About

The 25th Frame

I’m zhouyang — a tech geek born and raised in Shanghai.

I spent thirteen years writing code inside some of the biggest glass buildings in the world. Microsoft. Google. NVIDIA. Big salaries, free cafeterias, laundry service, the whole deal. And every morning I’d sit at my desk asking the same question: is this it?

Along the way, I fell in love with Chinese food. Not the fancy banquet kind — the real stuff. The mapo tofu that numbs your lips. The xiaolongbao that burns your tongue because you couldn’t wait. The street-side jianbing at 2am after a deployment went sideways.

Then one day I quit.

If you’ve seen The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, you know about the 25th negative — the frame that photographer Sean O’Connell called “the quintessence of life.” The one worth chasing. This blog is my 25th frame.

What I’m doing here

For my friends in China: I’m sharing everything I know about AI, indie development, and building things on the internet. In Chinese. No fluff. Just the stuff that actually works.

For everyone else: I’m documenting the food that shaped me. Chinese cuisine, one dish at a time. With pictures. Because you can’t understand China until you’ve eaten your way through it.

The big-three alumni badge

I don’t mention my past employers to flex. I mention them because it’s the truth, and because it gives context to the things I write about. I’ve seen how the best engineering organizations in the world operate. Some of that knowledge is worth passing on.

Shanghai

I’m from Shanghai. The city moves fast, eats well, and builds things. Every line of code I write carries a little bit of that energy.

Still chasing the 25th frame. Still hungry.