The rontime reading room
Practical articles on systems, products and the work of getting technology adopted. Five topics. A few strong opinions.
Ron Xing · Sep 30, 2026AI may make open source easier to adopt and easier to keep running independently. That puts a sharper question to vendors: what is the paid offering worth?
Ron Xing · Sep 8, 2026An AI assistant becomes a product when someone can safely use its output, recover from its mistakes, and finish the job.
Ron Xing · Sep 8, 2026Before adding another streaming component, decide what happens in the gap between two writes.
Ron Xing · Sep 8, 2026For developer tools in Southeast Asia, start with a real workload and find the people who can move it into production.
Ron Xing · Sep 8, 2026A correct paragraph about the wrong moment is still a wrong answer. Start with the clocks, not the prompt.
Ron Xing · Sep 8, 2026A personal blog needs somewhere to put words, pictures and comments. Those do not have to be the same place.
