Brassai Kao’s Tech Weave

Tag: dailyprompt

  • Opportunities Hiding in a Slower Time

    Your life without a computer: what does it look like?

    At first I thought, no computer?

    That’s fine, I still have my phone, my tablet.

    But maybe the question means no 3C at all.

    Like thirty years ago, or before I was born.

    Yet even then, computers already existed, just weaker, slower, smaller in reach.

    So maybe it’s better to imagine the early 19th century.

    A world with little information, but opportunities hiding everywhere.

    And suddenly I ask myself—

    a hundred years later, will people look at our world the same way?

    Maybe the chances are still here, and it’s only my eyes that have yet to find them.

  • What skill would you like to learn?

    What skill would you like to learn?

    When I first saw this question, the answer that popped into my mind was simple: the skill to make more money.

    It sounds blunt, but at its core, it’s really about the desire for freedom in life.

    But the more I thought about it, the more I realized—“making money” isn’t a single skill.

    It’s a mix of vision, execution, and the ability to turn value into results.

    So I narrowed it down to investment judgment.

    Investment judgment is the ability to see clearly when things are noisy.

    To find value among numbers and patterns,

    to stay calm when emotions run wild in the market,

    to wait with patience when time tests your conviction.

    It’s not just about finances—it shapes the way we choose in life.

    And if I had to narrow it even further, to just one core element,

    I would choose risk evaluation.

    Because what truly determines whether you can last isn’t how many chances you find,

    but how many traps you avoid.

    To measure risk, to know when to step back—

    that is what keeps freedom intact,

    and opens the way to the future.

  • For My Family

    What details of your life could you pay more attention to?

    Work is important.

    But like many people, I see it as a way to live, not the goal itself.

    At the end of the day, it’s about family—

    wanting them to live better,

    wanting to share more time together.

    I think many of us are the same.

    We work hard, not just for titles or numbers,

    but for the simple hope

    that the ones we love can smile a little more easily.

  • Never a Surprise, Always a Step Forward

    Never a Surprise, Always a Step Forward

    What’s your priority tomorrow?

    I promised my boss that tomorrow I’ll upgrade the company network.

    The truth is, there are too many moving parts—urgent requests piling up, unexpected add-ons, things that stretch the plan thin.

    Still, a milestone has to be reached.

    By tomorrow, the network speed should jump at least threefold.

    Not perfect, but progress.

    My boss already knows the situation, yet I still have to give my best—finishing what I can and laying out a new schedule for the rest.

    And maybe that’s what work really is—never about finishing everything, just about pushing the line a little further each day.

    In the end, it’s better when no one is caught off guard.

  • From Effort to Shared Knowledge

    In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled?

    Lately, I’ve been building a RAG system—retrieval-augmented generation.

    In simple terms, it’s a way to connect raw data with intelligent search and answers.

    Days were spent studying the methods, testing models, and shaping the data behind it.

    The first demo brought the usual questions—ROI, the cost, the preparation of data.

    But what stayed with me was not the critique,

    it was the moment I prepared to teach an internal class.

    To pass on what I had learned, to let others join the journey,

    and to listen to perspectives I could not reach alone.

    Fulfillment does not come from a perfect system.

    It comes when hard work flows outward—

    turning into shared knowledge, and into growth beyond myself.

  • Self-Reflection

    Self-Reflection

    What’s the trait you value most about yourself?

    If I had to choose one trait I value most,

    it would be the ability to reflect on myself.

    It helps me pause when I make mistakes,

    not only to see the outcome,

    but to revisit the process,

    to ask where I overlooked something,

    and whether I could have done it better.

    Reflection is not always gentle.

    Sometimes it brings a sense of guilt,

    a weight that presses on the heart.

    Yet within that weight,

    there is the power to grow.

    Self-reflection feels like a quiet mirror—

    one that does not flatter,

    one that does not lie,

    but simply lets me see myself,

    and walk forward with steadier steps.

  • A Hundred Days

    A Hundred Days

    List three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter.

    This may sound like a romantic question, but in reality I keep asking myself:

    under what circumstances would I work without thinking about money?

    When would I truly be free from financial concerns?

    Perhaps when wealth is already enough, when life is no longer pressed by basic needs.

    Or perhaps when the reward of work is not a number, but a quiet fulfillment inside.

    Yet everything is paid for with youth, with the golden years, with those few fleeting decades of life.

    So if it were a long-term job, I have no answer yet.

    Because that means endurance, continuity, responsibility.

    But if it were a hundred-day mission of relief, I think I could.

    Not for money, but for urgency.

    Because someone needs you.

    Because in those hundred days, something real can be changed.

  • Faith, Harmony, Taiwan

    What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?

    A man of prayer once described Taiwan this way:

    Compared to other countries, Taiwan has countless temples,

    and most of them seem to answer back.

    Temples here are not only places of worship,

    but part of daily life—

    a quiet presence by the market,

    a steady rhythm in the city.

    Faith and reverence do not change with the environment.

    And what makes it even more special:

    Taiwan stays open to every religion.

    It is not about one single belief,

    but about living together—

    in harmony, in coexistence.

  • 静かな信頼

    What brands do you associate with?

    Not to boast, not a checklist.

    Just when I look around, I notice the brands quietly living with me,

    almost like friends.

    GU, carrying a youthful freedom, giving my clothes some change.

    Uniqlo, calm and steady, saving me from deciding what to wear.

    Sony, whether it was a Walkman or a camera,

    always leaving deep memories in sound and image.

    MUJI, with that clean and simple atmosphere,

    sometimes more attractive than the products themselves.

    Especially Japanese brands,

    always carrying a quiet sense of trust.

    When I was a child, Panasonic appliances

    kept working silently for many years.

    On my desk, Mitsubishi pencils or Zebra pens

    were there to write daily life into memory.

    Maybe it was these details

    that made me believe in them naturally,

    that they would take care of the things I didn’t notice.

    They were never the most expensive choice,

    but always the most reassuring ones.

    Even now, still the same.