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Thoughts on Reading Dario Amodei’s Essay: Human Co-Existence Is the Real Long-Horizon Work
I recently read Dario Amodei’s latest essay " The Adolescence of Technology". What stayed with me was less a sense of alarm, more a sense of recognition. His central argument is measured and thoughtful: as AI capabilities advance rapidly, human systems are struggling to keep pace. The answer, he suggests, is to exercise restraint at the frontier, where increasingly autonomous and general capabilities scale risk non-linearly, while becoming far more intentional about how AI
Yanbing Li
Jan 273 min read


Speak to Impact: How to Elevate Your Voice in Meetings
You may be one speak away from your next opportunity. Meetings are where careers rise, stall, or go unnoticed. We often treat them as routine, even though they're leadership stages . The way you show up in the meeting — what you say, how you say it, and what others remember — shapes how people perceive your credibility, clarity, and leadership potential. So how do we speak in meetings to create impact? It starts with intention. And a willingness to evolve . My Journey: From S
Yanbing Li
Jun 16, 20255 min read


Behind the Name: Why "iSterna"
When it came time to name our company, we knew we didn’t want something ordinary. We wanted a name that carried meaning—capturing both...
Yanbing Li
May 4, 20252 min read


Easter 2025 – A Reflection on Renewal and Purpose
A year ago, I found myself in unfamiliar territory: a sudden abundance of free time. It was a strange kind of freedom—liberating in...
Yanbing Li
Apr 20, 20253 min read


Refactoring Embedded System Software with AI
After completing the Coursera course Team Software Engineering with AI , which emphasized collaborative Python development with...
Yanbing Li
Mar 15, 20255 min read


The Art of Pair-Coding with AI
A Practical Guide for Modern Developers Generative AI is rapidly reshaping how we build software—not by replacing developers, but by...
Yanbing Li
Feb 7, 20253 min read


Semantic Governance as an SDLC Operating Layer
Why meaning—not just process—is the real scalability challenge in enterprise software systems Introduction: When Everything Looks Green Dashboards are green—or sometimes yellow, occasionally red. What those colors mean, however, is far less consistent. Depending on the team, the individual, and the surrounding pressures, a yellow may trigger immediate action—or quietly persist. A red may demand escalation—or be rationalized away. Pipelines are passing. Controls are in place.
Yanbing Li
Jan 8, 20254 min read
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