent Systems · 4 Product, Engineering and Open Source · 3 Content, Craft and Recording · 2 Reading, Ideas and History · 2 Prologue: A slack surface, and high density underneath In June I came back from Laos to Shenzhen. ...

June 30, 2026 · 54 min · 11497 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

2026 May Thought Notes: On the Edge, I Recognize Myself Through Action

Quick Navigation Start with the long read: 9 sections in the body above. 1 archived notes this month, filed under 1 themes: Daily Notes and Everything Else · 1 Prologue: A May Without flomo For the entire month of May, I did not write a single flomo note. I barely posted to my feed either. This was not laziness. It was a conscious decision. I had already decided on April 30 that I would stop. The reason is simple: I no longer felt I needed it. Or more accurately — could it have a better form? I want to use my own product. It is not perfect yet, but I want to fully think through and ship the thing I have in my head. The remaining steps are few. It is close. ...

May 31, 2026 · 25 min · 5157 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me
April 2026 Thought Notes

April 2026 Thought Notes: Living in Laos, Borders, AI and Agents

2026 April Thought Notes 222 notes this month | recorded from 2026-04-02 to 2026-04-30 Themes: AI and Agent Systems 87 · Travel, Places and Cities 56 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 34 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 29 · Reading, Ideas and History 5 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 4 · Body, Health and Daily Life 3 · Business, Investing and Career 2 · Content, Craft and Recording 2 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

April 30, 2026 · 167 min · 35417 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me
March 2026 Thought Notes

March 2026 Thought Notes: Money, Genocide Memory, Southeast Asia

2026 March Thought Notes 464 notes this month | recorded from 2026-03-01 to 2026-03-31 Themes: AI and Agent Systems 135 · Travel, Places and Cities 109 · Reading, Ideas and History 57 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 55 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 48 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 30 · Content, Craft and Recording 11 · Business, Investing and Career 11 · Body, Health and Daily Life 8 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

March 31, 2026 · 392 min · 83333 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me
February 2026 Thought Notes

February 2026 Thought Notes

2026 February Thought Notes 363 notes this month | recorded from 2026-02-04 to 2026-02-28 Themes: Reading, Ideas and History 85 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 63 · AI and Agent Systems 63 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 61 · Travel, Places and Cities 41 · Business, Investing and Career 19 · Content, Craft and Recording 14 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 13 · Body, Health and Daily Life 4 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

February 28, 2026 · 304 min · 64682 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

January 2026 Thought Notes

2026 January Thought Notes 386 notes this month | recorded from 2026-01-01 to 2026-01-31 Themes: AI and Agent Systems 89 · Reading, Ideas and History 79 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 70 · Business, Investing and Career 46 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 44 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 23 · Travel, Places and Cities 14 · Body, Health and Daily Life 12 · Content, Craft and Recording 9 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

January 31, 2026 · 225 min · 47838 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

December 2025 Thought Notes

2025 December Thought Notes 374 notes this month | recorded from 2025-12-02 to 2025-12-30 Themes: Reading, Ideas and History 93 · Travel, Places and Cities 55 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 51 · AI and Agent Systems 48 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 47 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 31 · Business, Investing and Career 25 · Body, Health and Daily Life 17 · Content, Craft and Recording 7 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

December 31, 2025 · 272 min · 57792 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

November 2025 Thought Notes: Ideas and History, Daily Life, Cities

2025 November Thought Notes 309 notes this month | recorded from 2025-11-03 to 2025-11-26 Themes: Reading, Ideas and History 63 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 59 · Travel, Places and Cities 48 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 41 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 32 · AI and Agent Systems 32 · Content, Craft and Recording 12 · Business, Investing and Career 12 · Body, Health and Daily Life 10 ...

November 30, 2025 · 225 min · 47773 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

October 2025 Thought Notes: Ideas and History, Daily Life, Self-Knowledge

2025 October Thought Notes 441 notes this month | recorded from 2025-10-02 to 2025-10-31 Themes: Reading, Ideas and History 94 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 83 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 82 · AI and Agent Systems 60 · Content, Craft and Recording 46 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 38 · Travel, Places and Cities 18 · Business, Investing and Career 10 · Body, Health and Daily Life 10 ...

October 31, 2025 · 256 min · 54479 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

September 2025 Thought Notes: Self-Knowledge, Ideas and History, Cities

2025 September Thought Notes 287 notes this month | recorded from 2025-09-01 to 2025-09-17 Themes: Self-Knowledge and Psychology 83 · Reading, Ideas and History 66 · Travel, Places and Cities 30 · Business, Investing and Career 27 · AI and Agent Systems 21 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 21 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 17 · Content, Craft and Recording 14 · Body, Health and Daily Life 8 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

September 30, 2025 · 189 min · 40092 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

August 2025 Thought Notes: Self-Knowledge, Daily Life, AI and Agent Systems

2025 August Thought Notes 332 notes this month | recorded from 2025-08-01 to 2025-08-30 Themes: Self-Knowledge and Psychology 94 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 74 · AI and Agent Systems 47 · Reading, Ideas and History 43 · Travel, Places and Cities 25 · Business, Investing and Career 17 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 16 · Content, Craft and Recording 9 · Body, Health and Daily Life 7 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

August 31, 2025 · 189 min · 40150 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

July 2025 Thought Notes: Self-Knowledge, Daily Life, Engineering

2025 July Thought Notes 226 notes this month | recorded from 2025-07-02 to 2025-07-30 Themes: Self-Knowledge and Psychology 51 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 47 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 30 · Travel, Places and Cities 30 · AI and Agent Systems 23 · Reading, Ideas and History 18 · Business, Investing and Career 15 · Content, Craft and Recording 7 · Body, Health and Daily Life 5 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

July 31, 2025 · 127 min · 27011 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

June 2025 Thought Notes: Self-Knowledge, Daily Life, Engineering

2025 June Thought Notes 181 notes this month | recorded from 2025-06-02 to 2025-06-15 Themes: Self-Knowledge and Psychology 55 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 34 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 27 · AI and Agent Systems 19 · Reading, Ideas and History 17 · Content, Craft and Recording 15 · Travel, Places and Cities 6 · Body, Health and Daily Life 6 · Business, Investing and Career 2 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

June 30, 2025 · 148 min · 31362 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

May 2025 Thought Notes: Self-Knowledge, Engineering, AI and Agent Systems

2025 May Thought Notes 84 notes this month | recorded from 2025-05-03 to 2025-05-25 Themes: Self-Knowledge and Psychology 29 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 19 · AI and Agent Systems 10 · Reading, Ideas and History 9 · Travel, Places and Cities 6 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 5 · Business, Investing and Career 5 · Body, Health and Daily Life 1 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

May 31, 2025 · 70 min · 14745 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

April 2025 Thought Notes: Self-Knowledge, AI and Agent Systems, Engineering

2025 April Thought Notes 113 notes this month | recorded from 2025-04-05 to 2025-04-17 Themes: Self-Knowledge and Psychology 30 · AI and Agent Systems 30 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 26 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 12 · Reading, Ideas and History 5 · Travel, Places and Cities 4 · Business, Investing and Career 4 · Body, Health and Daily Life 2 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

April 30, 2025 · 92 min · 19433 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

March 2025 Thought Notes: AI and Agent Systems, Self-Knowledge, Engineering

2025 March Thought Notes 52 notes this month | recorded from 2025-03-01 to 2025-03-22 Themes: AI and Agent Systems 21 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 15 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 8 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 4 · Business, Investing and Career 2 · Travel, Places and Cities 1 · Reading, Ideas and History 1 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

March 31, 2025 · 51 min · 10783 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me

February 2025 Thought Notes: AI and Agent Systems, Self-Knowledge, Engineering

2025 February Thought Notes 40 notes this month | recorded from 2025-02-18 to 2025-02-27 Themes: AI and Agent Systems 11 · Self-Knowledge and Psychology 9 · Product, Engineering and Open Source 8 · Daily Notes and Everything Else 4 · Business, Investing and Career 3 · Reading, Ideas and History 2 · Travel, Places and Cities 2 · Body, Health and Daily Life 1 Everything from the month is kept here, filed by theme, each entry carrying its original timestamp. ...

February 28, 2025 · 50 min · 10471 words · Xinwei Xiong, Me