LouZai
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LouZai

10 years of front‑line experience at leading firms (Xiaomi, Baidu, Meituan) in development, architecture, and management; discusses technology and life.

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LouZai
LouZai
Jul 9, 2026 · Frontend Development

How I Cloned a Paid Editor with AI in 4 Hours and Saved $98

The author details a four‑hour, AI‑driven process that replicates the MDNice paid editor—including theme support, cross‑platform copy, AI error correction, and auto‑publish—while spending roughly 1 billion tokens, ultimately avoiding the $98 annual subscription.

AI code generationAI-powered editorMDNice
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How I Cloned a Paid Editor with AI in 4 Hours and Saved $98
LouZai
LouZai
Mar 20, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

How I Built a Multi‑Agent Personal AI System with OpenClaw

The article walks through the author's step‑by‑step design and deployment of a layered, multi‑agent personal AI system using OpenClaw, covering problem motivation, role decomposition, implementation pitfalls, and concrete examples such as health tracking and knowledge management.

Knowledge ManagementOpenClawagent architecture
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How I Built a Multi‑Agent Personal AI System with OpenClaw
LouZai
LouZai
Jun 19, 2024 · R&D Management

How I Built a 20‑Person Go Team in 3 Months and Handed Over Operations

In three months the author recruited a 20‑person Go team in Wuhan, managed simultaneous business handover and ongoing delivery, coordinated demand across three product groups, and reflected on the challenges, collaboration tactics, and personal growth experienced throughout the process.

GoR&D leadershipdemand management
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How I Built a 20‑Person Go Team in 3 Months and Handed Over Operations
LouZai
LouZai
Mar 20, 2024 · Operations

Understanding Distributed Tracing with 40 Illustrative Diagrams

The article explains the principles and benefits of distributed tracing, introduces OpenTracing standards, details SkyWalking’s architecture and sampling strategies, compares its performance with Zipkin and Pinpoint, and shares practical implementation experiences and custom plugin development within a micro‑service environment.

MicroservicesOpenTracingSkyWalking
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Understanding Distributed Tracing with 40 Illustrative Diagrams
LouZai
LouZai
Mar 14, 2024 · Backend Development

N Practical Strategies to Auto‑Cancel Timed‑Out Orders

This article analyzes multiple engineering solutions for automatically cancelling orders after the payment timeout, covering single‑machine and cluster scheduled‑task designs (Quartz, ElasticJob, XXL‑JOB), delayed‑message techniques (RocketMQ, custom delay service, Redis), and essential concurrency and monitoring best practices.

ElasticJobQuartzRedis
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N Practical Strategies to Auto‑Cancel Timed‑Out Orders
LouZai
LouZai
Feb 21, 2024 · R&D Management

How to Become a Frontline Leader as a Software Engineer

The article defines what a "small" frontline leader is, presents a five‑dimensional evaluation model, outlines three core practices—charisma, rewards & punishments, and talent management—and provides strategic and tactical guidance, communication techniques, and execution tips for engineers stepping into first‑line leadership.

ExecutionR&D ManagementStrategic Planning
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How to Become a Frontline Leader as a Software Engineer
LouZai
LouZai
Jan 29, 2024 · Interview Experience

Why Is epoll So Fast? Deep Dive into Its Data Structures, Locking and ET/LT Modes

This article systematically explains epoll’s internal data structures, how the protocol stack notifies it, the locking strategy for thread safety, the differences between edge‑triggered and level‑triggered modes, and why it outperforms select/poll in high‑concurrency Linux I/O.

I/O multiplexingLinuxedge-triggered
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Why Is epoll So Fast? Deep Dive into Its Data Structures, Locking and ET/LT Modes
LouZai
LouZai
Jan 25, 2024 · Product Management

Why Re‑Reading Yu Jun’s ‘Product Methodology’ Is a Game‑Changer for Product Managers

The article distills key concepts from Yu Jun’s book, outlining a product manager’s four core duties, user and transaction models, the relationship between enterprise, user and product, marginal economics, decision‑making frameworks, and practical guidance for selecting and growing product managers.

decision makingproduct growthproduct management
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Why Re‑Reading Yu Jun’s ‘Product Methodology’ Is a Game‑Changer for Product Managers
LouZai
LouZai
Jan 22, 2024 · Backend Development

8 Interface Retry Mechanisms – Which One Should You Choose?

This article compares eight ways to implement retry logic for remote API calls—including simple loops, recursion, Apache HttpClient settings, Spring Retry, Resilience4j, a custom utility, thread‑pool asynchronous retries, and message‑queue based retries—while outlining best‑practice guidelines such as idempotency, retry limits, and concurrency control.

ConcurrencyJavaMessage Queue
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8 Interface Retry Mechanisms – Which One Should You Choose?