Writing, learning and thinkinghttps://personal-bilingual-blog.pages.dev/enhttps://personal-bilingual-blog.pages.dev/en/posts/2026-11-05-the-ai-revolution-may-survive-will-tech-stocks/https://personal-bilingual-blog.pages.dev/en/posts/2026-11-05-the-ai-revolution-may-survive-will-tech-stocks/Besides programming, I also invest in stocks. A string of big events has landed recently: the midterm elections, the Fed’s rate hike, and Anthropic’s IPO. Personally, I love technology and favor tech companies, which I also understand better. But not everyone welcomes technological progress. Technol…Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:35:55 GMT<p>Besides programming, I also invest in stocks. A string of big events has landed recently: the midterm elections, the Fed’s rate hike, and Anthropic’s IPO. Personally, I love technology and favor tech companies, which I also understand better. But not everyone welcomes technological progress. Technological progress is cool in itself; what worries people is the blow it deals to every industry along the way. Trump’s way of “Making America Great Again” seems to rest on leadership in business, but the Democrats clearly don’t see it that way.</p> <p>The Democrats won a sweeping victory in the midterms. Add the Fed’s new framework (let the market regulate itself, no bailouts, no guidance), and this technological revolution is more chaotic than any before it. Anthropic’s current situation clearly can’t support the valuation it wants. Could it have a secret weapon in-house? (Though that would also step on a Democratic landmine.)</p> <p>With so many factors piling up, tech stocks don’t look set for an easy ride. Together they could well trigger a panic sell-off, but will this be the AI bubble bursting? I don’t think it’s time yet. The crash that truly marks the bursting of the AI bubble will surely be far more brutal than this one.</p> https://personal-bilingual-blog.pages.dev/en/posts/2026-11-05-cutting-edge-retro-programmers/https://personal-bilingual-blog.pages.dev/en/posts/2026-11-05-cutting-edge-retro-programmers/I’m a computer science student, so why start a blog? Because I want to do something retro. Blogs used to be all the rage, but as technology moved on, they have turned into a kind of “archaeological” website. I often browse blogs other people made years ago, and it feels like digging for treasure: yo…Thu, 05 Nov 2026 05:18:38 GMT<p>I’m a computer science student, so why start a blog? Because I want to do something retro. Blogs used to be all the rage, but as technology moved on, they have turned into a kind of “archaeological” website. I often browse blogs other people made years ago, and it feels like digging for treasure: you get to watch the fresh, inventive blogs that young people built back then slowly grow old.</p> <p>Webmasters, too, had their professional heyday as the times changed, only to be suddenly hit by AI. AI is a technological revolution aimed squarely at replacing programmers, much like textile machines replaced seamstresses and trains put coachmen out of work.</p> <p>I always assumed industrialization and higher efficiency were good things. Only now do I appreciate the joy of making things by hand. In that era, most textile workers did the job to earn a living, but some of them probably truly enjoyed the craft of weaving. Industrialization gives society more widely available products (mass-produced standard clothing, public trains, and ever-simpler programming).</p> <p>But people who find joy in the process still exist. Weaving or riding horses no longer earns anyone much money these days, yet both live on as hobbies. I just feel sorry for those who rushed into computer science purely for the high pay. All in all, I enjoy programming for its own sake, so let me be a cutting-edge retro guy :)</p>