Hi, I’m Shaoyi

What I’ve written What I’ve built

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2026 – present

Crypto Adventure

A mobile text adventure set in the real history of crypto — 15 endings, none of them advice.

2014 – present

Summit Tea 山茗主義

A Taiwanese tea brand built on a century of family tea-making — nine years of e-commerce, education, and community.

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Latest Posts

I've kept records of my days on and off for 25 years, always doing sit-ups: "Yes, I can do this again!" "Nope, I can't anymore." This time I tried a new method with AI, and finally got 1,700 characters out in 8 minutes.

Climbing Over the Wall in My Head

I once tried moving my playlist song by song and gave up after 30. This time Claude scraped it into a CSV, and 984 songs moved in a minute. Switching computers broke my familiar methods, and showed me what had been holding me back: the wall in my head.

Four Weeks of "Swimming" at 42 Paris

Even in the age of vibe coding, one thing I know: programming changed the way I think. Through structured thinking and the command line, I grew the muscles to break down problems, test solutions, and fix what's broken.

The 199 Days That Changed Me: Building a Business from Scratch

I wrote this piece at 23, right after moving from Taiwan to Beijing alone to found Summit Tea. My team and I had no money and no resources—just pure enthusiasm. Desperate to get our name out there, I penned this article to share the story of why we were making tea. To our surprise, it went viral, bringing in 100k+ views and our very first batch of seed users.

Prayer

I wrote this in high school. It received an honorable mention in the youth essay category of the 2010 Hsinchu City Literature Award.