Tymon Tang

About

I focus on putting AI into real workflows—turning technology into products that people can use, validate, and improve over time.

Open source: Acorn Video Notes / 橡果视记

Insights and field notes

• Do You Remember Why You Started? Three Months Into My First Startup

  Three months into my first startup, I look back at the projects that failed, the paid work I turned down, and the certainty I left behind—and reset the horizon by which I judge whether this journey is working.

• Struggling to Publish Consistently? I Built a Content System with Codex

  Publishing consistently is less about discipline than about building a system. Here is how I used Codex to connect idea capture, topic selection, writing, editing, and feedback—and what two weeks of hands-on iteration taught me.

• First-Time Founder: 6 Mindset Traps | Part 1

  First-time founders often struggle not because they lack ability, but because they carry corporate habits into a different game. Part 1 examines three traps: doing everything yourself, avoiding money conversations, and staying too quiet about what you know.

• First-Time Founder: 6 Mindset Traps | Part 2

  Product complexity, content perfectionism, and fear of foundation models can all look like sound judgment—and still stop a new venture. Part 2 covers three costly traps: confusing complexity with value, waiting for perfect content, and freezing because AI keeps advancing.

• Five Hard Lessons from Spending RMB 200,000 on a One-Person AI Startup

  Two months and at least RMB 200,000 into my startup, I learned that AI makes software easier to build—not customers easier to win. Five field-tested lessons on distribution, validation, productization, and focus for solo founders and tiny teams.