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Imperfectionism: Ship First, Let the World Help You Improve

Perfection is a direction, not a destination. Ship first, then improve it with your users—from my column to 3ook.com’s Cantonese AI narration to staying…

Jun 4•kin ko

Hong Kong Sends Undercover Agents Into a Bookstore

Hong Kong sent undercover agents into a bookstore's stand-up comedy night and won a conviction. Meanwhile, 168 died in a preventable fire and no one was…

May 7•kin ko

Dear Algo, What Is an Algorithm?

Dear algorithm, where's the best bubble tea?" Once a joke, now a habit — and Meta took it literally. A reflection on how algorithms went from…

May 4•kin ko

Bitcoin's Quantum Dilemma: Freeze the Coins or Let Them Be Stolen?

Q-Day is coming. BIP-360 proposes voluntary migration to safe wallets, while BIP-361 proposes forced freezing of old assets.

Apr 23•kin ko

Instagram Removing End-to-End Encryption: a Precision Harvest

Meta is ditching Instagram DM E2EE to feed its AI refinery. Users mostly shrug, preferring convenience. It's a precision harvest, proving that for many…

Apr 1•kin ko

The price of privacy? HK$100k and 1 year in prison.

As HK Gov't demands device passwords, digital sovereignty is at stake. In a world where seeing is possessing, surrendering keys means losing assets and…

Mar 25•kin ko

3ook.com – Give books a voice

3ook.com integrates reading and listening via AI voice synthesis. We aim to give every niche work and language a voice, preserving culture through…

Mar 19•kin ko

Privacy: A Feature for the Virtuous, or a Bug for the Wicked?

A crypto giveaway experiment illustrates the tension between privacy and social utility. Privacy tech succeeds as a "feature" but enables Sybil attacks…

Mar 4•kin ko