The grove · 树

Every tree here is something I had to write down.

Flower trees are life, dance and healing. Fruit trees are AI, systems and the things I build. Each post is covered by a leaf — lift it to read.

◆ FLOWER TREE · LIFE
The year I danced badly on purpose
I stopped trying to look good in class for twelve months. What my body learned when nobody was watching the mirror.
2026.04 9 min
◆ FRUIT TREE · SYSTEMS
A verifier that admits it can't judge taste
Three layers of judgement: what is checkable, what is a proxy, and what is only ever a human call. Most AI evaluation lies about the third.
2026.03 9 min
◆ FLOWER TREE · LIFE
Hip-hop grooves, logged for 100 days
A daily log of one movement pattern: video, failure notes, and the day it finally clicked. Includes everything that did not work.
2026.02 12 min
◆ FRUIT TREE · SYSTEMS
A website as structured state and a dependency graph
What if publishing a post updated everything downstream by itself? Notes toward the system this site runs on.
2026.01 11 min
◆ FLOWER TREE · LIFE
Forty drafts of one message to my parents
The sentence I kept deleting turned out to be the only honest one. This later became a tool.
2025.12 7 min
◆ FRUIT TREE · SYSTEMS
What 300k signups taught me about attribution
Half a year of channel tests, and the uncomfortable finding that the cheapest channel was not the one everybody talks about.
2025.11 10 min
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Flower trees are life, dance and healing. Fruit trees are AI, systems and the things I build. Walk past them one at a time, or switch to the grid on the right.

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FLOWER TREE · LIFE, DANCE, HEALING

The year I danced badly on purpose

I stopped trying to look good in class for twelve months. What my body learned when nobody was watching the mirror.

2026.04 9 min dance

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FRUIT TREE · AI, SYSTEMS, BUILDING

A verifier that admits it can't judge taste

Three layers of judgement: what is checkable, what is a proxy, and what is only ever a human call. Most AI evaluation lies about the third.

2026.03 9 min ai

FLOWER TREE · LIFE, DANCE, HEALING

Hip-hop grooves, logged for 100 days

A daily log of one movement pattern: video, failure notes, and the day it finally clicked. Includes everything that did not work.

2026.02 12 min dance

FRUIT TREE · AI, SYSTEMS, BUILDING

A website as structured state and a dependency graph

What if publishing a post updated everything downstream by itself? Notes toward the system this site runs on.

2026.01 11 min ai

FLOWER TREE · LIFE, DANCE, HEALING

Forty drafts of one message to my parents

The sentence I kept deleting turned out to be the only honest one. This later became a tool.

2025.12 7 min healing

FRUIT TREE · AI, SYSTEMS, BUILDING

What 300k signups taught me about attribution

Half a year of channel tests, and the uncomfortable finding that the cheapest channel was not the one everybody talks about.

2025.11 10 min ai

D 2025.01 · 1 tree A 2025.02 · 2 trees N 2025.03 · 1 seed C 2025.04 · seed 02 planted E 2025.05 · 1 tree W 2025.06 · 3 trees I 2025.07 · 2 trees T 2025.08 · 1 tree H 2025.09 · 4 trees I 2025.10 · 2 trees N 2025.11 · seed 01 planted T 2025.12 · 1 tree E 2026.01 · 3 trees L 2026.02 · 2 trees L 2026.03 · seed 03 planted I 2026.04 · 4 trees G 2026.05 · 好好说话 shipped E 2026.06 · seed 04 planted N 2026.07 · 2 trees C 2026.08 · 3 trees E 2026.09 · this site

ONE LETTER PER MONTH · BAR HEIGHT = WHAT GOT PLANTED · HOVER A LETTER