Jinny Gui
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Jinny Gui
@shadowclan98.bsky.social
Technologist and Creative
Has a blog, Massive Spotify library, and is an aspiring polyglot.
I posted this on LinkedIn earlier, but I believe that the main bottlenecks to having AI be beneficial for humanity are cheaper and easier ways to desalinate water and recycle e-waste. Things outside of software/hardware to lower the operating costs.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
I have a lot of old and distant friends I respect a lot. They're very busy and when I see them doing the most, I feel inspired to aspire for greatness. Support your friends and let them cook.
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I think my best creative ideas come in the span of time after waking and and before getting out of bed
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I've officially swapped my main music consumption streaming service FROM Spotify to Tidal, and I am enjoying the higher fidelity music. They could do some work with data/artist cleaning and de-duping but I do like not having the potential for AI to fk with the artists' music.
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I popped off a couple nights ago and came up with a marketing strat for one of my friends who is trying to figure out his artist identity
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Gonna be fueled by adrenaline this week I think.
So many things going on
September 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sometimes I get the reminder that just working out for the sake of endorphins is worth pulling myself out of an energy slump
August 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Really wild how from watching Sign Duo's content and also following Big Ocean, granted they mix KSL/ISL/ASL, I'm picking up random sign vocab just by pattern matching gestures to words when simcom or lip reading/captions. Signs aren't as varied, so it's a very direct language
August 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Neurodivergence awareness is quite important. Not only because I can spontaneously accomodate/adjust perceptions on the spot, but also because it eases a lot of the early pains of trying to get to know someone. If I hadn't "turned on" for a convo, I do know I can be frustrating
August 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
And now, I straddle the line of not "airing dirty laundry" of my life while also wanting to share stories in blog form of my own struggle and growth bc I know when I was a kid, I would have loved to know it'll turn out OK. Reparenting the inner child works
August 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Looking back at how I shared things to my IG/snapchat stories in high school or undergrad, I can understand that I felt more emotionally safe with strangers and friends on the internet than with others closer to me.
I now have more visceral irl friendships
August 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What's bugging me rn is that my left leg is weaker than my right leg, and it's throwing my pistol squat progression out of balance.
August 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Sometimes I come across a portfolio website that inspires me one way or another. Then, I realize how fractured my attention is across multiple goals. I might not become the best at one thing, but maybe I can get good enough at a few things. Tech, music, writing, languages, sports
August 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Are there any roller bladers/inline skaters in the Bay? I just bought a pair online and am only just learning that quads are the go-to for indoor.. and despite wanting to inline at some indoor events, I'm mostly trying to go around outdoors on like the Bay trail.
August 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Was talking to a friend about how I was spending a little under $500/month to git gud at singing, and it basically dawned on me that time and money is what's invested in childhood by parents to propel a child into success but that's not the only time to learn/improve at things.
August 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I recently went back on the Perplexity train and was able to try out their browser, Comet. Here's a LinkedIn post with my thoughts: www.linkedin.com/pos...
I tried Perplexity's Comet ☄️ browser for an hour today. | Jinny Gui
I tried Perplexity's Comet ☄️ browser for an hour today. This is how it happened and what I noticed. I recently decided to go back to Perplexity and download its browser app after seeing that it had a Discover "News Feed" like feature. Each article or headline relies on collating information across many sources to ensure that the stories are thorough and complete. It reminded me of Ground News, which aims to tackle reporting bias. There's also a Spaces feature that allows for the organization of different "search threads". The browser app reminded me a lot of Notion -- which I currently use to organize my life, so it didn't feel too difficult a decision to sign up for Perplexity Pro. Shortly after doing this, I discovered their agentic browser, Comet. Without the Max subscription, I needed to sign up on their waitlist. Yesterday, I received an invitation email to download Comet and try it out. Today, I spent about 1 hour messing around with what Comet could do. I challenged it to find a reel I may have watched on Facebook about ice skating. It wasn't able to find it, but it was cool to watch the agent navigate to my activity history and do the manual investigation without me. I hypothesize that the reel I watched was likely on Instagram and never interacted with either a like or a comment, so it was not saved in recorded history. The other fascinating thing about the design of the browser is its homepage, or New Tab page. There are more robust widgets--a clock, a stock view that, when clicked, takes you to their Finance page that oddly reminds you of Yahoo Finance, along with a weather widget that takes you to a query for "weather near <your location>". It's also possible to access all of Perplexity's Discover and Spaces from the logo in the top left of the browser page window. It's as if we slapped Notion into a browser and made it an entire packaged product. There have been articles I've seen saying that Comet may take some of Chrome's market share. However, upon noticing that the extensions come from the Chrome Web Store, it may seem more like a modified Chrome. Not quite a wrapper-- more like a cousin. In any case, I find it to be a fascinating venture into the UI/UX potentials of what browsing the internet could be. The Zen widget is also pretty cool, but I wish I could look at a different planet 🪐 or pick from different space-themed soundtracks. It wouldn't surprise me if it were AI-generated music, but I would be more impressed if they hired a proper musician for the thematic music.
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July 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Despite becoming a somewhat morning person due to my commute days, I really can't sustain it bc there's too much stuff that I want to do that's largely in the evenings... Alas, I may have to settle for afternoon naps if I must have a long day.
July 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Because I've had to commute to the office twice a week the past 2 weeks, I've inadvertently become a morning person. Gonna try to hit up a bakery tomorrow morning
July 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
When bro is too bitter to attract genuine good ppl into his life. I thought he changed after 2 years, but holy fk not.
Met up with a friend from undergrad who was visiting the Bay for the first time tho.
July 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The more time I spend in California, the more I recognize what keeps people from here, here. Really love how strong our state economy is and my unique position working in Public Services. Problem is, I miss the leafy, green trees from the East. 🥲
July 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Sometime last year, a friend of mine asked me how I'd both travel often and be ambitious with career since the two seemed to be at odds with each other. I think I'm managing to do both with enough fervor already. Being able to WFH in different locations has enabled me to do it
July 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
For anyone not deeply embedded in AI from the tech angle, I would highly recommend reading Karen Hao's book about AI. Watching all the bs float around on LinkedIn is nearly insane, we need checks and balances on the tech innovation so that it serves not hurts us.
July 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I hope I never lose my willingness to explore new music. It's not too big of a stretch in saying that the willingness in itself is a metric for how receptive my mind is to new ideas and perspectives, the ability to hear and digest. I may not like it, yet gave it a fair shot.
July 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
There are so many blog drafts that are floating around in my head, not just a technical blog for when my Playlist site is done, but also one on the broken hospital system, and another about my latest existential crises... Q2 is about to end hm
June 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
My social battery is pooped, my productivity at work also tanked lmao, and I still need to do vocal practice before my voice lesson tomorrow afternoon 🥲
My brain is surviving
June 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM