Blog / Thoughts and ideas
Notes from orbit.
Short-form updates, essays, and the site log. The writing grows alongside the work, so this page will keep filling in.
Site log
Latest entry.
XingTalk becomes a map of worlds
The site is rebuilt as one continuous universe: a debate season as a constellation, two AI labs as a nebula and a frozen sun, and every inner page as a planet you land on.
The old XingTalk was a single long page. This version is a place you travel through. Scrolling flies a camera across a galaxy where each part of the work has its own landmark: the season constellation for debate, the reasoning nebula for Kreflux, the frozen sun for Freezesol, and an outer system of planets for everything else.
Each of those planets is now a real page. About, Debate, AI, Lab, Culture, and Blog each open on the world that orbits for them in the Explore system, so following a link feels like landing rather than loading.
The rebuild also fixes the name. Xing is 邢, the surname that traces back to the State of Xing, not 星, the word for star. The galaxy stays, but it is a map of settlements now, which is closer to what the character actually means. The Culture page tells the full story.
The soundtrack is generated live in the browser and follows you between sections, and the season can be played as music: each tournament is a note pitched by its win rate.
Read on: the story of the name, the full season, or the Lab.
Coming soon
What the essays will cover.
Strategy
Argument structure, evidence, speaking decisions, and competitive reflection.
Systems
AI projects, interface experiments, and practical technical learning.
Story
Personal writing about culture, identity, and the meaning behind the work.