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- 133May 6, 20205 minhealth
How not to die?
American Journal of Medicine says, disease, not age, is the most significant cause of death among over-100-year-old patients. And diets tend to the primary reason for disease. People often underestimate how food affects their physical and mental health.
Read more → - 134Apr 30, 20203 minstrategyleadership
Four Steps to Rational Decision-Making
Ordinary people have few opportunities to make decisions in life and work, and it is also difficult to practice and improve their decision-making skills. Most people's decisions rely on intuition, while rational decisions depend on processes. The book "Decisive" proposes a four-step process for rational decision-making — to increase the probability of making the best decision, we need to 1. broaden options, 2. test assumptions with facts, 3. step outside ourselves to see ourselves, and 4. prepare for wrong decisions.
Read more → - 135Apr 24, 20207 minsystem design
How to Design the Architecture of a Blockchain Server?
A distributed blockchain accounting and smart contract system. It requires minimal trust between nodes while incentivizing them to cooperate: transactions are irreversible, do not rely on trusted third parties, protect privacy, disclose minimal information, and ensure that money cannot be spent twice. Assuming performance is not an issue, we will not consider how to optimize performance.
Read more → - 136Apr 24, 20202 minsystem design
Credit Card Processing System
How is your credit card processed? 5 Parties and 2 workflows.
Read more → - 137Apr 23, 20206 minmanagement
How to Build a Good Relationship with a Mentor?
An actionable guide on finding a mentor: How to prepare? How to identify the right mentor? How to gradually make requests and strengthen the relationship? How to maintain the relationship over time?
Read more → - 138Apr 18, 20203 minmarketing
6 Elements to Create Sticky Ideas
Why some stories managed to spread quickly, live long and prosper? In Made to Stick, Heath brothers summarize six elements to create sticky ideas -- Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, and Story, SUCCES for short.
Read more → - 139Apr 16, 20204 minmanagement
How to Know If You Talk Too Much?
Why do people often tend to talk too much? How can you notice and avoid it? The traffic light method, understanding motivations, and self-practice.
Read more → - 140Apr 11, 20203 mingrowth
Thoughts on Important Concepts in Growth
How can we measure if we have achieved product-market fit? What are the natural channels for internet products? What are the most important metrics for early-stage products? What guidance do LTV/CAC/PBP provide for growth? Why should we avoid paying for user acquisition as much as possible in the beginning?
Read more → - 141Apr 11, 20203 minbusiness model
How to play the Infinite Game of business?
Business can operate like an Infinite Game and the ultimate goal of participants is to stay in the game as long as possible. In order to achieve that, businesses should get back to long-term thinking. In the book The Infinite Game, the author suggests companies need to have a Just Cause, build trusting teams, be flexible to changes, and learn from worthy rivals so as to gain advantages in the game.
Read more → - 142Apr 11, 20203 minbusiness model
How to Play the Infinite Game of Business Well?
Business can be an infinite game, and the ultimate goal of a company is to stay in the game for as long as possible. To achieve this, companies should plan for the long term rather than just focusing on short-term gains. In the book The Infinite Game, the author suggests that companies should establish a just mission, build teams based on mutual trust, embrace change, and learn from worthy competitors to gain an advantage in the game.
Read more → - 143Apr 6, 20206 minstartup
Setting Up a CRM for Your Startup
How should startups set up a CRM? Identify the decision points in customer conversion, analyze the conversion funnel, and differentiate treatment for users. How should startups choose a CRM? A simple comparison of some CRM software.
Read more → - 144Mar 22, 20202 minceo
Top Three Career Launchpads to Help You Become a CEO Faster
Management consulting firm ghSMART studied 17,000 senior executives over 10 years and identified three types of
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About Tian Pan
I'm Tian Pan, an engineer-founder focused on agentic engineering — building autonomous AI systems and scaling engineering teams. I write practical guides on system design, technical leadership, and shipping with AI agents. Previously an early engineer at Uber, Brex, and IoTeX.
