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Field notes on China's volume-based procurement (VBP), the recent wave of imported originator drugs withdrawing from the market, and what it might mean for patients, generics, and global pharma from a Japan–China IVD vantage point.

Why I built a calm, glass‑styled reminder app for my father instead of another to‑do list, and what I learned from designing for simplicity, trust, and aging minds.

Sora isn’t just about text‑to‑video. OpenAI turned creation into a social loop—Remix, prompt privacy, and Cameo make sharing the default and co‑creation addictive.

Built for my own workflow, pdf-ops merges and splits PDFs from a fast CLI and a keyboard‑only TUI powered by Ratatui. Core features work on macOS; MIT‑licensed and still evolving.

Google Research sketched a space‑based AI infrastructure—Project “Suncatcher”—that clusters compute in orbit, powered by sunlight, and beams only results to Earth. What’s real, what’s hard, and what could ship first.

As rivals close the quality gap and video takes center stage, Midjourney’s $30 plan and product choices face pressure. A pragmatic look at value, workflow fit, and where it still shines.